"Because everyone in Canada lives in an igloo..."

[IR5FORMUMSIE 850]

Shotgun wedding?

As an inspector for Canada Customs, it was his duty to ask visitors whether they were bringing any firearms into the country.

One day an American car came through the line, and its driver reported that the occupants were on their way to Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., for a wedding.

After the usual questions about length of stay and so forth, the inspector asked if there were any guns in the car. "No, no," said the driver, "it isn't that kind of wedding."

Okay, poking fun mostly the area I'm going to

I can understand a shotgun for the wedding, but for the honeymoon too?

[IR5FORMUMSIE 850]

OOOhhhNoooo . . . IR5FORMUMSIE - you are giving away our secret!

The penalty for giving away state secrets is being forced to listen to Ron MacLean's puns for hours at a time. Don't laugh, it's not punny. I guess I'll need to keep a Cherry disposition through the ordeal.

[Kathryn41 3,205]

:wacko: :o Edited September 2, 2007 by Kathryn41

[SpiritAlight 1]

The initial post was truly hillarious.

Thanks for finding that!

It never ceases to boggle my mind...the lack of geographical knowledge.

You'd think if someone was to visit someplace they'd look some facts up or buy a guide. HA!

Most Southern point in Canada, just south of Windsor:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Island_(Ontario)

Most Northern point of mainland USA (there's Alaska too, mustn't forget):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota

and here I thought Northern Maine was it.

Extreme points on the U.S.:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_point...e_United_States

This is cool for geography buffs:

http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/country...ates/usland.htm

and

http://worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/namerica/ca.htm

Check this out:

Windsor,Ontario is located at the extreme southwestern end of Ontario, and at a latitude south of the top of Northern California, with mild weather to match.

(Portland, Oregon's latitude is 45 degrees)

[DeadPoolX 9]

I think Canadians should "play up" the stereotypes when someone asks a stupid question. For instance, say an individual asks, "How do you deal with all of the polar bears wandering the streets at night?" You could respond, "That's easy. In Canada, there's a position within each provincial government that deals specifically with polar bears and trains them. We generally use them to pull our sleighs during the 360 days of snow too."

Then just watch to see if that person buys it. If they do, break it to them that they've just been had. I know this might immediately seem insulting towards you and your home, but I've done this with Texas (my home) when people have asked moronic things about my state. It's really quite amusing to see how much others will believe...

[Reba 2]

I have a friend up in Nunavut. He's a teacher there. Last year their school was under lock-down because there was a polar bear wandering around outside. They shot the bear, and he sent me pictures of the carnage as the tribal eldars were skinning it. He's also sent me pictures of their science class when the kids skinned a seal. ick.

He's up in Pond Inlet. Reeeeeeeeally far north!