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CowboyRob
05/28/09

In reply to Canada: Utterly Humorless
I think it's just our media who are constantly looking for any reference to Canada from beyond our borders.

We're pretty cool, generally, and we love our hot seal-eating Governor-General.
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ThereMustBeAPony
05/28/09

@CowboyRob:
The World Yearns for Canada
[www.columbusdispatch.com]
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Almostbanned
05/28/09

In reply to Canada: Utterly Humorless
Oh christ, fuck Canada.
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valet_of_the_dolls
05/28/09

@Almostbanned: There you go again with that enviable, lacerating wit.

How do you do it, day after day?
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El Matardillo
05/28/09

In reply to Canada: Utterly Humorless
I don't know why everybody is so aghast at what some nobody journalist thinks about comparing Canada's top "Gossip Girl" with Sarah Palin.

Everybody knows that Canada is simply an unincorporated Territory of the United States. If they don't quiet down, the Obama administration might just appoint Palin as their new Viceroy.
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Slovenly Muse
05/28/09

In reply to Canada: Utterly Humorless
I think a big part of the reaction stems from your point about the stereotype of America being ignorant of Canadian politics. It's funny if you're in the know, but we Canadians really only "get" the joke if we assume that you DO know enough about Canadian politics to know how awesome Jean is and how well-loved she is up here, and what a slap in the face it is to hear her compared to Sarah Palin. And thanks to the "Americans know nothing about Canada" stereotype on which you based the joke... it's not our first thought.

Not your fault for poor joke-telling or our fault for poor humour-sensing, just unfortunate.
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TheMac
05/27/09

In reply to Canada: Utterly Humorless
I didn't know there were so many of them a-boot. Interesting.

Also, fyi, it's pretty standard for a Haitian coming from a wealthier family to speak Creole (spoken-language), French (school-taught/written language), Spanish (especially if they lived on the border near the Dominican Republic), and English (because it's the Americas). I'll give her Italian, though.
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Pope John Peeps II
05/27/09

In reply to Canada: Utterly Humorless
Well Macleans IS humourless. Canadian media figures and magazine writers are tired, boring, idiotic people who flop out rote opinions without any sort of style. Macleans really is a terrible, terrible magazine.

But on the other hand, most of us genuinely do like our GG, so we defend her. So I'm 50 50 here.

Also it would have helped a lot if the original post was funnier. Or, y'know... funny.
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DeadliestSin
05/27/09

@Pope John Peeps II: Compared to Queen Adrian, I'll take Michaelle anyday!
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Mackintosh-Toffee
05/27/09

In reply to Canada: Utterly Humorless
A) That's humourless with a "u" and

B) I think the disconnect happened just because Jean is the true hotness. Hearing her compared to Palin (plastic hotness??) was just too much for our delicate Canadian sensibilities.

As a former Nova Scotian, i am sure you've seen this: [www.trailerparkboys.com]

We are actually totally funny and sarcastic! And fond of the word "fuck."
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Trixie from Toronto
05/28/09

@Mackintosh-Toffee: Why the Trailer Park Boys are not a huge international phenomenon, I have never understood.
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Mackintosh-Toffee
05/28/09

@Trixie from Toronto: OMG! I know. It was on the other night and i was screaming with laughter.
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PimpMyCouch
05/28/09

@Trixie from Toronto: Strangely, I have met people who don't find it funny. It's bizarre.
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allyzay
05/27/09

In reply to Canada: Utterly Humorless
you missed pointing out that canada's most active defender today on gawker is a hardcore fleshbot contributor. i am not saying this to poke fun -- i'm saying this because it is admirable to defend only two things, if those things are canada and porn.
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The Cajun Boy
05/28/09

@allyzay: Where the hell have you been?!
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Private Hangnail
05/27/09

In reply to Canada: Utterly Humorless
Now I'm imagining Jean at a press conference some weeks from now. She is smiling, politely answering questions in several languages while in the background some gruff Québécois Monsieur stuffs a goose into a tin killing machine. She is impressive, this Michaëlle, really a testament to the nation of Canada. Meanwhile, the man gently twists, the goose not resisting, then flicks the butt of his du Maurier out of the range of the cameras.
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Understater
05/27/09

In reply to Canada: Utterly Humorless
What's the difference between Americans and Canadians? Dipshit! (named Sarah Palin)
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Uncle_Billy_Slumming
05/27/09

In reply to Canada: Utterly Humorless
Enough with the bickering lovers routine. Time for some hot nafta make-up sex.
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belltolls
05/27/09

In reply to Canada: Utterly Humorless
Did you tell them you were Cajun? Because, you know the Acadians and everything so you all are just like cousins.
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The Cajun Boy
05/27/09

@belltolls: You know, I made mention of the fact that my Mom's side is actually from Nova Scotia in a comment above, but I think I'll go back and add it somewhere into the post.
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unfuckwithable
05/27/09

@The Cajun Boy: Ummm, "traced back to Nova Scotia"? They weren't deported by the British or anything...right? Because, you know, cultural sensitivity.
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squidbait
05/27/09

In reply to Canada: Utterly Humorless
Until Palin eat a beating moose heart, I think it is Canada 1, America 0. I doubt it will take very long to reclaim our glory.
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Astigmatism
05/27/09

@squidbait: A college friend of mine from Deer Park, Washington once showed me a picture of the prom king and queen from his senior prom, with the queen holding a fresh-cut deer heart. I don't know if she ate it, but then, she was only a high school student, so there's time.
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scarletmenace
05/27/09

In reply to Canada: Utterly Humorless
You know you can see Canada from Alaska....and vice versa!
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The Cajun Boy
05/27/09

In reply to Canada: Utterly Humorless
Oh, and I forgot to mention in the post...My ancestors, on my Mom's side anyway, came from Canada. Nova Scotia to be precise. Ah, the irony.
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