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Originally posted by Liquor Dealer
Canadians are Americans. ..... We who live in the United States have rather bastardized the name American to apply only to those of us who live in the 50 states - this is incorrect - guess than makes us United Statesians or something like that!
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True enough! But I think it's a losing battle. We'll let you keep calling yourself *American.* After all, you are pretty damn proud of it.
FromTheFallingRock:
Plus you all are forgetting something that canada has that the US does not .. TIM HORTONS.
And in case anyone is wondering, Tim Horton was a Canadian hockey player who started the donut franchise, Tim Horton's.
On the topic of yummy, super-fattening foods, there is one reason that I'm glad I no longer live in Canada. BUTTER TARTS. Can't get them in the US, and when I'm in Canada I am compelled to gorge myself on them. They are, simply put, a taste of heaven.
Mondak: No hard feelings. I responded to your comment in the early stages of my awakening today and I'm afraid I was a tad snippy. Sometimes I feel like I've spent my whole life defending my country of birth, but my knee most definitely jerked this a.m.
This has been a great thread with a strong undercurrent of good-natured humor. I'll try to stay with the good-natured aspect of it.
