[mvpel]

Is a Canadian-Danish war brewing? A Canadian coworker suggested that maybe they could settle it with a beer-drinking contest.

[-YYZ-]

Unlikely. In any case, other than the principle of the matter, I could really care less if Denmark takes this god-forsaken icy rock in the far north.

[MD_Willington_1976]

I think the Inuit will just shoot the whole lot of them (Canuks & Danes) and then Nunavit will have it's own warships and equipment.

[BlueLancer]

"..."flex its muscles" with an exercise on home soil by sending a warship ..."

CANADIAN WARSHIP SEIZES TANKER IN... WAIT...CANADA HAS A WARSHIP?

[EQAndyBuzz]

Take a Sharpie and draw a line down the middle.

Canada, you get this 20 feet of island.
Denmark, you get the other 20 feet of island.

[eyespysomething]

A Narwhal

[luvbach1]

Peace-loving Canucks more willing to take on peace-loving Danes than the terrorists? Remember, before making any moves, the Danes are decendants of the fearsome and war-like Vikings.

[Humvee]

What a war this could be - the Canadian platoon against the danish platoon.

[Husker24]

How would you like to be stationed on that island, whats the point?

[Loyalist]

Rudyard Kipling, "Dane-geld":


IT IS always a temptation to an armed and agile nation,
To call upon a neighbour and to say:—
“We invaded you last night—we are quite prepared to fight,
Unless you pay us cash to go away.”

And that is called asking for Dane-geld,
And the people who ask it explain
That you’ve only to pay ’em the Dane-geld
And then you’ll get rid of the Dane!

It is always a temptation to a rich and lazy nation,
To puff and look important and to say:—
“Though we know we should defeat you, we have not the time to meet you.
We will therefore pay you cash to go away.”

And that is called paying the Dane-geld;
But we’ve proved it again and again,
That if once you have paid him the Dane-geld
You never get rid of the Dane.

It is wrong to put temptation in the path of any nation,
For fear they should succumb and go astray,
So when you are requested to pay up or be molested,
You will find it better policy to says:—

“We never pay any one Dane-geld,
No matter how trifling the cost,
For the end of that game is oppression and shame,
And the nation that plays it is lost!”

[blanknoone]

I'm wondering how the EU and the UN will align in the coming struggle.

[Shermy]

Here's some background:

The Return of the Vikings - New Challenges for the Control of the Canadian North

[Great Dane]

A Canadian coworker suggested that maybe they could settle it with a beer-drinking contest.

LOL, In that case...... give it up Canada.

[DTA]

>>>>>>Is a Canadian-Danish war brewing? A Canadian coworker suggested that maybe they could settle it with a beer-drinking contest.<<<<<

And The Rock goes to the winner of ....ing contest :-) Loser will pick up the tab. Better that way than kids getting hurt

[cynicom]

If the Danes invade canada where do I enlist, to help the Danes?

[MD_Willington_1976]

Ellesmere Island, 82,119 sq mi (212,688 sq km), c.500 mi (800 km) long, in the Arctic Ocean, N Nunavut Territory, Canada; second largest and northernmost island of the Arctic Archipelago. It is separated from NW Greenland by a narrow passage. The island's coast is indented by deep fjords. The interior plateau rises more than 2,000 ft (610 m) above sea level; the United States Ranges, in the north, are c.11,000 ft (3,350 m) high. An ice cap covers most of the island's east side. In snow-free areas vegetation supports large herds of musk oxen. There are scientific stations and some Inuit (Eskimo) settlements on the island. First sighted by the British explorer William Baffin in 1616, Ellesmere Island was explored in the latter half of the 19th cent. Since the 1950s the island has been the site of many glaciological, geological, and geographical expeditions.

[thackney]

maybe they could settle it with a beer-drinking contest

I would have guessed a curling contest, or is that the same thing?

[Kozak]

Wow. A face off of two Military Giants. This confrontation could change the entire balance of power.

[Paleo Conservative]

A Canadian coworker suggested that maybe they could settle it with a beer-drinking contest.

That could degenerate into a p!@#$%^ contest fairly quick.

[kanawa]

Ah heck! Does this mean I have to start boycotting these...

All of a sudden I'm hungry

[Guillermo]

Is this a parody?

Is sending soldiers to barren wastelands in the Arctic a projection of "soft power?"