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FROM CANADA: We like so love Americans
National Post (Canada) ^ | March 1, 2003 | Lisa Gabriele

Posted on 03/01/2003 5:50:20 AM PST by MadIvan

Dear AWESOME Americans, First off: You guys totally rock. We mean that. If anything bad happens to you guys, we are going to be SO on your side, cross our hearts hope to die stick a needle in our eye called it stamped it can't erase it. But we understand if you don't believe us on account of SOME Canadians who have SUPER big mouths who shall remain totally UNnameless.

Second off: Oh. My. God. We are SO embarrassed about what our Liberal MP, Carolyn (Parachute Pants) Parrish, said the other day when she was all, "Damn Americans. I hate those bastards." That's almost as whack as Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's former communications director, Françoise (Feathered Bangs) Ducros saying, "What a moron," about your President, George (So Not a) W(anker) Bush.

Third off: Though this whole war thing is getting RIGHT out of hand, if someone tried to, like, kill our Dad, they'd be SO dead at recess, too.

But we're writing you this note because we're totally begging please DO NOT be mad at us because honestly the rest of Canada had NOTHING to do with those off-the-record-utterances made in the safe confines of our brand of scrums whereby reporters and political leaders seem to enjoy a lot of intimate, insider nudging and winking, all the while assuming off-colo(u)r comments are off-the-record, when, in fact, they are SO not.

Here's our opinion:

1. They are so jealous of you guys and your global superpower status, and your ability to annihilate any country which poses even a tangential threat.

2. Which means they totally want to BE you.

3. Which means they totally LOVE you.

4. Which means they totally want to MARRY you.

Finally, do NOT be mad at Britain for passing you this note. They're, like, our BEST friends in the world:

1. Because they totally know us from way back.

2. We have the same exact Queen.

3. We have the same exact spelling of words such as "Survivo(u)r," and "The Bachelo(u)r."

Britain knows how sorry we are. Go ahead. Ask them. They'll totally stick up for our good character (No. - Ivan), not to mention our millions of acres of arable land, plus a seemingly endless fresh water supply, plus world-class marijuana, plus OIL, plus now DIAMONDS. Yes, we KNOW you guys got THE most awesome TV shows, but you don't have EVERYTHING in the world that's great. We got stuff, too, you know, and maybe we're pretty sick of hearing you guys all the time going, "Ooo, look at us, we're SOOO great because we're AMERICANS, oooo."

So, anyways you guys, thanks for reading this far. And if you send this note back unopened, FINE. We do not even care. But you better give us back OUR Avril Lavigne plus OUR Shania Twain. By the looks of what you've been feeding them, we're pretty sure they can both fit snugly inside the enclosed self-addressed stamped envelope.

From Canada With LIKE


TOPICS: Canada; Culture/Society; Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; United Kingdom
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Sorry, I couldn't resist posting this as it sounded like she was daring a Brit to pass this on to you lot.

Three possibilities:

  1. She is dumb enough to believe Americans speak this way.
  2. She is dumb enough to talk this way.
  3. She is dumb enough to believe this is humourous in some manner.

Colour me unimpressed.

Regards, Ivan


The Flag of Canada...before the trouble started.

1 posted on 03/01/2003 5:50:21 AM PST by MadIvan
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To: Kip Lange; dixiechick2000; UofORepublican; kayak; LET LOOSE THE DOGS OF WAR; keats5; ...
Bump!
2 posted on 03/01/2003 5:50:45 AM PST by MadIvan
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To: MadIvan
GOT PROZAC? I think I need some after reading this. ;-)
3 posted on 03/01/2003 5:57:32 AM PST by areafiftyone (The U.N. is now officially irrelevant! The building is for Sale!!!)
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To: areafiftyone
GOT PROZAC? I think I need some after reading this. ;-)

Shot of whiskey would be a good idea for me at the moment, I dare say. :)

Regards, Ivan

4 posted on 03/01/2003 5:58:42 AM PST by MadIvan
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To: MadIvan
Like, tooooootally. Duuuuude.

}:-)4
5 posted on 03/01/2003 5:59:21 AM PST by Moose4
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To: MadIvan
This sounds like a rant Maureen Dowd would scream if she ever had an orgasm.
6 posted on 03/01/2003 5:59:38 AM PST by zarf (Republicans for Sharpton 2004)
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To: zarf
I think she wrote this article in normal English first and then ran it through this:

Valley URL

Regards, Ivan

7 posted on 03/01/2003 6:01:14 AM PST by MadIvan
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To: MadIvan
Good to see that our public school system is spilling over to our neighbors to the north. Like, you totally better, like, hand over all your lumber and natural gas, or the shizzle will hit the fizzle, my nizzle.
8 posted on 03/01/2003 6:04:37 AM PST by Brasky (Ahhh. Celebrities. Is there anything they don't know?)
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To: MadIvan
And the National Post printed it. Jaysis!
9 posted on 03/01/2003 6:06:06 AM PST by Happygal
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To: MadIvan
Great stuff Ivan!!!

This Wordsmith so totally put us in our place!

I just wish that I could let her know that this

is what it would look like if Canada really ticked us off!!!


Stay safe; stay armed.


10 posted on 03/01/2003 6:07:53 AM PST by Eaker (64,999,987 firearm owners killed no one yesterday. Somehow, it didn't make the news.)
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To: Happygal
This is what it says is her claim to fame:

Lisa Gabriele is the author of Tempting Faith DiNapoli, published by Doubleday Canada.

Somehow I doubt this will be held up as an example of great Canadian literature.

Love, Ivan

11 posted on 03/01/2003 6:08:19 AM PST by MadIvan
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To: MadIvan
Um, like, does Canada really, you know, think we even care what they think? As if!
12 posted on 03/01/2003 6:10:30 AM PST by shezza (I am, like, so not into them.)
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To: MadIvan
WHO IS THIS CHICK!! Lemme at her!

maybe we're pretty sick of hearing you guys all the time going, "Ooo, look at us, we're SOOO great because we're AMERICANS, oooo."

I am TOTALLY sick of hearing how WE think WE are great...I wish the rest of the world would Quit Projecting THEIR feelings onto US. Maybe some of our more prominent spokespeople project that arrogant, ignorant persona and attitude, but I would like to shake some sense into these sheep around the world who believe we think we are better than everyone else, or "cooler". Most of us are very aware of our cultural shortcomings and are NOT happy with the Calipornia [OOPS! sp!] culture being spread all over as representative of who we are and what we do...

But you better give us back OUR Avril Lavigne plus OUR Shania Twain

Take them back PLEASE!

13 posted on 03/01/2003 6:12:14 AM PST by Eowyn-of-Rohan
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To: MadIvan
not to mention our millions of acres of arable land, plus a seemingly endless fresh water supply, plus world-class marijuana, plus OIL, plus now DIAMONDS.

We'll see it and will raise you the world's most advanced health system and the world's best military. What do you have that you actually made not something given to you by mother nature?

14 posted on 03/01/2003 6:14:26 AM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Sometimes "peace" is another word for surrender.)
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To: Brasky
LOL! Now THAT was funny, I mean like, TOTALLY funny.
15 posted on 03/01/2003 6:15:30 AM PST by Nubbin
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To: MadIvan
Duuude! What a totally righteous find!

I plugged in the URL "http://www.freerepublic.com" into this site and nearly spewed my coffee when I read the output.

Try it out. It is high comedy. Totally.

16 posted on 03/01/2003 6:19:58 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (®)
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To: MadIvan
"Three possibilities:

"1. She is dumb enough to believe Americans speak this way.
"2. She is dumb enough to talk this way.
"3. She is dumb enough to believe this is humourous in some manner.

"Colour me unimpressed."

Lisa Gabriele needs to stick to writing for the real estate section.

17 posted on 03/01/2003 6:21:12 AM PST by badfreeper (What was the NP editor thinking?)
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To: Brasky
Like, you totally better, like, hand over all your lumber and natural gas...

...and do they really, I mean like, REALLY, REALLY have diamonds? Sweeeet! I totally adore diamonds. Couldn't we like forget about that oil thing and go and get those diamonds instead? I mean like diamonds are WAY better than oil!

18 posted on 03/01/2003 6:27:06 AM PST by Nubbin
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To: MadIvan
This bitch is being facetious in like SUCH an annoying way. She can SO kiss my American ass.
19 posted on 03/01/2003 6:34:17 AM PST by ConservativeConvert
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
Duuude! What a totally righteous find!

Yes, I use it to translate anything into Britney Spears language.

I suggest you don't do it too long, as you can feel your brain cells begin to die reading Valley Girl speak for an extended duration.

Regards, Ivan

20 posted on 03/01/2003 6:36:03 AM PST by MadIvan
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