Are Canadians Foreigners?

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  1. Chris

    Chris Cosmic Horror

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    Also, what about Australians, Kiwis, Brits or the Irish?

    If you're one of the above, how do you feel about Americans and the other nationalities?
  2. Bailey

    Bailey It's always Christmas Eve Super Moderator

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    Is this some kind of failed attempt to troll Dayton for his "overseas" comments, or do you really not understand what foreigner means?
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    $corp Dirty Old Chinaman

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    I don't consider Americans foreigners. They are too similar to us to have any really noticeable differences. Neighbors they are.
  4. Powaqqatsi

    Powaqqatsi Haters gonna hate.

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    Canadians are less foreign than Yoopers IMHO!
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  5. Chris

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    Well, to answer my own question, I'd have to say no.
  6. Sokar

    Sokar Yippiekiyay, motherfucker. Deceased Member

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    I think of them simply as funny-talking Yankees.

    But we still need a wall to box those motherfuckers in.

    :bergman:
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  7. Baba

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    There american lite then you have belgiums which have identity crisis.
  8. Volpone

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    Yes. Also yes, yes, yes, and those fuckers aren't even human.
  9. 14thDoctor

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    Technically, if you've got a wall to the south and a wall to the north, Americans would be the ones boxed in.
  10. Volpone

    Volpone Zombie Hunter

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    We'd have a "gated community". :ramen:
  11. Dan Leach

    Dan Leach Climbing Staff Member Moderator

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    Yes, of course
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    There's a poster at work: "This just in - Canada and Mexico are foreign countries!"

    However, our security department issued a bulletin once that, due to poor grammar, implied that Canada was part of the US and Alaska & Hawaii were not.
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    Black Dove Mildly Offensive

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    Canada is like the cousin who lives the next block over who's nice but you can tell there's something off about him, and Mexico is those people across the railroad tracks that keep wandering up into your neighborhood.
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  14. RickDeckard

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    Do I think they're "foreigners"? Yes.

    Not sure what your point is...
  15. Bobcat

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    The proper way to phrase the question is: Canadians are foreigners, eh?
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  16. Liet

    Liet Dr. of Horribleness, Ph.D.

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    "Are Canadians Foreigners?"

    As anyone who's been playing Fallout 3 knows, we annexed Canada, so the answer is no.
  17. Tuttle

    Tuttle Listen kid, we're all in it together.

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    They made a good sci-fi series Odyssey 5, but canceled after 20 episodes without much resolution to the open storylines.

    Fuckin' Canucks. ;)
  18. Chris

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    Well, since you asked in a far more polite form than Bailey...

    The whole concept of foreigner is one who is foreign, that is to say, belongs to the group outside of your own. I'm interested to see the highest social group they claim affiliation to, or at least, extend to other people.

    Why? I'm a bored social scientist.
  19. Dan Leach

    Dan Leach Climbing Staff Member Moderator

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    Naaa 'foriegn' is 'from another country'. It doesnt matter how closely that particular society resembles yours
  20. Chris

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    Fascinating.
  21. Marso

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    Canadians are just...Canucks from Canuckistan.

    As for all the others, yeah they qualify as furriners.

    Aussies are the best of the lot, by far. Of course, I'm biased that way.
  22. Chris

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    By the way, this would help if everyone asked would participate.
  23. Baba

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    BSG is filmed in Canada.
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  24. Chris

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    Good Baba, here's a cookie.
  25. Sean the Puritan

    Sean the Puritan Endut! Hoch Hech!

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    Tell that to Wonko the Sane.
  26. Dan Leach

    Dan Leach Climbing Staff Member Moderator

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    Not Scots?!!!!!!
  27. Marso

    Marso High speed, low drag.

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    Scots weren't on the list.

    You'd be surprised how many Aussies are of Scottish decent, BTW. Guess where Old Blighty was shipping all those red-headed folks in the kilts that they didn't like? :lol:

    I went to gradeschool with McDermotts, MacGregors, MacLeods, Gordons, Frasiers, you name it. And my Dad married a Bathgate on his second go-round. :bigstall:
  28. Baba

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    Australia was leck urban ghetto back in day.
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  29. Chris

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    Scots were included under the catch-all, though I guess you could enumerate your feelings on them if so motivated.

    Expanding this question, how do you Germans feel about Austrians and vice-versa?
  30. Baba

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    Chris, have you ever seen Canadian Bacon? It's a pretty funny movie.
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