TORONTO (CP) - The stereotype of the Canadian as a beer swillin' hockey nut is alive and well on the Internet, thanks to the computer prowess of a bunch of teenage Americans.
Young fans of the parody song "Canadian Idiot" by Weird Al Yankovic have supplied the Net with cheeky homemade music videos about the Great White North's "Monopoly money" and "silly accent."
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The reason I like this article is not because it's about Weird Al but for the quote below:
Canadians shouldn't be offended by Weird Al's lyrics, says [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff40" #ffff40?]Phil McCracken[/FONT], a 13-year-old fan from Columbus, Ohio.
"It's really making fun of the Americans and their views on the Canadians," says [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff40" #ffff40?]McCracken[/FONT], who acts out each verse of the song in his simple video.
The link don't works so good for me, eh? [img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="vny!://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/more/bigs/e058.gif" border=0]
I have the song. Its funny but its more making fun of americans then Canadians.
And I love the 'monopoly' money. Its much better and cooler then are ugly pieces of paper.
Canadian money to me shows emotion. American money is just plain, boring, and just a piece of paper. The pictures on the Canadian money to me come alive while ours are boring and stale much like the country is.
P.C. wrote:
The link don't works so good for me, eh? [img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="vny!://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/more/bigs/e058.gif" border=0]
Me either! I'm sure I checked it out as usual. Sorry 'bout that. I'll see if I can find one that works.
How a bout:
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Muchos gracious, weird al. It was very informative. I learned that I'm not Canadian after all.
I don't like hockey, and I've never had a beer. I don't own nor have ever worn a red flannel shirt. I don't eat doughnuts or moose meat and I've always thought of Kraft macaroni as being as American as apple pie and hot dogs.
I DO however think our money is goofy.
So, you pack heat when you go to the mall then, eh?
Oh yeah you've got to start drinking beer, P.C., canuck-ette or not. Here's a good one (Belgian) to get you started. First one's free!
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Is that the same guy that makes popcorn ??? [img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="vny!://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/nahrung/a025.gif" border=0]
I love Canadian money. Its cool.
Maybe in Texas on the gun thing I think you can carry guns anywhere there. Here you have to ditch the gun at the door but if it doesn't have a no guns allowed sign then you are within your rights to carry.
Oh and on a funny note politicians at the state capitol carry guns while debating each other. Its within there rights. Wouldn't be suprised if they started dueling each other.
P.C. wrote:
Is that the same guy that makes popcorn ??? [img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="vny!://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/nahrung/a025.gif" border=0]
Nope, this is Orv-al.
More here:
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Well, anything that leaves lace on a glass can't be ALL bad.....and if their beer is as good as their chocolate, that would be a GOOD thing. Perhaps I'll give it a shot (that's a little bar humour). [img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="vny!://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/nahrung/a070.gif" border=0]
One of the reviews said it tasted like apricots and prunes. What do you think ??
This wouldn't be too good at all.
568 reviews, & a lot of contradictions. What I get is a nice clean bitter taste, and not all the stuff that's mentioned: vanilla, banana, cotton candy - wtf?. There must be a school somewhere for fake beer-speak, like that wine-speak school so many wine writers seem to have gone to.
I've heard Granville Island has some great in house beers.
I hear ya, weird al.....I'm not so good with the wine-ese either. A simple description will suffice most times. Everybody has their own tastes and rarely will you find two people that taste the same thing....and when you do, they probably have different ways of describing it.
However the descriptions DO make it sound kind of mysterious and alluring. (that's MY beer-speak)
I'm going to try it. (as soon as I'm not snowed in)
Its not halloween anymore but there was a local farm/brewery that made pumpkin beer. Pretty good i thought.
You mentioned Granville Island. I used to like some of their stuff, but they seem to have morphed into just another industrial brewery. Used to be you'd see the claim on their packaging - "all natural ingredients" - that's gone. Their "Prototap" series is gone. They did a fantastic "Wee Heavy" for Robbie Burns Day a couple of years ago - but lately they just shoot for the lowest common denominator, seems to me.
Another beaut that shows up in BC occasionally is Rogue (Oregon) Brewing's "Dead Guy Ale". For hopheads only. Bitter & grainy & clean.
So the indies went commerical. That sucks.
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Man, I thought this was all about our own weird al................. hehe.
Booze or Sex, thats what all threads turn to! You should know that Lise! It was you whom told me that..
Russ wrote:
Booze or Sex, thats what all threads turn to! You should know that Lise! It was you whom told me that.. [/DIV]
BOOZES and SEX = Makes me proud to be Canadian *raises beer glass in Canadian living room*
Boozes and sex. Wonderful. Better than it turning ugly like DV.
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Anyone tried Guinness? A taste like no other. I can only sip this can like two times before I turn green.
LOL Turning green. Yeah Guinness is diffferent. I like Killians Irish Red better though. Guinness tastes different over here then in Ireland apparently. In Ireland its really good. Here so so, aquired taste.
What are you doing drinking, SD? You're underage!!![FONT size=1] (just kidding) (//vny!://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/23.gif) [/FONT]
Around 18,19 I just said F*ck it. I'm 18 years old in the rest of the world I can drink but of course not here. I drink for pleasure anyway, never been drunk tried a couple times to get totally wasted but I think its impossible I'm too big so it would take a lot and I've got a high tolerance level. Oh well who wants to get totally wasted anyway, I don't remotely find that cool whatsoever. Apparently throwing up is sexy I find it repulsive.
Lise wrote:
Man, I thought this was all about our own weird al................. hehe.
well ya gotta admit, it sounds like it's in the ballpark, so to speak ;-)
But what's this??! I turn my back for a minute and this turns into a booze and sex thread!!??
good show, that was my great hope for this thread.
Nice to see my name up there "Weird Al - Canadian Idiot" ...kind of gives me a warm glow. Although that might have been the jalapenos & shooters..
al equals SEXY STUFF. Nuff said. (//vny!://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/21.gif)
I normally drink guiness for the first little while when I go out to a bar, well the first three anyhow. Its a meal in itself, you cant drink more than a few.
Other than that I drink 1516 or Sleeman Honey Brown normally for beer. And Crown Royal or Bacardi Gold for the spirits.
Although it does depend on what I have left in my cupboard.
Im actually waiting on some stuff I ordered out of the states to come in. Im making a kegorator out of an old fridge I have at home here. Ive got some stuff already, and Ive been looking around for the best (read cheap) places to get kegs of beer that I can keep the kegs for three-four weeks at a time.
Kegorator. Neat. A new word. Let us know how it works out, Russ.
I can say bad news already lol. will do Lise.
Mmmm Keiths = GOOD!
Mmmm Big Rock Trad = GOOOD!
Mmmm Sleeman Honey Brown = Whoops! got a little too excited and now my pants are wet!(//vny!://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Shocked/4.gif)