As all Canucks know, there are some WONDERFUL things about living in this country, and some not-as-wonderful things. "Well, why not compile a list?" I said aloud, as I shook the snow off my snowshoes. (As you know, we get a lot of snowfall in the summer months here in Southwestern Ontario.) I curled up with my sled-dogs in the igloo, and they all barked in agreement. So here it is. The ones that were sent to me are credited with the authors, I have written all others.
BEST: BEST: BEST: BEST: BEST: BEST: BEST: BEST: BEST: BEST: Feel free to write in with YOUR best and worst things about living in Canada. Email me at -allie-@oocities.com and I'll put it up with your name and link. Thanks!
Canada has the best hockey players.
WORST:
They're all in the United States. ~ Emmett Hogan
Living in a multi-cultural country.
WORST:
Outsiders getting Canadians mixed up with Americans. ~ Irene Ho
The forests, the trees, the nature of it all.
WORST:
Being allergic to them all in spring.
~ Travis McCormack
Cleaner lakes, rivers, streams and air to breathe, with lots of wide open space.
WORST:
The difference with the American Dollar-and they
keep bombarding Canadians-eh, with all that da-- junk mail. ~ Rose Sovey
we use the really neat word "CHESTERFIELD"
WORST:
nobody else knows what the heck we're talking about
pretty, colourful paper bills
WORST:
heavy, plentiful loonies and twoonies
the CBC
WORST:
the CBC
the sound of the puck hitting the ice
WORST:
the sound of the puck hitting your head
maple syrup, maple sugar, maple taffy, maple fudge, maple-paraphernalia
WORST:
Mom buys Aunt Jemima's goop anyway
feeling superior because we've got extra u's in our words: flavour, colour, labour...
WORST:
putting a term paper through an American spell-checker