Apparently there is an idea spreading through some threads that us Canadians have a hard time understanding the languages, word-phrases and cultures of other countries represented here on CC (I guess since we are isolated in igloos all year round and constantly surrounded by very hungry and determined polar bears, we are cut off from other places and ideas in the world).
So I thought I'd start this thread so that the handful of us Canadians here can be given pieces of wisdom and education from all the other countries represented on CC.
I will start with some basic preliminary questions from my very limited-Canadian perspective:
1. To my American cousins, since you guys don't have proper health care (as opposed to Canada's excellent health care system) what happens when you get injured or hurt? Do you pay out of your own pockets for medical service, or do you just roll into the nearest ditch and ironically sing "Only In America" as you wait for the end to come?
2. To my many filipino cousins here on CC, at what time of the year do your beautiful Philippine's beach's freeze-over so I can play hockey when I come there for vacation??? You guys do get snow, right???
3. For my Australian cousins, I have just one question: What ever happened to Crocodile Dundee? He was your country's greatest export!!! (Don't tell Hillsong or Eric Bana I said that!!!).
If anyone has questions for us Canadians about Canada, feel free to ask here. But please understand that everything there is to know about Canada can be exhausted in just three phrases: Toonies, Loonies, and Tommy Chong (yes, he was born in Canada, and when he first saw Canada's flag as a child he immediately became hooked on marijuana!!!). Check out our flag, and you'll understand why!!!
So I thought I'd start this thread so that the handful of us Canadians here can be given pieces of wisdom and education from all the other countries represented on CC.
I will start with some basic preliminary questions from my very limited-Canadian perspective:
1. To my American cousins, since you guys don't have proper health care (as opposed to Canada's excellent health care system) what happens when you get injured or hurt? Do you pay out of your own pockets for medical service, or do you just roll into the nearest ditch and ironically sing "Only In America" as you wait for the end to come?
2. To my many filipino cousins here on CC, at what time of the year do your beautiful Philippine's beach's freeze-over so I can play hockey when I come there for vacation??? You guys do get snow, right???
3. For my Australian cousins, I have just one question: What ever happened to Crocodile Dundee? He was your country's greatest export!!! (Don't tell Hillsong or Eric Bana I said that!!!).
If anyone has questions for us Canadians about Canada, feel free to ask here. But please understand that everything there is to know about Canada can be exhausted in just three phrases: Toonies, Loonies, and Tommy Chong (yes, he was born in Canada, and when he first saw Canada's flag as a child he immediately became hooked on marijuana!!!). Check out our flag, and you'll understand why!!!
Yeah, i know, i know....we don't have snow. Rub it in my face, why don't ya? XD i have never seen snow in my entire life. The closest i've been to seeing snow is at an amusement park here (i loved the experience, by the way ), although, of course, it doesn't come close to the real thing. What we do have are lots of tropical depressions, alphabetically named (A-Z). So much, that, at one point, we had to start back at letter A within the same year XD
In all honesty, i find Canada more interesting than America. I don't know why that is, actually. But i do hope to visit both countries some time in the future. Who knows, i might end up living there after all XD
Oh, you don't want to see our beaches freeze over, just to play hockey on XD they're too awesome to cover with sheets of ice. Come over, and see for yourself
Good thing you're not asking our state of health care XD the health care here is just...i don't have even decent words for it it's that sad! I'm just fortunate to be a doctor, since professional fees are waived for us when we seek health care from colleagues. My parents, future spouse and kids will also receive the same benefits