rampant jingoism (Its Canada Day)

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I'd like to add my thanks for Hard Core Logo, and for housing a shit- load of draft dodgers in the 60s, and din't Leonard Cohen and Doug Coupland sway in from up there?

Geoff, Monday, 2 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Er, where is this Canada anyway?

Billy Dods, Monday, 2 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Somewhere in the US I think. I forget exactly. They made me learn it in school once.

Josh, Tuesday, 3 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

three years pass...
WOO!

jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 1 July 2005 15:44 (eighteen years ago) link

Get your Maple Leaf on!

gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Friday, 1 July 2005 15:49 (eighteen years ago) link

roll up the rim, if you know what i mean!

mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 1 July 2005 15:50 (eighteen years ago) link

yay

MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Friday, 1 July 2005 15:50 (eighteen years ago) link

As a likely future Canadian, I wore my Montreal Expos shirt today.

Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 1 July 2005 15:51 (eighteen years ago) link

I will be observing Canada Day tomorrow, in a temporary Canadian outpost, upstate. Some sort of Newfie rum-drinking ritual may be involved.

nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 1 July 2005 16:00 (eighteen years ago) link

Yes! I will be celebrating in subtle ways, as is fitting, like going swimming and later eating charred meat. Sometimes I wish I could do the Simpsons/US thing and "celebrate your country's birthday by blowing up a small part of it." Ah, well. Gun control and gay marriage for all!

rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Friday, 1 July 2005 16:11 (eighteen years ago) link

The only way that picture of the maple-leaf-face-paint kid would be better is if it were an animated gif and he was krumping.

jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 1 July 2005 16:28 (eighteen years ago) link

If only bars put in as much promotion into Canada Day as they do for Cinco de Mayo or St. Patrick's Day. We could all be wearing hockey jerseys, swilling Black Label, and apologizing for making too much noise today!

Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Friday, 1 July 2005 16:49 (eighteen years ago) link

Ahh - happy Canada Day all. think I'l head to Cherry Beach, watch me some fire works and smoke me some erb.

Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 1 July 2005 20:49 (eighteen years ago) link

Some sort of Newfie rum-drinking ritual may be involved.

Screeching in! You better post the pic of kissing the fish.

Rufus 3000 (Mr Noodles), Friday, 1 July 2005 21:26 (eighteen years ago) link

do people anywhere still drink Black Label?

I bet Cherry Beach was a touch chilly last night. We actually managed the very far off fireworks view from our little pseud balcony. Not exactly like last year on Parliament Hill, but we did our patriotic duty.

Kim (Kim), Saturday, 2 July 2005 14:33 (eighteen years ago) link

Neil Young, Leonard Cohen & Dr James Naismith.

Thank You Canada.

jhoshea (scoopsnoodle), Saturday, 2 July 2005 15:43 (eighteen years ago) link

one year passes...
DUDES!!

rrrobyn sharkattack battleforcenet (rrrobyn), Sunday, 2 July 2006 00:37 (seventeen years ago) link

CANADA
WE CANT PLAY SOCCER BUT DAMN WE CAN CHEER HOLY CRAP

rrrobyn sharkattack battleforcenet (rrrobyn), Sunday, 2 July 2006 00:39 (seventeen years ago) link

AND HARGREAVES CAN SCORE (SOMETIMES)
WE CLAIM HIM

I HAVE BEEN DRINKING FOR CANADA
ALSO: OTHER THINGS

rrrobyn sharkattack battleforcenet (rrrobyn), Sunday, 2 July 2006 00:40 (seventeen years ago) link

STOMPIN TOM vs NORTHERN PIKES

Huk-L (Huk-L), Sunday, 2 July 2006 01:31 (seventeen years ago) link

KD LANG VS TRAGICALLY HIPP

rrrobyn sharkattack battleforcenet (rrrobyn), Sunday, 2 July 2006 01:36 (seventeen years ago) link

CANADIAN IDOL VS MTVCANADA

rrrobyn sharkattack battleforcenet (rrrobyn), Sunday, 2 July 2006 01:36 (seventeen years ago) link

MITSOU VS ALANA MYLES

rrrobyn sharkattack battleforcenet (rrrobyn), Sunday, 2 July 2006 01:37 (seventeen years ago) link

PARACHUTE CLUB VS SNFU

rrrobyn sharkattack battleforcenet (rrrobyn), Sunday, 2 July 2006 01:45 (seventeen years ago) link

CHILLIWACK VS NOMEANSNO

rrrobyn sharkattack battleforcenet (rrrobyn), Sunday, 2 July 2006 01:45 (seventeen years ago) link

ANAL CHINOOK VS FURNACE FACE

rrrobyn sharkattack battleforcenet (rrrobyn), Sunday, 2 July 2006 01:46 (seventeen years ago) link

(i have some cdn help here)

rrrobyn sharkattack battleforcenet (rrrobyn), Sunday, 2 July 2006 01:47 (seventeen years ago) link

BLUE RODEO VS DAYGLO ABORTIONS

rrrobyn sharkattack battleforcenet (rrrobyn), Sunday, 2 July 2006 01:47 (seventeen years ago) link

GREATBIGSEA VS PlANETSMASHERS

rrrobyn sharkattack battleforcenet (rrrobyn), Sunday, 2 July 2006 01:49 (seventeen years ago) link

(we cant stop) (we have to laeve)

rrrobyn sharkattack battleforcenet (rrrobyn), Sunday, 2 July 2006 01:50 (seventeen years ago) link

SAMANTHA TAYLOR VS DAN GALLAGER

rrrobyn sharkattack battleforcenet (rrrobyn), Sunday, 2 July 2006 01:50 (seventeen years ago) link

MOXYFRUVOUS VS THE LOOK PEOPLE

rrrobyn sharkattack battleforcenet (rrrobyn), Sunday, 2 July 2006 01:51 (seventeen years ago) link

DEFINTION VS WINLOSEORDRAW VS FRONT PAGE CHALLLLENGE

rrrobyn sharkattack battleforcenet (rrrobyn), Sunday, 2 July 2006 01:52 (seventeen years ago) link

RALPH BENMERGUI VS IAN HANOMANGSINGH VS BRENT BANBURY VS MIKE BULLARD

rrrobyn sharkattack battleforcenet (rrrobyn), Sunday, 2 July 2006 01:55 (seventeen years ago) link

HONEST INJUN VS GLASS TIGER

rrrobyn sharkattack battleforcenet (rrrobyn), Sunday, 2 July 2006 01:58 (seventeen years ago) link

MARK HOLMES VS JOEY SHITHEAD

rrrobyn sharkattack battleforcenet (rrrobyn), Sunday, 2 July 2006 02:01 (seventeen years ago) link

(so aided and abetted by richard the cat rescuing dog ultra mega)

rrrobyn sharkattack battleforcenet (rrrobyn), Sunday, 2 July 2006 02:03 (seventeen years ago) link

that's all canada, we LOVE YOU YYYYAAAAAAYYYYYAAAAYYYAAAYYAYYYAYAYAYAYA!!!!!

rrrobyn sharkattack battleforcenet (rrrobyn), Sunday, 2 July 2006 02:06 (seventeen years ago) link

tough one

KIM MITCHELL VS
THE GUESS WHOOOOO

rrrobyn sharkattack battleforcenet (rrrobyn), Sunday, 2 July 2006 02:28 (seventeen years ago) link

DESTROYER VSSSS FUCK YOU YOU FUCkLING FUCKSSSSSSSSS

rrrobyn sharkattack battleforcenet (rrrobyn), Sunday, 2 July 2006 02:31 (seventeen years ago) link

I LOVE YOU ALLLLLLLLLLLLL
SRSYLSLY

rrrobyn sharkattack battleforcenet (rrrobyn), Sunday, 2 July 2006 02:32 (seventeen years ago) link

PETER GZOWSKI VS MICHAEL ENRIGHT

jim wentworth (wench), Sunday, 2 July 2006 02:54 (seventeen years ago) link

snake vs wheels?

A Giant Mechanical Ant (The Giant Mechanical Ant), Sunday, 2 July 2006 03:02 (seventeen years ago) link

Robins Donuts coffee >>> Tim Hortons coffee

Huk-L (Huk-L), Sunday, 2 July 2006 03:19 (seventeen years ago) link

Vi-Co >>> THE UNIVERSE

Huk-L (Huk-L), Sunday, 2 July 2006 03:20 (seventeen years ago) link


TRI HARDER NESXT TIME
LOVE ROBYNN
:)

rrrobyn sharkattack battleforcenet (rrrobyn), Sunday, 2 July 2006 08:49 (seventeen years ago) link

paul janz vs haywire

dave q (listerine), Sunday, 2 July 2006 09:49 (seventeen years ago) link

CMON
STILL AWAke
try more
:)
MORE

rrrobyn sharkattack battleforcenet (rrrobyn), Sunday, 2 July 2006 09:54 (seventeen years ago) link

ahahhahahaha anal chinook wtf???

hi.

rrrobyn sharkattack battleforcenet (rrrobyn), Sunday, 2 July 2006 09:56 (seventeen years ago) link

Haha, a job's a job but yes, point taken. I've already started worrying about my allergies. (Actually, I'm still waiting to hear back from Memorial.)

xposts But don't they have ketchup crisps in the UK too?

Sundar, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 00:23 (fifteen years ago) link

HAPPY CANADA DAY EVERYONE!

A little bit of light reading for the holiday tomorrow

j-rock, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 00:25 (fifteen years ago) link

oh MacLeans, the epitome of rampant (conservative) Canadian jingoism

asey, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 00:46 (fifteen years ago) link

I will be in the US for Canada Day and in Canada for Independence Day. I am failing both my patriotic and my ex-patriotic duties.
Whoa, ME TOO.

I live in a bizarro border town that is partying all week.

kate78, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 01:24 (fifteen years ago) link

How have I never heard of Point Roberts? That's really interesting.

j-rock, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 01:28 (fifteen years ago) link

ah cool; i read about that place! which side do you live, kate?

The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 03:12 (fifteen years ago) link

The U.S! Point Roberts proper! On the other side, it's just suburban Vancouver. I do have to cross the border twice each way on my way to work in Bellingham.

kate78, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 04:09 (fifteen years ago) link

kate78, have the border crossings (at Pt. Roberts) gotten longer/tougher since 9/11? I'm genuinely curious (as a Lower Mainlander).

Lostandfound, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 07:08 (fifteen years ago) link

Oh, and Happy Canada Day to my compatriots. For all it's faults, I fucking love this country. No doubt it's a pancake and bacon/sausage breakfast at the park tomorrow morning. Good stuff.

Lostandfound, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 07:10 (fifteen years ago) link

Plus Maple Leaf flags, obviously.

Lostandfound, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 07:28 (fifteen years ago) link

I've only been here a month, but I'm sure they have. I have a NEXUS pass so I'm usually just waved through, but I still always have to have my passport on hand. The lines are not usually very long unless it's a weekend when all the British Columbians are coming and going. You get to know the border guards at pretty quickly, so I'm not usually hassled by them.

kate78, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 07:30 (fifteen years ago) link

Yeah, there's only so many people can man/woman those little booths; they'll get used to the same people I guess. It's a weird anomaly, though, Pt. Roberts, and one that we frequently forget about. I'm glad that you don't get hassled. If anything -- as an English-born Canadian -- I get way more hassled coming back into Canada than I do crossing the line south (at Sumas, Bellingham, Blaine, wherever).

Lostandfound, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 07:39 (fifteen years ago) link

Me, too. The Canadian Border Patrol are abuncha fuckers.

kate78, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 07:53 (fifteen years ago) link

Hi. Please don't say that right now. I am stressed out enough as it is.

Actually I have always found the Canadians to be way nicer than the Americans on the way back.

Casuistry, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 08:03 (fifteen years ago) link

YAY CANADA

"Canadian cuisine" = last year I made butter tarts for Canada Day. They were pretty good, especially on my first attempt!

NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 08:17 (fifteen years ago) link

'There are tremendous opportunities, all over the world the people are feeling the housing crunch, but we aren't. We might have some very little dips, but we have a very stable economy which is set up for the future.

Hmm, where have I read that before?

Ned Trifle II, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 13:43 (fifteen years ago) link

happy canada day!!
i had sausages and eggs with ketchup and vrai maple syrup and yes also pancakes (ok they were crepes)!
CANADA

rrrobyn, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 14:23 (fifteen years ago) link

one year passes...

i luv u kanada

scott seward, Thursday, 2 July 2009 03:34 (fourteen years ago) link

whoo!

paragon of incalescence (rrrobyn), Thursday, 2 July 2009 04:50 (fourteen years ago) link

rock that body

Nhex, Thursday, 2 July 2009 06:21 (fourteen years ago) link

eleven months pass...

keep freedom free, canadians
happy canadaaaaaaa daaaaay!

obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Thursday, 1 July 2010 20:09 (thirteen years ago) link

five years pass...

we luv u 2 skotrock

Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Wednesday, 1 July 2015 23:22 (eight years ago) link

1 Year Passes...
i luv u kanada

― scott seward, Wednesday, July 1, 2009 9:34 PM (6 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

whoo!

― paragon of incalescence (rrrobyn), Wednesday, July 1, 2009 10:50 PM (6 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

rock that body

― Nhex, Thursday, July 2, 2009 12:21 AM (5 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

11 Months Pass...

e-bouquet (mattresslessness), Wednesday, 1 July 2015 23:58 (eight years ago) link


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