Sunday, December 3, 2006

“Why do they call you ‘Cretin’?” “They say it means creative!”

(the crowd is chanting Olé Olé Olééé)

Young child: Daddy, what are they singing?
Anglophone father: Oh, don’t worry; it’s probably a French thing

—at the Bell Centre

Saturday, December 2, 2006

Second Guess: You live in New Rez?

[Waiting in line at the dep, theres two girls and a guy in line. Girl #1 buys four energy drinks and pays with her debit card. Then she proceeds to walk back through the store to talk to some friends. The cashier begins to walk after her waving a reciept. The girl returns to the cash]
Cashier: “You forgot your forty dollars cash-back”
Girl #1: “Like, oh my god thank you. I can’t believe I keep doing that”.
Guy #1 to Girl #2 [her friend]: “I’m going to goout on a limb here and guess you guys are from Toronto”
Girl #2 [softly]: “Yeah, Why?”

–Dep on Prince Arhur/Parc

Tuesday, November 21, 2006

The French are Affirmative Action-hire Nazis?

Professor: The Quiet Revolution was like a giant affirmative action program for French people.
Class: Stunned silence

—POLI 326 (Provincial Politics)

Nazi Metaphors: One Size Fits All

Prof: When you actually think about it, French-Canadian Nationalism is a whole lot like National Socialism.
Shocked Class: …..
(N.B. National Socialism was the name of the Nazi Party)

—Canadian Nationalism Class

Saturday, November 11, 2006

there’s ice in the South?

American Girl: “I don’t know anything about hockey. Who even won the Stanley Cup last year?”
Canadian Girl: “Carolina.”
American Girl: “Carolina? Where’s that?”
Canadian Girl: “Like the state… there’s a North Carolina and a South Carolina”
American Girl: “Wait… the States has teams in the NHL? I thought it was just a Canadian thing!”

–BMH Cafeteria

Tuesday, October 24, 2006

“or we could work our feet like Ronaldo to keep warm! OLE!”

[In New Rez room, looking at first snow fall]
Canadian Guy: you’re gonna need boots for winter
Brazillian Girl: Like, nice ones?

Sunday, October 15, 2006

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Girl on cell: “…and he was like, “If you’re from British Columbia, how come you don’t have a British accent?”

–Parc and Prince Arthur

Thursday, October 12, 2006

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(Talking about some band)

Girl 1: They sound British. Are they British?
Girl 2: Yeah, I think they’re from Vancouver.

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