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- From: brent.mason@uuworld.via.mind.ORG (Brent Mason)
- Newsgroups: soc.singles
- Subject: Re: Could be worse (was:
- Message-ID: <5737.13.uupcb@uuworld.via.mind.ORG>
- Date: 19 Jan 93 18:31:00 GMT
- Reply-To: brent.mason@uuworld.via.mind.ORG (Brent Mason)
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- FS> From: souchay@CAM.ORG (Francois Souchay)
- > Newsgroups: soc.singles
- > Subject: Re: Could be worse (was: Re: Upper Midwest)
- > Message-ID: <C0yoH5.2BJ@CAM.ORG>
- > Date: 16 Jan 93 19:22:17 GMT
- >
- > In article <MARTINC.93Jan16092511@grover.cs.unc.edu> martinc@grover.cs.unc.e
- > >In article <lort.727159083@sfu.ca> lort@fraser.sfu.ca (Charles Lort) writes
- > > monaghn@garnet.berkeley.edu (Mara Monaghan) writes:
- > > Oh, I don't think so. Everyone knows that the west coast is far more
- > > desirable than the east coast. If this wasn't so the American gov't
- > > would have bought Newfoundland and not Alaska, and probably for less.
- > > ;-)
- > >Leaving us with godless Communists on this continent and only Canada for
- > >protection.
- >
- > Hrrrmph. "Only" Canada indeed. Everyone knows we turn down the volume on
- > the weather systems before passing them south of the border 'coz we'd
- > hear such whining otherwise. Let's do a few comparisons:
- >
- > National sports:
- >
- > USA : baseball. Overweight wimps try to hit a little ball so they can run
- > (slowly) around a grass-covered park.
- > Canada : hockey. Daring speedsters strap razor-sharp metal blades to their
- > feet & zip about on an unyielding ice surface, slamming each other into
- > the boards around the rink.
- >
- > Beer :
- >
- > USA : "Lite", wimpy, barely distinguishable from water.
- > Canada : Even Americans admit it's better north of the border.
- >
- > Journalists:
-
- >
- > USA : Lightweights given to stories about Socks the cat & Millie the dog.
- > Canada : Our journalists hired by American networks for news credibility.
- >
- >
- > Need we say any more? I think not. As it happens, we'd might as well confess
- > now that we have successfully kept the Soviet Empire from invading the US
- > over the north pole (and don't think that Strategic Air Command had anything
- > to do with it, after all the DEW line was manned by steely eyed sons of the
- > north ready to give Ivan's troops a stern talking-to), we will now proceed
- > to the next phase of our plan : the leveraged buy-out of the United States.
- >
- > >On the other hand, we'd have a domestic supply of Newfie jokes.
- >
- > You will anyway when we take you over.
- >
- > Francois.
-
- Hey, isn't that just a little harsh. Did you have a hard childhood?
-
- What country designed and produced all the equipment which you use
- to defend your beautiful country... all those radar installations? Those
- slick F-15, F-16 & F-18's... Cruise Missles...
-
- Let's give credit where credit is due.
-
- To the rest of the Canadians, sorry, one bad apple...
-
- Brent Mason
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