O/T: Ah, those Americans...

glad i'm not the ONLY one who's upset with the Murdoch takeover of yet another station...one which had been decent and good and wonderful previously. Speed "Channel" does indeed blow. (and it's nothing short of hilarious when they show certain things and the Speedvision logo is still present... sometimes i feel like it's a bit like rubbing salt in the wound, though. )

in conclusion, just say to the ignorant bastards at Speedchannel. particularly the ones who make Bob Varsha look like a gifted orator.

...to bring this back to Canada...Canada is after all the country who's given the world Gilles (and Jacques) Villeneuve! granted, this whole thing with Jacques and BAR has been rather embarassing, but aside from that, it's been a mostly good thing. :D

Originally posted by Jim Giliberto actually, it is quite sad...but i'm not shocked in the least considering how many have a general lack of geography to begin with

i would have love to see how many knew that we invaded Canada twice (at least) so that we could make Canada another state...[

ps. it's those east coasters who say that aboot and eh stuff! a lot of us culturally are very similar to americans...quite a shame./b]

the laura secord(not the ice cream company!) story right? she snitched on the americans and warned the canadians about the yankie attacks. hehe, i know my history, or at least i've seen those canadian history commercials enough...

BAR has been very sad this year. And, so has Jordan for that matter. What happened to that vaunted Honda power? Go Jaguar! Go Arrows!

Easy on Bob Varsha :) He's not so bad..........

Speed :headoff: Channel :headoff:

nah, Bob definitely is much more tolerable, especially in light of Charlie Creamer and all those other frighteningly inept specimens they've got mucking the whole thing up now!

BAR's always been sad, so this year isn't entirely surprising. am sad about Jordan...had really believed in them before. go Arrows! and go Toyota! :D

Originally posted by Grigori Rasputin, the mad mystic of Petrograd Hey...I've heard Bob Gainey say aboot...and as far as I know, he's from Canada...and the way you guys pronounce organization...it's fantastic...and actually, the only time I've ever heard EH...was when I heard the McKenzie's say it about 999 times in an hour and a half...

I always liked the way americans stuff up the spelling of words such as organisation and then try to force the world to comply with their spelling through the benefit of software companies global dictatorship.

Originally posted by Norderphile You also missed John Irving, the worlds greatest author and an American who moved to Canada. Sense.

True, but I didn't really like his last book very much. Didn't sympathize with the characters really, and it bored me easily, which is weird seeing as it was one of his shorter works.

I think it's worse than when they think that Buenos Aires (wich stays in Argentina)is the Brazil's capital, But don't get mad with that, everyone has got your own problems.

Originally posted by Spotnick Canada Like a State, Not a Country, Americans Say Tue May 7, 3:45 PM ET TORONTO (Reuters) - Most Americans are unaware of Canada's role as the biggest U.S. trading partner and three in 10 Americans quizzed in a recent opinion poll view their northern neighbor as a state rather than a separate country. The survey, published by pollsters Ipsos-Reid on Tuesday also showed that 18 percent of Americans viewed Canada as the closest ally of the United States, while 56 percent said Britain was Washington's best friend. "Seven in ten Americans say that they see their northern neighbors as a separate country, much like Britain or Japan," the pollsters said. "However, 30 percent see Canada as more like just another state, such as Michigan or Oregon." Canadians traditionally complain of poor media coverage and lack of understanding in the United States. One comedian, Rick Mercer, has lampooned that lack of knowledge through television programs in which Americans are filmed congratulating Canada on fictitious events like the introduction of the 24-hour day. The bilateral trade partnership between the two heavily integrated economies is more than $1 billion a day, and each country is the other's most significant trading partner. Four-fifths of the Canadians questioned by Ipsos-Ried recognized that reality, but only 14 percent of Americans named Canada. Far bigger numbers thought most U.S. trade was with China (fourth) or Japan (third). The survey questioned 1,000 Canadians and 791 Americans between April 30 and May 2. The pollsters said the results were accurate to within 3.5 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.