The Furious Angels
FA Discussion => Off Topic => Topic started by: Anonymous on August 17, 2004, 12:55:37 pm
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There are many things that interest me about North America, expecially the similarities between the north and the south ends of the continent. But do you know what's even more fun? Pointing out the differences!!
Let's see if we can point out the differences in the things we have here in Canada where I am, with the things that are availiable to most of you, in our big brother America. Lemme start you off with the best one of all:
Bagged Milk
That's right, it's milk in bags. You buy them for like 4 bucks C$ and it's 1.5L per bag, and three bags in a sac. It seemed strange to me that you dont have it...
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UK don't have that either...
seems...
...strange
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Do you have milk in other ways? Cartons Jugs etc... or just bags?
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Canada gives a shit about their citizens. The canadian government believes in working things out as adults, rather than pissing on the disputed country with missiles and sacrificing thousands of American Troops just to make the president and his administration more money.
Canada has a great health plan, too.
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Hahaha, I just watche dthis stand up guy joking about Canada. Completely irellivant but who cares, he was saying how funny it would be if Canada decided to invade another country.. like turkey hahaha..
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I would move to Canada. If it was'nt so damn cold. Minnesota is bearable, Maine is bearable, but Canada suck's.
And yes, they do have amazing health care.
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Well Illuvatar, i'm in Canada right now, and amazingly, I do not need to wear a massive coat to keep me warm.A t-shirt and shorts is good enough.
And yes, in Canada there are milk jugs.I've never seen a milk bag before though.
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Um.....yeah Eligoh.....are you being an idiot on purpose or are you just a little bit special?
I saw a milkbag in canada when I visited there. I was amazed. It sucked, but I was amazed.
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Woo I need some mod powers in offtopic.
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Heheh....you kno I'm just kidding eligoh....but really, you were being stupid on purpose right?
And I just realized, Canada is great. Why dont we all live their?
Oh yeah, it would just turn into america.....
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I got one! Speech differences eh?
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Canada, is ultimately, where the world should look to for inspiration on where we all need to be. There will always be wars. Yet, if we follow Canada's example, then maybe we'd cut back on them enough to the point that we all fight for a good cause. Profit or power, or vengeance, or simply trying to look like the big man, and not weak, or because God told you to... these are all really shitty reasons to start wars.
Yet when I look at the world, I see us fighting for such selfish, ludicris reasons that it makes me mourn. For in this world of worlds, in these dark times where governments lie, and sell out the integrity of many for the benefit of a few, it's enough to make Iraq look like the good guys.
And I'm not joking.
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HNIC.
'nuff said.
Though Don Cherry is, well....he is Don Cherry. 'Nuff said there, too, I think.
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Didn't Quebec or one of the provinces legalize the selling of marijuana seeds for citizens to grow their own plants? Maybe it was strictly a medicinal prescription only kind of thing, but I remember hearing something about it on CNN. Also, is the Canadian economy known as the Looney, or some derivation thereof? I'm curious only because Robin Williams cracks a joke about it and I want to see if it's actually true.
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Bagged milk... that's... intriguing. It's like a huge water balloon.
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Ok so what is the purpose of bagged milk? Freshness? Cost? Longevity? Most importantly can you cut a whole in the top and dump in a box of Fruity Pebbles for a late night snack?
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Oh, where to start...
Tyshalle I don't think Oz's post was about your personal opinions on the political state of affairs in the world today, and if you want to talk about that then start a new post, but since you brought it up I will enlighten you. Canada does have a good health system... That is if you don't mind waiting months on end for what would be routine in the United States. And let us not forget that the only reason they can afford a National Health Care System is because they don't have to spend a penny on their national defense or army because the United States takes care of that for them. Next, can anyone tell me how many people Canada has freed in the world? Anyone? Anyone? How about how many people France or Germany has freed? Oh, that's right no one... Now how many people has the evil, bad United States freed in the past, let's say 60 years. Oh, yeah that's right over 1 billion and counting. The French aren't speaking German, the German's aren't all blue eyed and blonde, and the gulags in the USSR are now close. And oh by the way the USSR is gone and dozen's of countries once under their iron control have the ability now for self determination. Let's not forget Tojo's Japan and South Korea while we are at it, none of which would exist as they do today if not for the evil United States Oh, and by the way Canada wouldn't even be a country if not for their big brother down south so the next time you want to spit in my face I suggest you get your head out of the garbage that is being spewed at you and find out for yourself what has happened in the past and what is happening currently. And keep the political posts where they should be, not in someone else’s thread about simple interesting differences between the two countries like whether milk comes in cartons, jugs, or plastic bags. However, please feel free to start a new thread and I'll educate you on the paradigm of power and profit and why human nature in eventuality falls back to these fundamental archetypes. Oh, there is so much more I could go into but I will wait for you to start the topic in a clean thread.
Broin
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Ummmmmm.... so both our anthems start with Oh? That's a simmilar thing.
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Yeah... Sorry about that. Anyway an interesting thing I've noticed is that in the UK you can not just run to the gas station or corner store and buy a bag of ice. There was no ice anywhere to be found. Here in the US you can buy a big 5 pound bag for like a dollar. How about in Canada?
Broin
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NO ice in the UK ? Wonder why?
One thing I noticed about South American countries or Mexico if you want to get closer ot the states and canada is that you don't want to buy a bag of ice. Or, buy it just don't eat it or use to cool off you favorite beverage.
Oh, and no biggie a lot of us are passionate about this country.
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From what I understand people in the UK take their drinks warm, and that includes soft drinks, not to appealing to me. Also they call sprite lemonade. Weird huh?
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Well truthfully isn't LemonLimeAid?
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Broin you know shit on Canada.They don't spend money on their military because they don't need to.They don't mess in other people's affairs.Except for World War 2, Canada was there, so I suggest you go look up on google.
Hm, because I am so kind, I will just paste this here for your obviously uneducated mind:
In August 1939, Nazi Germany concluded a non-aggression pact with the Soviet Union and prepared to invade Poland, whose security Britain and France had pledged to uphold. On September 1, Germany struck; two days later Britain and France declared war on Germany. One week later, on September 10, Canada, acting in its own right, declared war on Germany. The Second World War had begun.
From a population of only 11.5 million, slightly more than one million Canadians served in uniform during the conflict. Overseas, following the tragedies of Hong Kong (December 1941) and Dieppe (August 1942), Canada’s army distinguished itself in Sicily (July-August 1943), Italy (September 1943 to February 1945), and the invasion and campaign in Normandy (June 6 - August 22, 1944), and throughout the campaign to liberate northwest Europe until victory in May 1945.
The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) grew 50-fold to a force of nearly 100,000 and played a crucial role in winning the Battle of the Atlantic and maintaining open the vital sea lanes to Britain in the face of a determined German submarine offensive. The RCN also served in the Mediterranean, Caribbean, Pacific, and Arctic. At war’s end it had become the world’s third-largest navy.
From a meagre force of largely obsolete aircraft in 1939, the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), which enlisted almost 250,000 men and women during the war, came to be an essential player in the Allies’ gaining air superiority in Europe and in mounting devastating bomber raids against enemy targets. The RCAF also operated the Canada-based British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, which trained over 131,000 Commonwealth and Allied aircrew to carry the war into Germany and German-held territory.
These military contributions helped win the war, but the cost was high: more than 42,000 Canadians lost their lives, and another 55,000 were wounded.
On the home front, industry produced massively to support the war effort. Canada produced warships, merchant vessels, bombers, fighters, tanks, vehicles of all kinds, artillery pieces, and all sorts of military equipment and munitions, employing millions of people directly or indirectly. Farms produced immense amounts of meat, grain, and other produce to help keep Canada, Britain, and the Allies fed and fighting. It was a phenomenal accomplishment.
The Canadian Battlefields Foundation honours the service, achievements, and sacrifice of all Canadians who helped fight and win the Second World War in the name of freedom from tyranny.
Don't you dare say Canada does nothing and helped no one.They helped liberate thousands of people and gave their lives to help others in need.
I do not want to ever hear some of your bullshit again,figure out the facts before you start saying shit.
And this is where I end it.
PS: I'm not Canadian, I'm German/British and I live in Canada.
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wow.....eligoh, it ended a long tima ago......maybe you should stop inciting arguments, as any smart person would realize that your trying to make another argument start. You cant expect the argument to end, which you started again, just because you say so.
(prepares for the "this is why I need mod powers" comment")
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Well, I was hoping my wonderous........ add humor to the situation comments .........would stop the fire. Can't blame a guy for trying.
I like Germany, but I don't like room tempature beer. Odd isn't it ? So do you guys have bags of ice in Canada?
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Ok, enough with the politics. We can get ice here in Canada at every store. Sprite is still called Sprite and you can't just cut open the bag of milk and use it as a bowl for cocoa puffs because it's too full and the plastic would bend, its very thin. The bagged milk is great, but you have to buy a container for the milk, and then put the bag in the container, then you cut a hole at the top and pour your milk! Yay!
(PS: Don Cherry is awesome.)
(PPS: Our health plan is awesome because our taxes are MUCH higher. Our GST is 8% and our PST is 7%)
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Ya we got bags of ice,but in my house we just fill up the ice trays with water and put them in the freezer.
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Oh yeah well we have one of those fancy fridges that produces ice for us... :p
So what else we have a two page thread and all we know about is bagged milk? That can't be the only difference.
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We also have one of those fancy fridges, unfortunately, it doesn't produce ice, and the service techs we've had come and look at it also don't know why it doesn't produce ice, so we make our own in trays and buy those big ol five pound bags at the grocery store