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Jim Cobb <cobber@mi*.co*> wrote: >So far I've stuck a bug up the butt of several nationalities on Teck >Diver and the results are in: > >The statement- You (your nationality) are a bunch of short-hose sucking, >puppy-buggering, slope-headed bastards. > >The answers- > >Brits- "There, there, old chap, you must have got out the wrong side of >the bed this morn" > >Ozzies- "Right, but we're the BEST short-hose sucking, puppy-buggering, >slope-headed bastards IN THE WORLD!" > >Kanucks- "I kill you, put up your dukes, mooommmmyyyy, Quebec Forever!, >Whaaaaaa! I've never been so INSULTED in all my life, huff, puff, etc." You're saying this on the basis of one response. Besides, we're not all Quebecers any more than you folks south of the border are all Texans. The rest of us Canadians (and there are a number of us on Techdiver) are a bit of a blend of Brit, Quebecois, and a bit of Ozzie for flavour. And then of course there's the Dutch and Scots and suchforth. It's said that the national character has never been defined in terms of what it _is_, but that all Canadians are agreed that being Canadian means that whatever we are, we're not Americans. BTW, you don't mention the response from an insulted American. Probably because he wouldn't say anything. Insult an American and all he feels is the recoil. :-) >So the next time you are going out on an extended dive trip, it would >behove you to do a nationality check so that you know what you are in >for... It's probably even more important to find out how many of your companions for the trip are on Techdiver. This summer, a couple of fellows were watching me gear up on a dive boat out of Kingston, Ontario, and one commented to the other "Hmm, he wraps his long hose correctly. I think George would approve." I didn't need to ask which George he meant, or which lists he might be telling if I subsequently fucked up. -- Anthony DeBoer http://www.onramp.ca/~adb/ adb@he*.re*.or* (here) adb@ge*.co* (work) #include "std.disclaimer"
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