On 5/12/05, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oh, all right then. > > We all hate each other too, even though we pretend to be in a continent-wide > Benetton advert. And we like to have wars every so often, just to clear the > air. > > Northern Europeans secretly envy Southern Europeans, who are hopelessly > disorganised, but better looking, better dressed, have great weather, great > tans, great food & wine, work less and seem to be having a much better time. > > Can't imagine why. > > Is that better?
Well, Canada sounds much like Europe then. The English hate the French, the French want out of the country, the East hate Ontario because Ontarians make them feel inferior, Ontario hate the East because all our tax money goes there in pogie payments, the West hate Ontario because the government in Ottawa won't let Alberta sell oil at world prices, Ontario hates Alberta because Alberta's richer than them because they have oil, everyone's envious of BC because it's the most beautiful place in the world and it hardly snows in Vancouver, BC doesn't give a rat's ass about TROC (The Rest of Canada) because they're all stoned and laid-back anyway, Saskatchewan and Manitoba hate Ottawa because they don't do enough to help beleagered farmers, Ottawa says, "Huh? There aren't enough votes in those places for us to give a crap about them. Oh, honey, could you through another burger on the BBQ?" I could go on (haven't even touched on Native issues, and the North, and what we think of Americans <LOL>) but I won't. We don't fight wars much, though - at least not in about a hundred years, since the Metis rebellion, I'd say... cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
