How to fake being Canadian?

[alaric]

I've got a friend who is going to spend several months overseas next fall and I'm wondering if any of you have links to good sites about how to fake being a canadian. Current US foreign policy makes it a little dangerous to travel openly as an American.

So if you have any good links, or just good tips on how to convince people you're canadian it will be much appreciated.

[|MP|Buccaneer]

Sew a Canadian Flag to your backpack.

Say "eh" and "aboot" often.

Wear hockey jerseys of shitty Canadian teams instead of the Wings  .

Don't spread around your money (Canadian money isn't worth as much).

[The Ghost of Bondo]

Make sure to say zed instead of zee...if you ever would happen to need to pronounce the most worthless letter in the alphabet outside of X.

Oh and Bucc, correct me if I'm wrong, but the team in first place in points is from the capital of Canada.  And if you are invoking history, well then, the best team of the past decade...used to be a Canadian team...until the past decade. :p

Anyway, the most telling sign is that Canadians aren't assholes like Americans are...so just tell him to be nice.

[|MP|Buccaneer]

Oh and Bucc, correct me if I'm wrong, but the team in first place in points is from the capital of Canada.  

Can you say CHOKE?  Well the Senators sure can, as that's what they have done in the playoffs.  I don't see why this year will be any different.

BTW, they haven't clinched the Presidents Cup yet, since the Wings are only one point back, and still a game to play.

And if you are invoking history, well then, the best team of the past decade...used to be a Canadian team...until the past decade. :p

The Wings were never a Canadian Team.  And they are by far the best team of the last 10 years.  I know you aren't talking about the Av's, since they are clearly a second best team.  How many times do you see Detroit on the Cup?

[jewb]

Get herpes, everyone will believe that your canadian for sure

[BTs_Colin]

get a 9" cock

[Ace]

Tell him to nut up and wear an American flag on his backpack. And no, I'm not joking. Pretending to be another nationality is pretty cowardly and ridiculous to me. If you are an American, you are an American through the good times and the bad. Hell, maybe he will even get the chance to talk to a few people and remind them not to judge all Americans on the actions of a few.

[alaric]

If it were me going Ace, I'd be doing exactly what you suggest. But since it's a girl who's going, and one I'd like to see make it home again, I think it might be wise to at least give the impression of being Canadian.

[Ace]

That does change things, but I still don't think she should try to look Canadian. As long as she doesn't make an ass out of herself and stays non-descript, she should be fine. If she knows the language, that will definitely be a plus.

Out of curiosity, what country is she going to? Some places will welcome her better than others. If she is going to Europe, I think the worst she has to worry about is people being obnoxious and rude to her if they find out she is American.

[The Ghost of Bondo]

Ace, I don't really disagree about not hiding your nationality, but I don't think just because you are born in a country you should be proud of it.  It isn't their choice where their parents had them.  I don't think she should try to overtly show that she is American, I just don't think she should try to lie about it.

[alaric]

She's doing one of those "Semester at Sea" things, they get to go all around the world. It's pretty cool actually, I think they go from Hawaii to Asia to South Africa to South America to the Carribbean.

[The Ghost of Bondo]

Wow, that can't be cheap.

As for an update on my status, various issues prevent me from switching up to Canada at this time so I'm putting my move off until after I graduate probably fall 2004.  Did you know that if you aren't Canadian you have to put 35% down on a house purchase.  Even though the place I was looking at was only $100k US (or 1/3 of what my brother's Boulder equivilent was when he sold and 1/2 of what my brother's Boulder equivilent was when he bought) 35k is a lot to have to put down.  Paying $500 US per month to pay the mortgage and all other property expenses is pretty nice though.

Also for those privy to that elitist rag of a forum section and know about this, Special Ops, I met my girlfriend while I was up in Canada last week, and she is still my girlfriend, so :p to the naysayers.  Oh, and her parents like me.

[Precious Roy at work]

Ace, I would agree with you, but it's a hell of alot easier to get by when you arn't American.  And if laziness isn't an American value, I don't know what is.  So tell her, Alaric, to do whatever makes her life easier.  Whether she acts Canadian so she doesn' have Frenchies attacking her with shovels, or acts American cause it's too much effort to do otherwise

Take, for example, my brother.  Last year at this time he went to Italy.  By the end of the week he was speaking almost completely in German, because he would get served much faster in restaurants that way, and wouldn't get hassled or snubbed by irate Italians.  I can't call him a coward (well, I can, but not for that) simply because he did the most logical thing to make traveling easier.

[kami]

Lying about what nationality you are is pretty god damn silly, all you need to do is what you normally do if you're sane, be polite, don't be arrogant, don't flail around with things like 'they have that at home, this sucks' etc., when you travel abroad you're just that, abroad, don't compare things to what they are at home, see the fun stuff at being in another place and experiencing it instead of measuring it's quality or whatever.
When I travel abroad I don't go around telling people I'm swedish, in fact I don't think more than 5 people there know I'm swedish if I go to another country on vacation. People don't care as much as you'd think. </rant>

[Destructo]

You want help being canadian.

Stay where you are.

we don't want garbage in our country.
especially detroit garbage.

Go leafs Go!

[|MP|Buccaneer]

What makes Dest's post all the more funny is there's an effort to stop Toronto from shipping it's garbage to a rural part of Michigan right now.

So, we are saying we don't want that Toronto Garbage =P, and talking about garbage.

Go Leafs Go, right to the finals where you'll be swept by the Wings =D.

[Mr.Mellow]

http://comebackalive.community.everyone.net/community/scripts/topics.pl?NodeID=350665&ClientID=496398
I'm sure you can find useful information here. Sorry, I suck at html and all, so I couldn't make it into a link. Black Flag Cafe is a forum for people who travel to dangerous countries and such, so it'll definately be helpful. Just do a search for the countries she's going to. Just not there are a few whackos that are on the board as well, and there's lots of political discussions too.
Also, I recommend buying a Rush t-shirt, and maybe some Celine Dione(I think she's Canadian) shirts as well. All those Canuck artists.

[Ace]

Also, I recommend buying a Rush t-shirt, and maybe some Celine Dione(I think she's Canadian) shirts as well.

I would recommend buying a Rush t-shirt just cuz they rock, but for fuck's sake NEVER BUY A CELINE DION SHIRT, ALBUM, WHATEVER! I would rather be beaten by a thousand Frenchmen with a thousand crusty baguettes (aka French special forces) than wear a Celine Dion shirt.

[Mr.Mellow]

lol. Point well taken. But yeah, at least buy a Rush album (2112 is always a good choice).

[The Ghost of Bondo]

Get the Austin Powers films...Mike Myers is Canadian, and they are great movies.

Or Shania Twain (well, better than Celine Dione).