Official: Canada bashing thread

[poncho]

Well... they started in 1931.

The Statute of Westminster 1931 did get things started. In away the United States started the debates that led to 1931! America is also to blame for Canada.

[poncho]

The government in the U.S has been reading this thread: http://ottawa.ctv.ca/servlet/an/loca...hub=OttawaHome

[Bobcat]

That better not be a link to cheap Viagra !

[poncho]

That better not be a link to cheap Viagra !

Legit news article:

American officials are considering installing security fences along Canadian-U.S. borders considered trouble spots.

[fund razor]

Border patrol around here takes the US/Canada border very seriously. We make Canadian jokes, and they may US jokes, because we share a lot of border up here, and plenty of it is water. I almost always see the Border Patrol at my local ramp.

This has been a big issue since prohibition. A lot of the multi-generation boating families on western Lake Erie, St. Clair and the Detroit River participated in the liberation of cases and cases of Canadian Club.

[Ratickle]

Border patrol around here takes the US/Canada border very seriously. We make Canadian jokes, and they may US jokes, because we share a lot of border up here, and plenty of it is water. I almost always see the Border Patrol at my local ramp.

This has been a big issue since prohibition. A lot of the multi-generation boating families on western Lake Erie, St. Clair and the Detroit River participated in the liberation of cases and cases of Canadian Club.

Very seriously, don't try to smuggle across a polar bear trophy you shot 10 years ago.......

[fund razor]

When I was 17, some friends and I went across the border in my 1975 buick. We were stopped and searched. They found a small baseball bat in my trunk. Well... ok.... two.

I told them that they were "tire knockers," used to check tire pressure.

That didn't work. I had to "surrender" them to the "crown." I guess that was when Canada was still constitutionally the puppy of the Parliament. I don't think that I pleased them when I looked around at the other Dudleys while one Dudley pretended to call the US to see if they wanted me back. I said "want me back???"
"I am an American citizen. That makes me the only free man in the room."
Three minutes later they were moving a barricade so that I could go back across the bridge. Never made it past customs. No Canadian MacDonalds or Point Pelee for me that day.

[rschap1]

I won't tell you what was in my trunk when me and my friend headed to Windsor for the weeknd...did not stick around for the search. Just followed a family truckster out of the parking lot when they were done putting their luggage and door panels back in the wagon...

One of my closer calls, back in the day.

[poncho]

Before passports required I was flying back to Canada from Florida. The CDN customs agent accused me of being an American trying to sneak into Canada. He thought I was trying to get health care!!!!!!!

[fund razor]

Before passports required I was flying back to Canada from Florida. The CDN customs agent accused me of being an American trying to sneak into Canada. He thought I was trying to health care!!!!!!!

You should've worn a flannel shirt and had Canadian Tire money in your wallet.

[Buoy]

I won't tell you what was in my trunk when me and my friend headed to Windsor for the weeknd...did not stick around for the search. Just followed a family truckster out of the parking lot when they were done putting their luggage and door panels back in the wagon...

One of my closer calls, back in the day.

When I was quite a bit younger (mid/late 20's) I had just collected a good size check from a completed job and decided to go to Windsor and gamble a portion. Had an open 12-pack in the backseat of the Dually (and probably some dead soldiers under the seat), and didn't think anything of it. Got pulled into customs and got a big "oh chit!!!!" moment. They looked over the entire truck (work truck: i.e. Ladder rack, ladders, brake, tools in back...), mirrors under the body... They were cool with everything. I offered to open the cross-box, and they said not necessary, and let me go to the casino.
I went to the casino and had a blast turning $300 into $3800 at BlackJack.
Hars to believe today that this didn't turn into a MAJOR scenario...
Thank God I've gotten a bit smarter since then...

[Bobcat]

Yes, you no longer mess around with measly 12 packs !

[Buoy]

Yes, you no longer mess around with measly 12 packs !

I can't get Milwaukee's Best Light in anything but a 30pk now
For $13.99 at CVS, Wal-Mart, or Walgreens

Maybe open beers in a truck are expected/required in Canada...

[Bobcat]

Damn, that's what I pay for an 18 most of the time.

[poncho]

A 12pack Canadian is about $22..........

[Bobcat]

[fund razor]

A 12pack Canadian is about $22..........

They have to do that because the health care is free.

Bada Boom.

[Ratickle]

They have to do that because the lousy health care is free.

Bada Boom.

I fixed it for you.....

[fund razor]

I guess we ran out of Canada jokes so we moved on to Canadian history.

Here is something Canadian. It is a pic from my friend Tom in Canada who took this pic of my old Nova that I sold him. It is at the haystacks. Great guy, that Tom. Picky buyer.

He bought it in 03. This was a recent pic.

[fund razor]

I fixed it for you.....

Bada Boom.

Me too.