Canada vs. America

19 Replies to “Canada vs. America”

1. We also have a real leader, although nothing seems to rhyme with Harper. Great song. Reminds me of the FOX song.
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNj0T4uK3lE#t=233

2. As the”Texas Canuck: I feel fully qualified to speak in the subject, If you’re talking about the mainstream swill that those foreign nationals pour out like Miller, Coors, Bud, Blue, Canadian, Lucky Lager and the like then Canucks mostly win on the alc/vol. If you are talking about Craft Beer then it is a whole different ball game. Both sides of the border have regional pubs, breweries and such that appeal to the disconcerting beer snob. Some run circles against the big international gang. It is like comparing Calona Red (sold by gallon back in the day) to Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Both “wine” but definitely not the same.
   By the way, those living in Ontario (especially Northwestern) are getting biffed as it is. A recent trip to Alberta found more Ontario craft beer than available in Ontario. Pity I had to fly back tho the land of Whyiney.
   For the record, the best all round all season beer in Texas has to be Shiner Bock out of the Spoetzl Brewery(1909est) in Shiner Texas. Those Czech immigrants certainly brought over talents that were valuable for this neck of the woods (like Kolache). Pressure cooker bombs was not in their repertoire. They contributed fully to the community, county, state, country and America is better off for that. My Polish Grandmother brought over to Canada ethic of hard work, honesty, love and a damn good cabbage roll and not a shoe bomb.

3. Which got me thinking. What in hell have Muslims ever contrbuted to our society. Damned if I can think of a single thing.

4. Having returned to BC after 8 years in Washington State, I concur with Texas Canuck. The numbers of and variety of Brew Pubs and Craft Beers in Washington and Oregon are no comparison to what’s available in BC.

5. Try this for a craft beer. Flavored with smoke whale testicles.
   http://www.cbc.ca/asithappens/features/2015/01/12/only-in-iceland-beer-flavoured-with-smoked-whale-testicles/

6. That may rile the Yanks up a bit, all in fun.
   Someone told me once the best way to start a fistfight with an American is to find someone from Texas, and tell them that Ontario is bigger.

7. Yea but the worlds population would fit comfortably into Texas. Has a better ring to it than Ontario.
   http://www.omgfacts.com/lists/10333/The-entire-world-population-could-fit-in-the-state-of-Texas-and-it-d-only-have-the-population-density-of-New-York-City

8. peterj – you’re right, there aren’t many rhymes. That just means we have to be sharper.

9. As long as the rest of us can listen to Angela Hewitt, I’m fine.

10. Algebra and al co hol. Both original Mussi products note the al. As in al quaida

11. Thanks to muslims we have state of the air airport technology, Kevlar and thousands of dog breeders specializing in sniffer pooches.

12. Still miss this stuff.
    http://bit.ly/14QQ0jG

13. Nuzzi’s gave us alcohol….maybe the name but the Sumerians were big on beer 7000 Years ago.
    Algebra the same…originated in India.
    Something like the Brits named the P51 “Apache”, the MUSTANG but it was not a Brit kite or even built there..

14. False premise.
    Canada measures alcohol by volume (ABV), US measures alcohol by weight (ABW). ABW is about 4/5 of ABV because of the difference between the weight of water and alcohol.
    IOW’s 5 ABV = 4 ABW.

15. sasquatch “Something like the Brits named the P51 “Apache”, the MUSTANG but it was not a Brit kite or even built there.”
    The A-36 Apache and P-51 Mustang were different aircraft that used the same airframe. The British had maybe 1000 Mustangs and Canada had 5 squadrons of them.

16. Harper is sharper …. it rhymes.

17. Great song. My beer chauvinism is more rooted geographically in the dozens of bitter, high alcohol and delicious IPA’s that are now being produced in Ab, BC, Sask, WA, and Oregon.
    As for nation embarrasments they have Obozo but we have Biebs and Shiny Pony.

18. All of the beer brands in that video are embarrassing. Not that American brands like Bud light should even be considered beer, but still…

19. The yanks came up with the A36 designation to hide the fact that where the yanks used numbers brits used names. The M4 as a result became the Sherman…..
    There is some question as to how the M26 became the Pershing. Consensus is that the yanks adopted the Brit practice of naming armoured vehicles after yank generals….