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2008 Jul 13, 1:46am   2,383 views  40 comments

by Patrick   ➕follow (61)   ignore  

Some observations of Canada from my 10 day house-swap with a Canadian family in Toronto:

Native Canadian people are helpful, but Canadian immigrants don't talk to strangers.
Most things are more expensive than in the US, like $6.50 Canadian for a Hagen Daas ice cream bar in Toronto Island park.
The Lindt chocolates are all forgeries, just crap in elite wrappers. Canadians are unaware of the fraud, since they've never had good chocolate.
Via Rail beats Amtrak by a long shot. Via Rail is clean, on-time, and cheap.
Tap water tastes pretty good.
There are two sales taxes instead of just one: provincial and federal.
Beer and wine in Ontario are sold only by the provincial liquor monopoly, at twice the cost as in the US. BYOB/W
Public pools are free, though run-down.
Immigrants in Toronto are the largest percentage of any city in the world.
The subway system in Toronto is efficient and inexpensive.
Milk comes in a bag rather than in a gallon jug.
Prostitution advertising is brazen and cheap.
There are many Muslim women, some completely covered in Burqas.
Women have more tattoos than in the US.
Marijuana can be smelled in the air on many major Toronto streets.
There is a visible gay population in Toronto.
There are a surprising number of Canadian flags on cars and houses.
The Canadian accent becomes more noticeable the more you hear it.

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21   WookieMan   2025 Mar 13, 6:50am  

Natives on the crime, Indians I guess. Not Canadians but the people before it was settled. They drink Scope mouthwash to get drunk. Not a joke. I haven't been in a while but parts of Canada are sketchy.

If you've been to Wisconsin you know that people in cold and flat climates drink a ton. Canada is heavy on the booze.

I drink and refuse to fight unless it's a family member that's being harassed. So I could see violent crime being high in Canada. You go to a bar and you're indoors with others a lot or you go crazy. Fights and assaults happen. That's why I avoid bars that are primarily for drinking and not the food.
24   WookieMan   2025 Mar 13, 7:54pm  

Patrick says





Tilly hats and underwear. I'm guilty... lol.
25   MolotovCocktail   2025 Mar 13, 9:41pm  

Patrick says







Do kids who were born 9 months after that trip wifey & I took to Niagara Falls count?
26   stereotomy   2025 Mar 13, 10:01pm  

WookieMan says

Patrick says






Tilly hats and underwear. I'm guilty... lol.

Back about 25 years ago, you could get really high quality combed cotton products from Canada. I had underwear that lasted 10 years - no linting or tearing.

Not to mention that French Canadian whores and strippers that loved American $ when the loonie was 60 cents to the dollar (that was earlier, like around 1990.
27   zzyzzx   2025 Mar 14, 6:30am  

Patrick says






Litens serpentine belt tensioners that I use in vehicles. Other than that and maybe some canola oil and a 2011 Ford Edge.
29   desertguy   2025 Mar 15, 8:24am  

Patrick says







High quality dog food. They appear to have higher standards.
33   WookieMan   2025 Apr 5, 1:31pm  

Booger says





They're mostly French Canadian which explains a lot because Europeans are entitled ass holes. They're not flying to CA or the west most the time so it would be rare to meet one. 3 hour flight or 18 hour drive you're in the Panhandle of FL. That's the hot spot Jan to mid March for Canadians directly north... the French kind. Ass holes.
35   Patrick   2025 Apr 23, 9:11pm  

https://tuckercarlson.com/tucker-show-maxime-bernier

He's quite mad about the trampling of Canadian's rights, and wants a reckoning.

He's right. There must be a reckoning.
36   Patrick   2025 Apr 23, 9:25pm  

I like this guy Bernier.
37   WookieMan   2025 Apr 23, 11:58pm  

Patrick says

He's right. There must be a reckoning.

If you know a Canadian you know they'll do nothing. They're the white blacks of the North. They just do nothing, not sure how else to describe it. Average Canadians just do what they're told.

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