Canada as we know it - comments and concerns expressed by Non-Canadians pt. 1

(Also a backpost from Thursday, February 1, 2007)

Picture this: I've just been introduced to a number of people and we are all making polite chit chat.

Non-Canadian 1: "So you're from Canada right?"
Me: " Yes."
Non-Canadian 1: "Mmmm.....right. Where is that again?"
(this would have been an understandable question if the asker was from some remote country. He wasn't. He lives a two hour flight away from Toronto.)


Non-Canadian 2: "You're from Calgary?"
Me: "Yes, we're famous for the Stampede with its outdoor rodeo show aswell as for hosting one of the best run Winter Olymipcs."
Non-Canadian 2: "Oh. I didn't know Canada had cowboys. I thought they were only in Texas. How big is your town anyway?"

Non-Canadian 3: "Alberta. That's the one that goes all the way up to North Pole right?" and a few minutes later, "Who needs Canada anyway? What do you do anyways?"

Yes readers. Those were snippets from actual conversations today. Stay tuned for more updates on the Canada non-Canadians know.