"Magellans"

[Hunter Jones]

@Wolfshanze:

@GeneralHandGrenade:

Actually back when it was British North America, Quebec was known as Lower Canada. Ontario was Upper Canada because they were further up the St. Lawrence River. That was back when we were burning down your capital. Fun fact; the reason it is the “White House” is because you couldn’t afford paint after we burned down the original building so all you did was whitewash the new one. The name White House stuck after that. Due to the ominous nature of the Rhode Island Navy we would never be able to pull that off now. You could paint it pretty much whatever colour you want now and there’s nothing we could do about it.

Fun Fact:

If you took all the Chinese, lined them up 4-abreast and marched them into the Pacific Ocean… it would never end… I guess that’s because there are so many Chinese, and if they knew they were marching into the Pacific Ocean they’d be wearing bathing suits, looking kinda sexy and reproducing in the back of the line…

Conversely, if you took all the Canadians, lined them up single file and marched them into Lake Eerie… it would take like the afternoon to complete. So I say… “What are we waiting for? lets get the process started in Canada!”.

I never trusted those Canadians… 3,000 miles of unprotected border… one word from the Queen of England and they would all come charging down to invade America.

I don’t think the Canadians have the technical No-How to even get together to even consider the Invasion. They’re too drunk on authentic maple syrup!

[Young Grasshopper]

I don’t understand where this is all coming from, you guys understand that there are Canadians on these forums reading your insulting comments right… Ok, just checking.

[Hunter Jones]

@Young:

I don’t understand where this is all coming from, you guys understand that there are Canadians on these forums reading your insulting comments right… Ok, just checking.

Its ok YG, the Rhode Island Fleet will save you guys… :-D

[taamvan]

Is that like the Kansas Naval Reserve?  At lease Minnesota has a substantial body of water nearby…

I heard there is a battleship in south Dakota…I wondered how this happened until it was explained that it is just the OUTLINE of a battleship in concrete since they scrapped the actual thing and SD has sea-envy

There is a Pegasus class hydrofoil in Missouri…I wondered how this happened until I saw that they took the unarmed hulk of a hydrofoil, towed up a muddy Midwestern river (like all the way up it, up 3-4 rivers…), dumped it at an long ago abandoned and decommissioned river naval base, and then left it parked there for a few decades.

Rhode Island?  Where is the island!?!?

[Hunter Jones]

@taamvan:

Is that like the Kansas Naval Reserve?  At lease Minnesota has a substantial body of water nearby…

I heard there is a battleship in south Dakota…I wondered how this happened until it was explained that it is just the OUTLINE of a battleship in concrete since they scrapped the actual thing and SD has sea-envy

There is a Pegasus class hydrofoil in Missouri…I wondered how this happened until I saw that they took the unarmed hulk of a hydrofoil, towed up a muddy Midwestern river (like all the way up it, up 3-4 rivers…), dumped it at an long ago abandoned and decommissioned river naval base, and then left it parked there for a few decades.

Rhode Island?  Where is the island!?!?  Â

Its so small its funny(Almost as much as their navy)

[StuckTojo]

@Hunter:

@Wolfshanze:

@GeneralHandGrenade:

Actually back when it was British North America, Quebec was known as Lower Canada. Ontario was Upper Canada because they were further up the St. Lawrence River. That was back when we were burning down your capital. Fun fact; the reason it is the “White House” is because you couldn’t afford paint after we burned down the original building so all you did was whitewash the new one. The name White House stuck after that. Due to the ominous nature of the Rhode Island Navy we would never be able to pull that off now. You could paint it pretty much whatever colour you want now and there’s nothing we could do about it.

Fun Fact:

If you took all the Chinese, lined them up 4-abreast and marched them into the Pacific Ocean… it would never end… I guess that’s because there are so many Chinese, and if they knew they were marching into the Pacific Ocean they’d be wearing bathing suits, looking kinda sexy and reproducing in the back of the line…

Conversely, if you took all the Canadians, lined them up single file and marched them into Lake Eerie… it would take like the afternoon to complete. So I say… “What are we waiting for? lets get the process started in Canada!”.

I never trusted those Canadians… 3,000 miles of unprotected border… one word from the Queen of England and they would all come charging down to invade America.

I don’t think the Canadians have the technical No-How to even get together to even consider the Invasion. They’re too drunk on authentic maple syrup!

One more comment like that and we’ll bomb the Baldwins!  :evil:

[Wolfshanze]

@Young:

I don’t understand where this is all coming from, you guys understand that there are Canadians on these forums reading your insulting comments right… Ok, just checking.

I keep forgetting YG is incredibly thin skinned… odd for a Canadian, its so cold up there… and YES, we know tons of Canadians are on the forums, and some of them are incredibly grumpy and have no sense of humor and find offense in everything… we get it. I suppose next is a long-winded speech about political correctness and safe spaces.

[StuckTojo]

@Wolfshanze:

@Young:

I don’t understand where this is all coming from, you guys understand that there are Canadians on these forums reading your insulting comments right… Ok, just checking.

I keep forgetting YG is incredibly thin skinned… odd for a Canadian, its so cold up there… and YES, we know tons of Canadians are on the forums, and some of them are incredibly grumpy and have no sense of humor and find offense in everything… we get it. I suppose next is a long-winded speech about political correctness and safe spaces.

Oh, the Baldwins are SOOOOOO dead!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OW5cEoWUUqE

[Hunter Jones]

@StuckTojo:

@Wolfshanze:

@Young:

I don’t understand where this is all coming from, you guys understand that there are Canadians on these forums reading your insulting comments right… Ok, just checking.

I keep forgetting YG is incredibly thin skinned… odd for a Canadian, its so cold up there… and YES, we know tons of Canadians are on the forums, and some of them are incredibly grumpy and have no sense of humor and find offense in everything… we get it. I suppose next is a long-winded speech about political correctness and safe spaces.

Oh, the Baldwins are SOOOOOO dead!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OW5cEoWUUqE

Make sure to hit the ommpalumpa occuping FDR’s old house

[Hunter Jones]

https://youtu.be/DeSs-NQpS64

The US military in a nutshell

[Omega1759]

@Young:

I don’t understand where this is all coming from, you guys understand that there are Canadians on these forums reading your insulting comments right… Ok, just checking.

I’m a Canadian citizen but US taxpayer, and I think the Canadians, Germans and some others deserve some heat for not taking their share of responsibility for defense of the western world. The US spends 3.5% of GDP on defense, Canada is at 0.9%. It’s free riding, at the minimum Canada should spend 1.5%-2.0% of GDP but it hasn’t been the case for nearly 30 years.

Any serious country would have a serious foreign policy and military, but instead Canada is the lalaland, preferring to criticize and supposedly take the higher moral ground.

[GeneralHandGrenade]

Well that’s weird. I thought that all Canadian citizens knew why.

Maybe you should stick to posting about things you do know then instead of spewing someone else’s ideology. That’s not our ideology. Every single country in the world is a serious country. The rest of us were poking fun at each other in a good natured way and then you come along and start spewing one particular ideology like it was the only one that mattered. It isn’t. If you don’t want to take part in our light hearted ribbing of each other then please stay out of the conversation.

[Young Grasshopper]

@Wolfshanze:

@Young:

I don’t understand where this is all coming from, you guys understand that there are Canadians on these forums reading your insulting comments right… Ok, just checking.

I keep forgetting YG is incredibly thin skinned… odd for a Canadian, its so cold up there… and YES, we know tons of Canadians are on the forums, and some of them are incredibly grumpy and have no sense of humor and find offense in everything… we get it. I suppose next is a long-winded speech about political correctness and safe spaces.

Maybe a comment about Vietnam will test that thick skin of yours… it’s funny how we decide for others what they should or shouldn’t be offended by. Don’t tell me what’s offensive, I’ll decide for myself what offends me, and I will extend to you the same respect (there’s my long winded speech).

[strategic planner]

this thread went way off topic.

[Hunter Jones]

@strategic:

this thread went way off topic.

Shhhhhhh……

[Karl7]

Oh geeze… not the Canada bashing again…  :-P

I admit, as a US guy it’s fun to bash Canada, but for me it comes from a place of love.  I love B.C. and Vancouver especially.  I might even move there in time (if necessary given trends in the US).  The reality is if you picked me up and plunked me in Canada without warning, I’d probably not know where I was and assume it was the US.

My favorite Canada joke is to say when you meet a Canadian: “Oh yes, I’ve met the mayor of Canada…”  That will really get them going.

All joking aside, some of the best players of this game are Canadian and my also my friends.  Gargantua for one. We Americans can bash them, but they have a lot going for them. So we should at least be mindful, lest our mocking comes to haunt us.

If global warming really picks up, we US fools will be high-tailing it to Alberta in no time… Have you been to Edmonton?

Long Live Trudeau!  :wink:

[StuckTojo]

As a Canadian myself I actually think we are the most thin-skinned, hypersensitive people on the planet, trying to compensate for an America-sized inferiority complex (though we vehemently deny it) with effusions of unearned moral superiority, as if “yeah, we could be a global superpower, but we choose not to, cuz y’know, we’re so moral”.  It’s embarrassing, really.

I long for the 80s, when Canadian humour was of the good-natured Bob and Doug self-deprecating kind of humour that reflects a little humility.  Now, Canadian humour is mostly the nauseating, juvenile, “Americans are all stupid, and I hate 'em!” Rick Mercer kind of humour.  It doesn’t reflect well on us, and shows how deeply insecure we are as a people.

Just the observation of an old guy.

[Wolfshanze]

As someone who still thinks its the 1980s, I don’t know if i’ll ever be able to shake-off my thought that all Canadians are like Bob and Doug McKenzie. How’s it goin’, eh? In all honesty, Canadians are great… never had anything but nice things to say about all the Canadians I have met. Still… that Bob and Doug crack me up.

[StuckTojo]

@Omega1759:

@Young:

I don’t understand where this is all coming from, you guys understand that there are Canadians on these forums reading your insulting comments right… Ok, just checking.

I’m a Canadian citizen but US taxpayer, and I think the Canadians, Germans and some others deserve some heat for not taking their share of responsibility for defense of the western world. The US spends 3.5% of GDP on defense, Canada is at 0.9%. It’s free riding, at the minimum Canada should spend 1.5%-2.0% of GDP but it hasn’t been the case for nearly 30 years.

Any serious country would have a serious foreign policy and military, but instead Canada is the lalaland, preferring to criticize and supposedly take the higher moral ground.

I partially agree and partially disagree, but none of us really knows what gets said in the corridors of NATO.

Winning World Wars and having the dominant military force on Earth definitely has huge economic advantages, like having the world reserve currency, being able to oversee/defend/dictate trade routes, and have “bases” in countries that possess economically vital resources, just to name a few.  The West, and I’m including Japan and S Korea for convenience, has shared mightily in that prosperity since 1945 (Japan, for example, hasn’t had to worry about access to cheap oil for decades), so much so that the post-WWII generations are largely ignorant of how important the military balance of power is for their own prosperity, particularly those in countries that have benefited economically from living under the US umbrella.

That said, the US didn’t assume the role of lone global superpower reluctantly, whilst kicking and screaming.  It wants it for all the reasons just mentioned, and many others.  I’m just guessing, but they may even be secretly OK with other nations not spending comparable amounts on their armed forces.  It keeps them from evolving into competitors down the road.  The Western countries have shown at least as much propensity for fighting among themselves as against others.  But who really knows for sure?

[StuckTojo]

@Wolfshanze:

As someone who still thinks its the 1980s, I don’t know if i’ll ever be able to shake-off my thought that all Canadians are like Bob and Doug McKenzie. How’s it goin’, eh? In all honesty, Canadians are great… never had anything but nice things to say about all the Canadians I have met. Still… that Bob and Doug crack me up.

Hehehe… that’s why I love how South Park depicts Canada, even if it’s done by a couple Yankee lads.  It hearkens back to that time when we could still laugh at ourselves.