Talking to Americans
2001 (TV)
American: Congratulations, Canada, on legalizing the stapler!
American: Congratulations, Canada on becoming part of North America!
American: Congratulations, Jacques Poutine on becoming "president" of Canada.
American: Congratulations, Canada on changing to a 24 hour clock rather than a 23 hour one!
American: To Mel Lastman, mayor of Toronto, Canada. We the undersigned are strongly opposed to your plan to reinstate the Toronto Polar Bear Slaughter. We find this to be a naive and uneducated approach to a serious environmental concern.
American: I'm a Political Economy student here at Princeton, and I want to say congratulations to Prime Minister Tim Horton on getting his double-double.
American: Congratulations, Canada for allowing the Irish to vote.
American: Congratulations, Canada for allowing bilingual tours of Joe Clark's hole.
American: Congratulations, Canada on allowing dogs as house pets.
American: (after hearing Canada was getting a $5 coin, called the woody) Congratulations, Canada on getting your first woody.
American: America salutes Mulroney's brown-nose.
American: (after hearing Canada wasn't on a 24-hour clock) Canada, please move to the 24-hour clock.
American: Congratulations, Canada on getting a second area code.