Wednesday 23 March 2011

Being Canadian...

There's a chain of stores here in Canadia that has put out the quintessential Canadian commercial. At least to me, it speaks volumes of what we Canucks are all about. Never mind that it's a store I frequent frequently, because they have all the auto stuff you'd ever need (including a service department), sections for housewares, lighting, plumbing, gardening, pets, camping, sports, etc, etc, etc. I'm sure you get the idea.

They have something for everyone at some point in time.

So I just thought I would share the commercial with you so that you'd have a better understanding of Canadia and her humble inhabitants.

Real Canadians, though. Recent immigrants can be found standing in the doorway of the store in shock. Not over what the store carries... but wondering what the hell they've gotten themselves into by moving to a country that has every climate on the face of the planet except that of Jamaica.


17 comments:

  1. XL: HA!! I'd not seen that one!! Ah, ya gotta love the Mackenzie brothers. ;-)

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  2. LOL commercials as PR for a country! i love it! xoxoxo

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  3. Canada, eh?

    OK, OK, me likes. May even return "home" someday.

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  4. Good one, I too miss the Mackenzie bros. Take off you hoser....

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  5. Savannah: Yeah, it's cool, isn't it!?!? xoxoxo

    Jonas: Do come north for a visit. You are so very close.

    SF: You forgot the "eh"! ;-)

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  6. Blimey, loads of posts since I was last here and a new Khadi paper background [I like]... I'm waiting for the commercial to load... very slow broadband...
    Sx

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  7. Scarlet: It's pretty, isn't it? And thanks... I have a great fondness for a number of Brits/Scots/Irish myself!

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  8. A vat of Ethanol and a pound of kreosot please. Thank you.

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  9. Mago: Are you mixing up something to go with the Gummi Worms??? ;-)

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  10. I'm just channeling Hiram Walker and his ideas about Canadian Club ...

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  11. Mago: I just happen to have a bottle of CC in the cupboard. Could I offer you some? It's well aged... been there for three years now, left by a date. Personally I can't stand the stuff. ;-)

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  12. Makes two of us! But I have to confess that it would not last three years in my cupboard.

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  13. Mago: This bottle will outlive me unless someone else drinks it. ;-)

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  14. Takes 18 hours from Stuttgart to Winnipeg directly. This globe IS large ...

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