Canadians are the best!

[joey]

U.S. National - AP


T-Shirt Co. Offers 'Go Canadian Package'

Tue Dec 7, 5:27 AM ET U.S. National - AP


By LESLIE HOFFMAN, Associated Press Writer

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Planning a European vacation and don't want to talk American politics with an inquisitive foreigner? A New Mexico T-shirt company suggests going Canadian.


For $24.95, T-shirtKing.com offers the "Go Canadian" package, full of just the kind of things an American traveler can use to keep a vacation free of U.S. politics.


There's a Canadian flag T-shirt, a Canadian flag lapel pin and a Canadian patch for luggage or a backpack. There's also a quick reference guide — "How to Speak Canadian, Eh?" — on answering questions about Canada.


It is the brainchild of employees at the Mountainair, N.M.-based company known for comical T-shirts it sells worldwide on the Internet.


"It's not meant as a slight against the United States or Canada," explained T-shirtKing.com President Bill Broadbent. "It was meant as something Republicans could give their Democrat friends to say 'C'est la vie.' ... But maybe not c'est la vie because that's a French word."


This isn't the first time the company has poked fun at politics. They held a political slogan T-shirt contest for the election. Among the favorites: "Might as well vote Republican, because they'll say you did anyway."


The "Go Canadian" idea emerged while Broadbent and several co-workers were chatting about a possible product to fill the gap between the end of their political slogan contest and another contest they plan for January.


One of Broadbent's colleagues had heard of someone harassed about U.S. politics during a recent overseas trip.


Some people might not mind, but others "just want to be on vacation," Broadbent said. "So we were joking that they could just go as Canadians, and that just kind of evolved."


The package went up on T-shirtKing.com's Web site Nov. 12 and the company sold a couple hundred — in New Mexico and elsewhere — in the first two weeks or so.


When lifelong Democrat Dani Delaney saw the package, she was immediately sold. After the general election, she said, "if I could move to Canada, I would."


"I admire their liberal, progressive stand on things," said the 57-year-old writing instructor at the University of New Mexico. "And I thought, 'Well, that's a good way to peacefully protest.'"


Sylvia Dawson's boyfriend has been joking with the Ontario native that she needs to find him a Canadian flag for an upcoming trip to Spain. That's after his daughter, who is studying there, warned that he might be questioned about politics.


So the 45-year-old Bernalillo resident bought a package.


"I said, 'What are you going to do if someone asks you about the prime minister of Canada?' And he said, 'I'll study up,'" Dawson said.


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[Piers]

Americans have been putting Canadian flags on their back packs and cloths for years now just to avoid getting harassed,treated badly and looked down apon abroad.
Piers

[Tim and Julie B]

To funny! Till they run into real Canadians.........talk baseball and don't know who their favorite hockey team is.

[Gary D.]

Frankly that's always irked me. Americans are usually so patriotic at home. In my opinion they made their bed, now they should sleep in it. Who else can they blame for being disliked abroad? If they're the kind of people who give US citizens a bad name I don't want them posing as Canadians. And if their the type who are getting a bum rap and deserve better, well then be an example for your country and set the record straight. Just my opinion.

[hhw]

Canadians are probably the most liked out of any people in the world. Americans on the other hand, are probably the most hated :P Considering how close we are to each other, it makes a lot of sense for them to masquerade as us.

Ahh, this summer when I was down at Pike Place Market in Seattle with a buddy, we went into this shop to buy some beer, and since they had tables and chairs setup we sat down and opened our beers before we were informed they weren't licensed. Anyway, we head outside with beers in hand and just casually start drinking on this bench. Half a beer later, a security guard comes up to us, face totally fuming. She asks us what state we're from, and I reply, "umm, we're from Canada". Her expression suddenly changed into a smile and she said something like "Oh, okay. Normally we make people pour out their beer, but you guys are all right. Just take it across the street so the cops don't see you." Me and my buddy chuckled about it the rest of the day.

Later on this last summer, I was at this party and there was a girl there from Flint, Michigan. This was shortly after Fahrenheit 9/11 came out too, so Michael Moore mania was about. People wanted to shake her hand and get their picture taken with her because she was from THE Flint, Michigan. Poor girl, to everyone there it was a big joke to have someone from some place that totally epitomizes so much about what's wrong with America.

[marisa]

This thread and link while entertaining, are too political for ssnakess.com

Marisa