AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 4 years agoWhat's an inside joke in your country?message-squaremessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down11
arrow-up143arrow-down1message-squareWhat's an inside joke in your country?AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 4 years agomessage-square28fedilink
minus-squareAgreeableLandscape@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up25arrow-down1·edit-24 years agoCanada, mostly learned by listening to the CBC (our government media outlet) Laugh Out Loud podcast: Vancouver is the weed capital Newfoundland’s “Newfie” accent/dialect Hockey fights (when players go insane and beat the crap out of each other) Quebec hates everyone Our airline is terrible We use a confusing combination of Metric and imperial units
minus-squarehazardous_area@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoI’d also like to add timmies in recent years. There has been a steep decline
minus-squareCruxifux@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoWe were at the fights and a hockey game broke out
minus-squarenBee@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 years agoI originally read “Our airline is terrible” as “Our anime is terrible” and was going to disagree; our public broadcasters occasionally played some nice Canadian cartoons :D
minus-squareKinetix@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 years agoThere’s got to be a joke about poutine somewhere… Also, yes, Scare Canada shouldn’t really be an inside joke - it’s more of an inside embarrassment. No? :slightly smiling face:
Canada, mostly learned by listening to the CBC (our government media outlet) Laugh Out Loud podcast:
Vancouver is the weed capital
Newfoundland’s “Newfie” accent/dialect
Hockey fights (when players go insane and beat the crap out of each other)
Quebec hates everyone
Our airline is terrible
We use a confusing combination of Metric and imperial units
I’d also like to add timmies in recent years. There has been a steep decline
Still love me that iced capp.
We were at the fights and a hockey game broke out
I originally read “Our airline is terrible” as “Our anime is terrible” and was going to disagree; our public broadcasters occasionally played some nice Canadian cartoons :D
There’s got to be a joke about poutine somewhere…
Also, yes, Scare Canada shouldn’t really be an inside joke - it’s more of an inside embarrassment. No? :slightly smiling face: