[PRCo] Re: SOME LESSONS ON CANADA

[Donald Galt]

On 11 Jun 01, at 22:14, ROGER Jenkins wrote:

> 
> I ran across an article in the local paper that was about a
> talk show host from Canada that asked proposterous questions
> of Americans about Canada .  One question asked was "did the
> yanks think that Canada should support a Navy, even if it is
> landlocked ?"  The answer from a Floridian was " If you dont
> have any seaports we have plenty that you could use "
> Another question was asked about the 72 min. hour or the 20
> hr days used in Canada and was never challenged on its
> validity. '
> 

That's Rick Mercer's "Talking to Americans" on the weekly "This 
Hour Has 22 Minutes." Canadians love it because it shows up the 
Yanks as totally ignorant of Canada - which, of course, by and 
large we are.

What some of them fail to notice, however, is that in many cases 
the questions are truly preposterous and that often the Americans 
depicted are obviously in on the joke. Also, that Mercer in 
particular among the show's four principals has a way of zinging 
one past his his TV audience if they let their guard down.

Don