Regionalism is Alive and Well in Canada
THE SCENE: Sitting at a window table in a "Mexican" restaurant in Victoria. Outside, a reasonably well-dressed man, approximately mid-20s urinates in the bushes apparently unaware (or uncaring) that light from the restaurant has put him at center stage.
FROM THE NEIGHBORING TABLE: "Well, he must be from Saskatchewan."
Really? Is peeing in public so common in Saskatchewan that it's considered an identifying trait? How interesting.
posted by Amy N. @ 8:07 PM
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7 Comments:
Wow, so Canadian Christina was really onto something when she talked about "Mexican" food being so bad in Germany (Friday post). I LOVE Mexican food, so I'd better not move to Canada or Germany ever! ;-)
I don't know about "Mexican" in Germany, but the stuff I've had in Canada was nowhere close to the real thing. Greek is a better bet there.
Hi lily! Thanks for visiting my blog. I love your Saskatchewan story. :-)
P.S. Great Victoria pictures too! I went to university there and really miss it.
Hi Christina! Sounds like quite an adventure, moving to Germany. The comment about Saskatchewan especially cracked me up because Canadians (that I've met) usually present a united front about all things Canadian.
Victoria is a beautiful city. I completely understand how you would miss it. Do you go to U Vic?
Hi Lily - Well, I haven't heard that much "Saskatchewan bashing" - cracked me up too - usually it's the poor Newfoundlanders who get all the flack.
And yes, I went to U Vic and absolutely loved it. Have you heard what they say about Victoria? It's home to three kinds of people: young married couples, retirees and students, aka the newly wed, the nearly dead and the barely fed!
Come to think of it, I have heard a lot of Newfoundland jokes. Hmmm.
I've never heard that saying about Victoria, but it seems pretty accurate (and funny). I was on the crew team in college and we used to race against U Vic. They were always tough competition.
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