Far Out There

             My name is Jungles McButter and I was born and Canada and have been raised there ever since I was born. I can't help but find it so funny how us Canadians have such an inferiority complex when it comes to South of the 49th parallel. Turn on the local news at 11pm here in Canada and what do you see? None other than news on the U.S. election as the first story. At the risk of seeming general, it's quite clear that most of us Canadians are more passionate about George W. Bush getting kicked out of the white house than we are about our own election. I remember when the Toronto Blue Jays won a couple of World Series in the early 90's it was like Heaven on earth, but not because a Canadian team won, it was because an American team didn't. It's quite sad really. There is a movie from Michael Moore called Bowling for Columbine in which Michael Moore points out how Canada and the United States are so close and yet so far when it comes to gun related violence. He travels to downtown Toronto and shows how peaceful it looks and how people don't have to lock their doors. Oh the excitement in Canada! I remember reading a review in the Toronto Sun here and at the end of the paragraph the writer put something like "I can't wait until this is played in the U.S. so that they can see how great our country is". You see, we need to be accepted. We need that pat on our shoulders from all of you. We are like the friendly neighbours to the north that look for a nudge of encouragement from down south. Do you think opening a present on Christmas morning is our favourite time? Oh no, not at all. It's when we are in the States and we hear Nickelback or Celine Dion come on the radio. A Canadian getting played on an American radio station? Whenever Mike Myers or Jim Carrey appear on Oprah it's time to break out the champagne! I can't wait to tell my friends! All this is like coffee calling the kettle black, I am guilty as charged as well but I am t...

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