Canadian Love, American Whinging and Roses of the Prophet Muhammad Pastries

[misscam]

Canadians hail Norwegian sportmanship

Aaaaaaaw.

lotus79 "Another paper, The Gazette, suggested that every Canadian who meets a Norwegian in a bar, should buy him or her a beer"
lotus79 hee. quick, go find Canadians in bars
misscam Canadian hunting
lotus79 vewy vewy quiet! I'm huntin' Canadians
misscam let's just hope I don't do a Cheney and end up hitting lawyers instead
lotus79 Heeeeee

Why doesn't France rhyme with pants anymore?

Fraaaaaance to you too, whinger.

Spotted at BBC - Yesterday we asked how Danish pastries are to be renamed in Iran, as the cartoon protests continue, according to the official Iranian news agency. Only 16% got the right answer, which was "Roses of the Prophet Muhammad". Another question is on the Magazine index now.

What the hell is with the renaming food to show your displeasure with a particular country? "Freedom Fries" was bad enough. I'm surprised Fred Phelps hasn't suggested Swedish Meatballs be renamed Semen Gayballs. Or some right-winger suggested Chinese Chicken Salad is now Commie Veggie With Bird Flu. Honestly, there has to be better ways to be creative in showing your displeasure.

In other news:
Cheney's reputation taking flak
US attacks leaking of new abuse photos
Hungary PM does as Hugh Grant
Conan O'Brien meets Finnish president
Norway takes Rwanda genocide case
Splink!
Darth Vader teaching road safety

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/_lost_iris_/]

Ooooooooh. You know what this post reminded me of? A week or so ago, I was watching the news and there was some headline talking about how the U.S. appeared to be losing popularity in the world.

My reaction? "Naaaaaaaaaw, really? I NEVER KNEW."

Ohmigosh, how could anyone hate the U.S., lover of freedom and defender of justice?! It's a crime! Then again, there are lots of people here who are just off into their own cushy little world where they bitch about the U.S. not being appreciated enough. =/

[fondued-jicama.livejournal.com]

Ohmigosh, how could anyone hate the U.S., lover of freedom and defender of justice?! It's a crime! Then again, there are lots of people here who are just off into their own cushy little world where they bitch about the U.S. not being appreciated enough. =/

*Grins*

My problem... is that I love what this country stands for, and what it was supposed to be like. I think it's much better than many countries in this world. But we're as corrupt as hell in many high places, and nobody believes in the old values anymore. The word 'justice' doesn't mean much. =\

[misscam.livejournal.com]

It's just so shocking, innit? I mean, it's just come out of the blue! It's not like there's been years of growing anti-American sentiment growing steadily.

Oh wait. It is.

[lacontessamala.livejournal.com]

I'm surprised Fred Phelps hasn't suggested Swedish Meatballs be renamed Semen Gayballs.

Hahahahahhaaa! That's awesome!

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Hehe.

[ladyiapetus]

What the hell is with the renaming food to show your displeasure with a particular country? ... Honestly, there has to be better ways to be creative in showing your displeasure.

Well, it's either that or don't eat those foods altogether. And society's too attached those foodstuffs, so...

[misscam.livejournal.com]

What kind of sloppy dedication to hating is that? If you hate, hate with your stomach too.

[fondued-jicama.livejournal.com]

Semen Gayballs?

You never cease to amaze me. You're a television show I just can't stop tuning in to. ^^;

[misscam.livejournal.com]

I think that's a compliment :P

[the-factionlair.livejournal.com]

I didn't know about the aiding of Canadians, so major thanks to you lot.

...And no rifles with the hunting please, they can be exceedingly painful.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

I hunt with goodwill.

[the-factionlair.livejournal.com]

That instills me with so much confidence to my future well being.

[silvery-lass.livejournal.com]

I'm surprised Fred Phelps hasn't suggested Swedish Meatballs be renamed Semen Gayballs.

Not that I'm overly found of the dish, but that was the most disgusting thing you could ever possibly say. Now that is going to haunt me for the rest of eternity.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

I aim to disgust.

[silvery-lass.livejournal.com]

Apparently, and you do it so well, a little to well sometimes.

[autobadgirl.livejournal.com]

Screw just one beer! *buys you a whole case of 24*

Beauty move, eh! Nice goin'. Thanks.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

*gets drunk*

Wheeeeeeeeee.

[spotts1701.livejournal.com]

What the hell is with the renaming food to show your displeasure with a particular country? "Freedom Fries" was bad enough.

"Liberty Cabbage" was also an American bastardization (of sauerkraut) to show displeasure at Germans during WWI. So we do have a bit of a tradition for this sort of thing.

The "Freedom Fries" bit I never understood. After all, french fries aren't French.

[avari-elf.livejournal.com]

I never got the French of French fries. Or French kiss, French bread, French windows, French knickers...

Why are they attributing all this to us? O_o

[misscam.livejournal.com]

I see teh naming skills haven't improved with age.

[avari-elf.livejournal.com]

The article killed me. Truly. Is the guy serious?

More and more the Olympics become Euro-centric,

The Olympics started by being Greek, and then were brought back to life by a French. They were always First World centric. So statistically, yes, most of them will happen in Europe.

so I've found it very apt that NBC, which is bringing us the Winter Games, decreed that it's only proper to call the Olympic city by its indigenous pronunciation.

Is “indigenous” as insulting in English as it is in my language?

Any moment I've expected Bob Costas to become Roberto Costassa and say, "Va bene, Americanos. Now it's a time-a for the bobba-sledda and the downhilla."

Oh, he's so funny.

Then we discovered there is this big bicycle race over there and all of a sudden we started calling it what the genuine home folks did: the Tour du Fraaance. Lance Armstrong won the Tour du Fraaance. Why doesn't France rhyme with pants anymore?

You know, pronouncing it “Fraaance” still isn't the correct pronounciation in French. Those poor, poor English speakers don't have the sound “-an” in their language.

But it’s okay, we don’t hold it against them. Mocking accents is crass and shows pettiness, my grandmother always told me. Maybe the author's grandmother never told him.

But even as we try to be sensitive and defer to European pronunciation,

Why, how nice of them to be sensitive. I guess must have missed the crowds of enraged Europeans demanding Americans to be sensitive about pronunciation, I hadn’t realized it was such a huge issue!

the Continentals are giving us the back of their hand. It was discouraging enough that New York could only beat out Moscow in the competition for the 2012 Summer Games -- behind London, Paris and Madrid.

Dude, London won. Get over it. Hell, even here in Paris we're getting over it. And we’ve had wars with England long before the US even existed.

Then, notwithstanding that NBC pays more than $600 million for the 2006 Olympics, last week's elections for the executive board of the Olympic Games -- excuse me, les Jeux Olympiques -- dropped an American from the roster.

ARGH!

1) As if the Olympics aren't rotten enough as it is by money, now the big bucks of TV should determine who’s on the executive board? Nice mentality.

2) He thinks he's so clever with his “excuse me, les Jeux Olympiques”. Open a fucking history book and look up Pierre de Coubertin, whiner. A French guy who "is best known as the founder of the modern Olympic Games." Hence the use of French.

Oh, here’s a quote from Coubertin he should meditate on: “The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well."

Always, before, we were virtually guaranteed a seat on the executive board, but now there's one African, two Hispanics, three Asians and ... nine Europeans.

He does realize that "Europeans" don't share a hive mind and are actually from different countries, does he?

Among things American, only the Yankee dollar still earns Olympic gold.

Waa waa, cry me a river. As if American athletes never bring back medals back home.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

You know, I had a feeling this would get you worked up. Did me too. I wasn't exactly thinking compliments as I read. Arrogant whinging. OhNOES, the US hasn't had the Olympics in two years. What travesty. Big the US might be, but it reminds just one country. None of the European countries have two Olympic games within a decade.

And he should maybe remember using money to decide what the IOC did and didn't do worked wonders for Salt Lake City. Not like there was a huge scandal with... Oh wait, there was.

To make it more fun, falena84 pointed out he didn't even do the Italian bits right.

[spotts1701.livejournal.com]

The American media always gets a bug up its butt whenever the Olympics are somewhere where the time difference is significant. I think it's because the live events start way too early (the snowboarding events started at 6AM New York time today) and the "prime" events (figure skating, speed skating, etc.) have to be shown on tape-delay. The same thing happened two years ago when the Summer Games were in Athens and six years ago when they were in Sydney.

Add to that this year the Games blew a hole in the middle of "sweeps" (which is when networks set the advertising rates for their shows) and you can kind of sense a lot of bitterness within the media towards these Games.

Based on this, the next time the American press will be happy about the olympics will be 2010 (Vancouver, British Columbia).

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Blah. Suck it up. We'll have to deal with funky time differences for the next two Olympics - in China, then Canada - so sometimes it's perfect for Europeans and sometimes it's perfect for others. It can't always be specially fitted for the Americans, shock, horror.

[falena]

I was about to comment too but avari_elf said it much better than I could.

Va bene, Americanos. Now it's a time-a for the bobba-sledda and the downhilla."


Another minor detail, we don't actually sound like the Soprano when we speak English. *headdesk*

[avari-elf.livejournal.com]

Another minor detail, we don't actually sound like the Soprano when we speak English. *headdesk*

All the Italians I know are rather calm people, who speak beautifully. Not the hysterical and vulgar stereotypes shown in TV series. Hey, they must be *fake* Italians, obviously.

Anyway, I'll be headdesking with you, because the stereotypes about the French are rather incredible too. *headdesk*

[falena]

We should definitely headdesk together. ;)France has been my home for six months now, and I felt insulted reading the stereotypes about the French too.

[avari-elf.livejournal.com]

None of the European countries have two Olympic games within a decade.

But, Miss Cam, it's not as if we're real countries, you know?

The last time France had the Winter Olympics was 1992. 14 years ago.
The last time France had the Summer Olympics was 1924. 82 years ago.

So yeah, I'm not exactly crying for them.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, I forgot, we're one unit of deprived sexual practices and Commie cowards. Europe, like the Borg, in a way.

Just for this reason, I shall now cheer on France the next time they apply for the Olympics at the same time as an American city. Viva la France!

[kitness.livejournal.com]

I saw the pole thing live and it was awesome. I had warm, fluffy feelings for the Norwegian coach, deep, deep in my Canadian heart (also, I said - outloud I might add - "awwww, Cam's country's awesome." which got me weird looks from people who have no idea who you are.)

That is my story.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Heh.

Honestly wasn't that big a deal here in Norway. I know my reaction was more or less "oh, he gave her a pole. 'Tis good" and focused on the race again. I didn't think that much more about it until the Canadian reactions got filtered back to us.

We love you too, Canada. Now beat the US some for us.

[piecesofalice.livejournal.com]

FRAAAAANCE.

FRAHHHH-NCE.

Bloody hell. I'm Australian - my strine won't let me say the latter without sounding like a pompous git.

Pants is my favourite word. And I hope to God one day I can stand in the middle of Paris and say, "Why, I'm wearing my pants in France!"

[misscam.livejournal.com]

If you do, make sure you get a picture of the reactions around you.

[anitchka.livejournal.com]

Swedish Meatballs be renamed Semen Gayballs

Sniff. You've ruined meatballs for me, now.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

How truly cruel of me.

Eat reindeerballs instead.

[alswaiter.livejournal.com]

I'll buy you a beer anytime, Cam. Anytime. ;)

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Aaaw. If I ever get to Canada, I shall hold you to that.

[kittycatness.livejournal.com]

You know, I really don't like my country. I should, but I really don't. Far too warm, far too much drama. But some alright television shows.

I'm surprised Fred Phelps hasn't suggested Swedish Meatballs be renamed Semen Gayballs.
Fred Phelps is stupid.

I heard about Conan going to see the Finnish President. Because he was always being compared to her on his show. And there were a lot of Finnish people in the audience and he'd talk to them a lot.
...not that I was ever up that late, mind you.

"Splink!"
I understand that traffic laws are different in the UK than they are in the US, but why not just do a "Stop, Look, Listen, Cross" like they had when I was little? Mnemonic "slogans" (I guess) don't work for everyone, or by trying to simplify things, they get complicated.

♥

ps.
My mother now ships Catherine/Grissom. Oy.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

But then they wouldn't get the awesome Splink! word.

Oh dear. Best not get into a shipperwar with her.

[kittycatness.livejournal.com]

lol True. Splink! does sound cool. But it'd be far less confusing to have just words instead of trying to remember what the mnemonic means.

She'll come around. Even though she's like "You don't know the show".

[sekhmets-temple.livejournal.com]

As a Canadian, I just want to offer my thanks and respect to that lovely coach. What a gracious man and the perfect definition of a class act. I don't frequent bars anymore, but if I ever meet a Norwegian in, say, a coffee shop? The java's on me. :)

NORWAY RULES!!!

[nadat.livejournal.com]

Chinese Chicken Salad is now Commie Veggie With Bird Flu.

Ick. If anyone does try that I'll hunt them down and stab them with a stabbity thing of Doom.