You Americans may have your “land of the free
and the home of the brave” and “all those buffalo roaming”.
Well, we Canadians have our “where the nice people live”.
Nice, as in well-brought-up teenagers who, as they exit
from the back of a 40ft bus all shouting “Thank You!”
to the driver, who’ll never hear it.
Or every Canadian in every check-out line placing the rubber
whatchamacallit behind their groceries, knowing if they don’t,
they’ll surely suffer the silent wrath of those behind them.
And let’s not forget the mandatory, minimum 20 “sorries” each day,
all Canadians must utter as they maneuver past each other,
no matter how absurdly minor the offenses might be.
So much so that if, God forbid, Canada ever turned evil and
became a “carryin’ ” country, you can be sure there would be
apologies all around after someone had been rude enough
to “stand their ground”.
