Of Football and Labour Day

So, my faithful CANADIAN Readers, i am if you haven't heard ENJOYING my time down here in the US of A. However there a few MAJOR difference between us and them (and I'm NOT talking about food products...)

Firstly there is football. The first game of the season was this past Saturday...and EVERYONE but a select few went. Now when I say everyone..I MEAN everyone. The traffic was TERRIBLE, the parking lot was over-flowing...and not to mention the fact that everyone was SO EXCITED TO SEE THEIR TEAM WIN. So, Canadians remember the 2010 olympics? You know the ones with the crazy lines, and huge crowds? Yeah...well guess what THIS WAS ALMOST THE SAME THING. Granted the crowd was a little smaller, but the feeling in the air, all the over excited people...it was practically the same...AND THIS HAPPENS EVERY WEEKEND...you'd think that the effect would have worn off by now...but it hasn't.

SECOND: PASTA! Apparently Canadians have an accent...like...seriously...We say things like: Pasta, magazine, bag, rag, hag....you get the picture we say it wrong...or differently. AND get this WE SAY SORRY DIFFERENTLY! LIKE...WHOA! And on top of it all we spell things like labour differently then THEY spell labor...except we already knew that.

Third: KD (enough said...)

Fourth: Labour day. or Labor Day. Canada should really adopt this mentality. AND BEFORE YOU EAT ME for not being gung-ho for Canada hear me out: having labour day off after a week of school makes you appreciate it SO MUCH MORE. It actually feels like a HOLIDAY not a "day before school". WAY DIFFERENT. Like i was SO HAPPY for labour day to come...that I couldn't believe it. Usually Labour day is a day full of anticipation and dread...not so...now it's a day of relaxation and deep breathing. AWESOME!

So..America and Canada are different. In many different ways....whether is school spirit (they put Canada to shame), or food products (Sorry Americans...Canada wins there) or just plain spelling (I LIKE THE 'U'!) But differences lead to conversation and then to friendships...hopefully. SO YOU GOT TO LOVE THE CULTURAL DIFFERENCES!

AND PRAISE THE HEAVENS FOR LABOUR -labor- DAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Signing Off
DG