Happy Canada Day!
July 1, 2016 2:33 PM Subscribe
You don't need to learn How To Be Canadian to participate, but it couldn't hurt. Pick a delicious dish from What To Eat and enjoy the classic
Canadian, Please by honeychip and gunnarolla (gunnarolla previously).
I've spent my Canada Day drinking beer in my underwear, as John A. MacDonald would have surely wished. I have also curmudgeonly avoided nearly all forms of social interaction, being as it is far too hot out for any but the most basic biological processes.
posted by mrjohnmuller at 3:00 PM on July 1, 2016 [5 favorites]
posted by mrjohnmuller at 3:00 PM on July 1, 2016 [5 favorites]
sorry for posting so late in the day, eh, but the Man wouldn't let me ignore the 24-hour posting rule
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 3:04 PM on July 1, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 3:04 PM on July 1, 2016 [2 favorites]
Bonus: What's Going On with the Way Canadians Say ‘About'?, worth it for the grumpy guy's video alone (near the bottom).
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 3:20 PM on July 1, 2016
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 3:20 PM on July 1, 2016
Geez, mrjohnmuller, don't put your beer in your underwear. Not even Sir John A did that.
posted by GhostintheMachine at 3:22 PM on July 1, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by GhostintheMachine at 3:22 PM on July 1, 2016 [2 favorites]
Mandatory Newfoundland content:
guts, gizzards
posted by ivan ivanych samovar at 3:23 PM on July 1, 2016 [3 favorites]
guts, gizzards
posted by ivan ivanych samovar at 3:23 PM on July 1, 2016 [3 favorites]
Since it's Friday night I raise a glass of cheer and toast our neighbors to the North. Beauty!
posted by Splunge at 3:30 PM on July 1, 2016
posted by Splunge at 3:30 PM on July 1, 2016
And a correction to the What to Eat article. Herr's Ketchup Potato Chips are a thing here too. Yummy.
posted by Splunge at 3:33 PM on July 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by Splunge at 3:33 PM on July 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
I've spent my Canada Day drinking beer in my underwear, as John A. MacDonald would have surely wished.
Sir John A. would probably have gone for a tall glass of gin tbh.
posted by figurant at 3:42 PM on July 1, 2016 [3 favorites]
Sir John A. would probably have gone for a tall glass of gin tbh.
posted by figurant at 3:42 PM on July 1, 2016 [3 favorites]
BTW the pictured can of maple syrup is how maple syrup should come. Always so jarring when photographers use maple syrup in some foo foo jug (NSFW).
posted by Mitheral at 3:44 PM on July 1, 2016 [3 favorites]
posted by Mitheral at 3:44 PM on July 1, 2016 [3 favorites]
I'm a bad American who didn't know it was Canada Day until I arrived in Saint John, NB this afternoon for an impromptu long weekend vacation. Now I'm drinking a local pint on the waterfront, awaiting some food and fireworks. Thanks, Canada!
posted by tocts at 4:01 PM on July 1, 2016 [4 favorites]
posted by tocts at 4:01 PM on July 1, 2016 [4 favorites]
Happy Canada Day! I'm stuck at work, but it's going by quickly. Cheers to my fellow Canadian MeFites. :)
posted by Fizz at 4:09 PM on July 1, 2016
posted by Fizz at 4:09 PM on July 1, 2016
Mitheral, why would you think that image is NSFW?
Yes, I do happen to work in a maple syrup repository and patriotic bikini factory. We have a Canada Council grant!
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 4:26 PM on July 1, 2016 [6 favorites]
Yes, I do happen to work in a maple syrup repository and patriotic bikini factory. We have a Canada Council grant!
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 4:26 PM on July 1, 2016 [6 favorites]
Blue Jays doing their part by playing a doubleheader plus. Even if they didn't mean to.
posted by stevis23 at 4:27 PM on July 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by stevis23 at 4:27 PM on July 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
TheWhiteSkull: "Mitheral, why would you think that image is NSFW?"
Syrup abuse. No one should have to see that without warning.
posted by Mitheral at 4:42 PM on July 1, 2016 [3 favorites]
Syrup abuse. No one should have to see that without warning.
posted by Mitheral at 4:42 PM on July 1, 2016 [3 favorites]
Best way to celebrate Dominion Day is with a little CanCon.
posted by Ashwagandha at 4:43 PM on July 1, 2016 [3 favorites]
posted by Ashwagandha at 4:43 PM on July 1, 2016 [3 favorites]
If you're wanting to celebrate in a more literary way, you could pick up a nice Canadian book and read over the long holiday weekend.
Canada has a wealth of writers telling today’s tales, revisiting our past and imagining our future. Here are 100 works of nonfiction that will make you proud to be a Canadian. (Check out our previous editions: 100 novels and 100 young adult books that make you proud to be Canadian.)posted by Fizz at 5:05 PM on July 1, 2016 [3 favorites]
The only sustenance I've had today is a Tim Horton's wrap and alcohol.
My name is Joe, and I. AM. CANADIAN.
posted by HighLife at 5:18 PM on July 1, 2016 [7 favorites]
My name is Joe, and I. AM. CANADIAN.
posted by HighLife at 5:18 PM on July 1, 2016 [7 favorites]
Syrup abuse. No one should have to see that without warning.
I was barely, er...able to look at it.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 5:22 PM on July 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
I was barely, er...able to look at it.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 5:22 PM on July 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
Always so jarring when photographers use maple syrup in some foo foo jug (NSFW).
On a positive note it appears to be the tastier grade b maple syrup.
posted by srboisvert at 5:40 PM on July 1, 2016 [3 favorites]
On a positive note it appears to be the tastier grade b maple syrup.
posted by srboisvert at 5:40 PM on July 1, 2016 [3 favorites]
Happy Canada Day from the land of the free. We were just in Canada last week and I have been kicking myself ALL DAY for not buying one of the approximately 10,000 CANADA tshirts arrayed across Pearson Terminal 1. I'm also not sure my lab appreciated the Red Green and Bob & Doug videos I shared with them. Oh well.
posted by quaking fajita at 5:47 PM on July 1, 2016 [3 favorites]
posted by quaking fajita at 5:47 PM on July 1, 2016 [3 favorites]
If anyone's looking for a Canada-themed knitting project, they might find these suggestions helpful.
posted by orange swan at 6:13 PM on July 1, 2016 [3 favorites]
posted by orange swan at 6:13 PM on July 1, 2016 [3 favorites]
Thank you so much for this FPP! I've been listening to Canadian music all day and I'm feeling about a hundred times more patriotic than usual, so it's great to finally let it all out!
Here's a classic Canadian shanty for all o'ye: Stan Rogers - Northwest Passage
posted by Kevin Street at 6:14 PM on July 1, 2016 [8 favorites]
Here's a classic Canadian shanty for all o'ye: Stan Rogers - Northwest Passage
posted by Kevin Street at 6:14 PM on July 1, 2016 [8 favorites]
Roy Rayne - I Wouldn't Take A Million Dollars (For A Single Maple Leaf)
posted by The Card Cheat at 6:23 PM on July 1, 2016
posted by The Card Cheat at 6:23 PM on July 1, 2016
Back from the jays game. Too emotionally and physically exhausted to think anything.
posted by If only I had a penguin... at 6:24 PM on July 1, 2016 [3 favorites]
posted by If only I had a penguin... at 6:24 PM on July 1, 2016 [3 favorites]
I spent Canada Day helping Shepherd construct a countertop in our basement for future home canning, going to an art festival, playing a card game, drinking beer, casting our fantasy version of the Warren Ellis comic Planetary, capped off with cookies and an episode of Arrow.
As a American now living in the Great White North, might I say I love being here and I never want to go back home. That shit is all kindsa messed up now. No thank you.
I hope I will be celebrating next Canada Day as a citizen!
posted by Kitteh at 6:30 PM on July 1, 2016 [19 favorites]
As a American now living in the Great White North, might I say I love being here and I never want to go back home. That shit is all kindsa messed up now. No thank you.
I hope I will be celebrating next Canada Day as a citizen!
posted by Kitteh at 6:30 PM on July 1, 2016 [19 favorites]
We used to celebrate Canada Day in my border town school. I always wondered, if they wanted to make it a holiday, why didn't they give us the day off instead? What did I know, I was just a stupid kid.
posted by The Underpants Monster at 6:36 PM on July 1, 2016
posted by The Underpants Monster at 6:36 PM on July 1, 2016
As long as you don't decide to celebrate Canada Day by invading the US and burning our Capitol again, I am beside you, my neighbors.
Depending on how November goes, I reserve the right to reframe this sentiment next year.
posted by GenjiandProust at 6:36 PM on July 1, 2016 [3 favorites]
Depending on how November goes, I reserve the right to reframe this sentiment next year.
posted by GenjiandProust at 6:36 PM on July 1, 2016 [3 favorites]
1. Nanaimo bars are rad. Mega rad.
2. The lower the grade of maple syrup the better or gtfo
3. My canadian permanent residency lasts 3 more years. Gonna miss it.
posted by chasles at 6:43 PM on July 1, 2016
2. The lower the grade of maple syrup the better or gtfo
3. My canadian permanent residency lasts 3 more years. Gonna miss it.
posted by chasles at 6:43 PM on July 1, 2016
These are a few of my favourite Canadian things:
The Royal Canadian Air Farce Chicken Cannon
Trailer Park Boys theme song
"Phantom of the Ottawas", probably the best song parody Double Exposure ever did, sadly not on the Internet anywhere.
Ian and Sylvia - Four Strong Winds
Corb Lund - Hard on Equipment
Louis-Hippolyte LaFontaine and Robert Baldwin by John Ralston Saul
Edmonton Oilers Stanley Cup wins, most of which I listened to on the radio
Peter Gzowski
The fact that Canadian multiculturalism and the world's largest Easter egg were both invented by Ukrainian Canadians, a group you probably don't think about very often.
The railroad line to Churchill, Manitoba, which I've never been on but which enchanted me on the map when I was a kid.
posted by clawsoon at 6:50 PM on July 1, 2016 [2 favorites]
The Royal Canadian Air Farce Chicken Cannon
Trailer Park Boys theme song
"Phantom of the Ottawas", probably the best song parody Double Exposure ever did, sadly not on the Internet anywhere.
Ian and Sylvia - Four Strong Winds
Corb Lund - Hard on Equipment
Louis-Hippolyte LaFontaine and Robert Baldwin by John Ralston Saul
Edmonton Oilers Stanley Cup wins, most of which I listened to on the radio
Peter Gzowski
The fact that Canadian multiculturalism and the world's largest Easter egg were both invented by Ukrainian Canadians, a group you probably don't think about very often.
The railroad line to Churchill, Manitoba, which I've never been on but which enchanted me on the map when I was a kid.
posted by clawsoon at 6:50 PM on July 1, 2016 [2 favorites]
Most Canadian Soundtrack Ever: Due South
"Ride Forever" is a standout. So is "32 Down On The Robert MacKenzie."
Paul Gross is dreamy
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 6:58 PM on July 1, 2016 [3 favorites]
"Ride Forever" is a standout. So is "32 Down On The Robert MacKenzie."
Paul Gross is dreamy
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 6:58 PM on July 1, 2016 [3 favorites]
I live in the part of Alberta that's as much in Texas as it is in Canada, but this song always makes me think of The North, which I love.
posted by sneebler at 7:04 PM on July 1, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by sneebler at 7:04 PM on July 1, 2016 [2 favorites]
I bothered to log in for this:
No one from Ontario? Music posts, but no Hip? Come on, now. My favorite is not that popular, but band is a mainstay.
Happy Canada Day, and I hope you're out at the cabin or whatever you call it by you.
posted by syncope at 9:15 PM on July 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
No one from Ontario? Music posts, but no Hip? Come on, now. My favorite is not that popular, but band is a mainstay.
Happy Canada Day, and I hope you're out at the cabin or whatever you call it by you.
posted by syncope at 9:15 PM on July 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
House Hippo! I will never not be excited to see the House Hippo!
posted by jacquilynne at 9:27 PM on July 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by jacquilynne at 9:27 PM on July 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
My BF and I flew in to Montreal because it was easier to meet up with his aunt there and drive down to Vermont (and we will eventually hit Boston for July 4th as well), so we got to see Canada Day stuff in the Old Port. It was VERY interesting -- they had a citizenship ceremony there on the port...and it was even protested by Old Port workers who were on strike. It definitely highlighted some of the tensions that are probably well worn in Quebec.
posted by subversiveasset at 9:52 PM on July 1, 2016
posted by subversiveasset at 9:52 PM on July 1, 2016
Here is something meta-Canadian: Garnett's Homemade Beer
Background for the non-Canadians
Canadian hero Stan Rogers was famous for his song Barrett's Privateers (among others). Stan's brother Garnet was also a musician, but it was a notorious batch of homebrew that earned him the title role in this spoof of his brothers song, by another musician, Ian Robb. Robb's band made sure this was played at any festival where Stan appeared.
Of course, I learned all this from Stuart MacLean . Oh, Canada!
posted by chapps at 11:02 PM on July 1, 2016 [4 favorites]
Background for the non-Canadians
Canadian hero Stan Rogers was famous for his song Barrett's Privateers (among others). Stan's brother Garnet was also a musician, but it was a notorious batch of homebrew that earned him the title role in this spoof of his brothers song, by another musician, Ian Robb. Robb's band made sure this was played at any festival where Stan appeared.
Of course, I learned all this from Stuart MacLean . Oh, Canada!
posted by chapps at 11:02 PM on July 1, 2016 [4 favorites]
Every year down here in San Jose (California) we have a CanadAmerica Day party sometime between the 1st and 4th. Every year I stitch together a bunch of Canadian and American videos.
You guys are making my job so much easier this year. Well, somewhat easier as I did just spend 20 minutes watching (and cheering) the Oilers win some Stanley Cups. Hey, I've got until Sunday to finished this thing off... let's watch some Due South.
posted by flyingfox at 11:18 PM on July 1, 2016 [2 favorites]
You guys are making my job so much easier this year. Well, somewhat easier as I did just spend 20 minutes watching (and cheering) the Oilers win some Stanley Cups. Hey, I've got until Sunday to finished this thing off... let's watch some Due South.
posted by flyingfox at 11:18 PM on July 1, 2016 [2 favorites]
Oooh, gunnarolla is so good, thank you for reminding me about them! And coincidentally I spent my entire afternoon laughing and crying because of due South s1. Happy Canada Day!! 😘
posted by one teak forest at 11:32 PM on July 1, 2016
posted by one teak forest at 11:32 PM on July 1, 2016
Is this the thread where we admit we don't really really like the hip? Sorry Canucks.
posted by Keith Talent at 12:13 AM on July 2, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by Keith Talent at 12:13 AM on July 2, 2016 [2 favorites]
That's okay. We're sorry for you.
posted by figurant at 12:20 AM on July 2, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by figurant at 12:20 AM on July 2, 2016 [1 favorite]
Is this where I can thank Canada for Samantha Bee? The woman is a national treasure (and that goes for whichever nation she is standing in, at the moment).
posted by wheek wheek wheek at 3:59 AM on July 2, 2016 [3 favorites]
posted by wheek wheek wheek at 3:59 AM on July 2, 2016 [3 favorites]
Stompin' Tom, dearly departed, is the most Canadian thing, but y'all already knew that.
posted by clawsoon at 6:37 AM on July 2, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by clawsoon at 6:37 AM on July 2, 2016 [2 favorites]
Ok, I have slept for many hours and now I can finally process what happened yesterday. Here is the moral of what happened yesterday.
The Blue Jays are so fantastic that not only can they take a team on a 13 game win streak and prevent them from scoring for SIXTEEN INNINGS, they can do it with a shortstop pitching.
posted by If only I had a penguin... at 8:00 AM on July 2, 2016
The Blue Jays are so fantastic that not only can they take a team on a 13 game win streak and prevent them from scoring for SIXTEEN INNINGS, they can do it with a shortstop pitching.
posted by If only I had a penguin... at 8:00 AM on July 2, 2016
One of my favourite things about living in Quebec is that people care only slightly more about Canada Day than I do. While it's unfortunate that the trade off is to have a different brand of nationalism, it feels nice in the moment. At least where I live, St. Jean-Baptiste day is equally ignored.
Of course when I go back to Ontario I still get some nightmarish "fuck you's" for not being an impassioned nationalist fool.
posted by constantinescharity at 11:44 AM on July 2, 2016
Of course when I go back to Ontario I still get some nightmarish "fuck you's" for not being an impassioned nationalist fool.
posted by constantinescharity at 11:44 AM on July 2, 2016
Also be sure to check out Canadian Pokémon.
There's already a Canadian pokemon and it is bidoof.
posted by picklenickle at 2:38 PM on July 2, 2016
There's already a Canadian pokemon and it is bidoof.
posted by picklenickle at 2:38 PM on July 2, 2016
We can also celebrate 100 Years of Canadian Beauty as we get ready for Civic Holiday!
posted by peagood at 5:22 AM on July 3, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by peagood at 5:22 AM on July 3, 2016 [1 favorite]
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