Comments on: Strange Maps: Just How Far North is Seattle?

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 14:55:50 +0000

Where not all Americans stereotype Canadians, us friendly Canadians do have our bad eggs as well.
We are, for the most part, friendly. There are nice things to be said about the Queen, pot is alright, though I don’t smoke it… I do love hockey, you did forget a few things about us Canadians: we love our beer, it’s never too cold, though we don’t like 5 feet of snow, we deal with it and schools sometimes don’t close, it’s a toque, not a hat. Etc, etc.
As for Snowmobiles, Canadians invented those. Igloos aren’t actually lived in, they are built, normally, when a blizzard comes and they have no shelter. They aren’t always built out of blocks of snow, they are usually built into snow banks and used as temporary shelters, though igloos are made of blocks at times.
I don’t understand why Mark has such a problem with these stereotypes when ads like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRI-A3vakVg

We can make fun of our own stereotypes, eh?

By: Nicole

Nicole — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:02:50 +0000

Wow. I’m American, and I can correctly label every single country in the world (including islands), every Canadian Province and United State. It saddens me that every person outside of the US believes that we are all morons.

By: Mike Brown

Mike Brown — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 06:46:41 +0000

I think you mean *Gulf* Stream…

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Strange Maps: Canada extends as far south as California « Proud Geek — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:03:03 +0000

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By: VINOD

VINOD — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:33:46 +0000

hi,

i wanted to know the best route to travel from seattle to toronto for the month of may,09.

regards,
vinod sharma

By: Rob

Rob — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 04:46:44 +0000

Totally shopped.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 01:58:04 +0000

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By: momatoes

momatoes — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 11:46:05 +0000

I see a lot of people misunderstanding this article.

As far as I could tell, the author is NOT saying that the differences in weather are due to latitude. He is just pointing out that latitude does not entirely determine the weather. Also, that Canada’s borders are pretty far south. Then again, I’m not a mind reader, but I’m pretty sure I got the gist of this.

By: haskman

haskman — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 04:27:51 +0000

Point Pelee starts at the 42nd parallel the same latitude as northern California as a matter of fact if not for a one day war between the Americans and Brits that would be the border now.

By: darling

darling — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 04:02:50 +0000

The majority of responders on this post are douchebags for one reason or another. Too many reasons to enumerate. Thank goodness there are still people who see the ‘comments’ section as a chance for discussion. However, I grieve for humanity as a whole.