On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, Russell Chapman wrote: > OK - this must be another case of the message being lost without a > specific cultural background. Why is this funny? I would have thought > that with the longest coastline in the world, Canada would be expected > to have a significant navy. Is there some sort of US cultural thing that > suggests Canadians are wussy, or pacifists? > I'm familiar with US humour which refers to the Italian penchant for > losing wars, the French proclivity for surrender, and the Australian > predilection for treating a war like a bar-room brawl, but I've never > seen a reference to the Canadians.
I think the joke based on the idea that Canadians are simply too polite to have warships. :-) Marvin Long Austin, Texas
