Russell Chapman wrote: > >> CANADIAN WARSHIP SEIZES TANKER IN... WAIT... >> CANADA HAS A WARSHIP? > > 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 think so. OTOH, there are some brazilian jokes that would be something like... Bolivian Warship seizes tanker in the Gulf of Arabia. Then, a brazilian would mock a bolivian, asking how the hell does Bolivia have a warship, since Bolivia has no coastline? Then the bolivian would reply that it�s the same reason why Brazil has a Minister [== Federal Secretary] of Justice...
Alberto Monteiro
