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a nation of pirates
27 Jan 07
After “oot and aboot”, what’s the thing Americans most often ask Canadians to say because they think it sounds funny? “Park the car,” of course. And it’s because we can’t help but say it like the pirates we are. Watch Trailer Park Boys a few times, then listen to yourself carefully—you know it’s true. And now Hollywood has caught on.
Some 15 or 20 years ago I remember talk of the Turks and Caicos Islands applying to become a Canadian province. For Canadians this would have provided two benefits: a warm place to winter without having to show a passport, and year-round access to a place to park the sloop. For the Turks and Caicos I suppose it would have meant access to the federal transfer payments programme.
This would not have been the Islands’s first experience hosting pirates (for example), but alas, it never came to pass. I’m thinking now we should be making a bid for Sealand.
Posted by pzed on January 27, 2007 at 2.37pm
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