Today, my Canadian friend is staying a few days at my parents' house. I drove him from the airport, only to find my idiot dad had decked the spare room out with maple syrup bottles. He keeps saying "Eh" all the time and asked "What's he so upset aboot?" when my friend was offended. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, here in Canada, my father-in-law talked to me about how people who are "not Canadians" are destroying the country. He called me an "import" several times within the course of an hour. I've been a citizen for over twenty years. FML
Today, I've been living in Canada for past two years, and my friend from the States came to visit. He was talking about how Canadians are so polite, but I was in total denial, that he didn't know anything. While I was arguing with him, a guy in front of us walked into a pole, then apologized to it. FML
Today, my father came back from a business trip in Canada. He handed me an "I Love Canada" pen. He brought back an Xbox 360 for my younger brother. FML
Today, I had to explain to my grandfather that Canadians aren't evil by reminding him that he's Canadian. FML
Today, I brought my girlfriend home to introduce to my parents. My dad thought it would be hilarious to fill some clear bags full of flour, then pretend he was sampling a cocaine shipment when she arrived. She excused herself very quickly and isn't answering my calls. FML
Today, my dad has been hitting the bottle, and will only respond to anything I say in a slurred rap. FML
Today, I went to a concert with a friend of mine. When his dad came to pick him up, I walked towards the car, expecting a ride. His dad told me he didn't have time to drive me home. I'm his neighbour. FML
Today, I've been staying with my parents while I have time off from school. They got drunk and started an entire family fight because my dad made pizza and my mom is lactose intolerant. She insists my dad did it on purpose because, "he's an asshole and knows I can't eat cheese." FML
Today, my friend got a text showing his girlfriend cheating on him. Sounds like his FML, but he was at my house. He then worked his way through a bottle of my whisky and went into a drunken rage. He threw my furniture through windows, punched holes in the wall, and smashed stuff until I had to call the cops. FML
Today, my partner's mother and I had been planning a little surprise get-together for his birthday. A surprise weeks in the making was ruined by my dad asking, "Aren't you supposed to be going to (his parent's town name) this afternoon?" in front of him. Thanks dad. FML
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CurvyisCool 22
*gets offended* I'm sorry, I didn't mean for you to offend me. Canadians.
patrickeli 15
Your dad needs to work on his hospitality.
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CurvyisCool 22
*gets offended* I'm sorry, I didn't mean for you to offend me. Canadians.
quickit 24
I'm sure he'll forgive your dad. We Canadians are very nice after all.
quickit 24
Also, tell your dad to beavery nice from now on.
sacrosanct2 23
I'm sorry, but I find this offensive... take it back please.
quickit 24
Syr-up bud! This is nothing to take seriously.
juststephhere 23
Just because someone is nice doesn't necessarily mean they're forgiving....
uselogicplease 3
You people do realize that the stereotype about all Canadians are nice is false right? and yes i know people are going down vote but its fact
thevelociraptor 31
#66 That's not very nice.
thevelociraptor 31
You're right, but no need to be rude about it. Unless we were all Canadian love robots, it's pretty much impossible for a country to only consist of nice people.
bryce0110 23
All of these "Canadian" comments lol
Sathane 21
#66 is right. I'm Canadian and, as far as I'm concerned, you all can go right ahead and **** yourselves. That's right. Every. Last. One. Of you. Including #66. Ya bunch of sister ******* backwoods yokels ...
caleb_9756 14
Looks like you ran out of maple syrup today, eh?
delude 26
I'm Canadian and I would've laughed my ass off if someone did that to me.
uselogicplease 3
I wasn't being rude I was just telling the truth
TysonHolgate 5
I think the stereotype comes from how we always say "thank you" "you're welcome" and of course "sorry"
quickit 24
I would have laughed it off too. Maple syrup is life, eh?
prostar9993 15
As a Canadian, I would like to apologize for any trouble this has caused you.
year2015 11
#1 Trevor Phillips
patrickeli 15
Your dad needs to work on his hospitality.
Stazza11 27
My cooking is pretty bad too... It's his house, if he wants to shit stir his sons friend then he can.
Khaleesi_26 30
Wow #15 so it's ok to be insensitive towards someone? Personally, being a Canadian I would take his jokes as a lack of knowing Canadian culture and what's offensive vs what's not. But not everyone is like me, and some would take it as being rude and ignorant towards their differences.
doctorhook86 25
#15: Sure he can, but it wouldn't be polite. You wouldn't make a very good Canadian.
stickynotes 6
No, the friend needs to work on the sense of humour. Seriously, as a Canadian, I'm offended by him being offended by our awesome stereotypes!
mimii00 10
Lol, because our Canadian culture is soooo far fetch from the american culture.
15Erik 21
We just had 2 different types of Canadians in this thread, one must've been to the U.S. before.
edgyraisin 2
You need to stfu. I also bet you're a feminazi
davidisbeast 12
I'd say he did pretty well! Maple syrup is expensive! I wouldn't mind if I got a room full of it.
jquaw 16
Americans say huh instead of eh and huh sounds stupider
KittyLahv 27
More stupid*
AddictGamer 16
Not necessarily, Canadians say 'eh' after ever sentence, only Americans who are curious or without proper terminology say 'huh'. And she is right, it is 'more stupid', 'stupider' is not a word, nor will it be.
jackwilliams 9
Canadians don't say eh after every sentence thats an untrue stereotype
AddictGamer 16
I was not meaning to be stereotypical, I have a Canadian friend who doesn't always say 'eh' and I certainly do not say 'huh' all the time either.
RedPillSucks 33
sigh. unfortunately "stupider" has recently become a word. Damned Americans. Do the Canadians have their own English dictionary?
doctorhook86 25
#25: Yeah, it's the English dictionary. From England.
ztress 10
eh and huh have completely different meanings. you're an idiot
iAmPaul 49
29 - Actually, our English varies from both American and British spelling, yet also shares many similarities with British spelling. For example, "colour", and similar words, spelled with the "u". However, we write "program" like Americans, instead of "programme" like the British.
ZachHatesPeople 22
Just to let you all know, Canadians say "eh" after stating an obvious fact IE: Nice weather we're having eh?
Brandi_Faith 34
As a Canadian I find we use "eh" as a question mark or "right?" For example, "nice weather we're having eh?"
bearstyle22 11
haha aboot
MrSassypants 34
Why would you only have one boot? Boots come in pairs.
blubje 17
Maybe he/she has only one leg?
ThePols 11
Ya? What are you laughing aboot, eh?
MrSassypants 34
#23 "This boot was made for hoping. And that's just what it'll do. One of these days this boot is gonna hop all over you."
tomorrow89 13
Your friend sounds a little over sensitive.
XBurytheCastleX 25
No. I would react the same way.
jenjen2633 17
At first I would've found it funny, but after about 10 minutes of it I'd get annoyed. It's like someone saying a good joke/pun, then continuing to say said joke/pun. It gets irritating.
PinkishToe 9
Seriously! I'm Canadian and I would think that's hilarious
KJxFTW 6
its more of a F your friends life....
addictedtoIASIP 14
He could be embarrassed about how his dad treats guests
garrett_8614 14
Canada is not that different from America. How stupid is your dad?
k_th0m 15
It was a joke wtf. Maybe you are too young to be in here?
1dvos_grl3 21
or how stupid are you? his dad is just having fun with stereotypes.
possiblyapotato 10
fun with stereotypes..wow...that's a douche move...
Murkyy 15
Your friend doesn't sound amoosed
5Ronins 4
I would rather be ANYWHERE in Canada, than Oklahoma.
McNikk 15
Should I ask what's so bad about Oklahoma?
5Ronins 4
nope.
AnOriginalName 19
Oklahoma isn't so bad, but it isn't that great either. In fact, Oklahoma is just OK.
guinea_pigs 9
It's not just OK, it's better than LA, because it's my HOMe, okAy?
mikethekid 9
He's just tryna make him feel welcomed