Today, my girlfriend and I were talking about the difference between the U.S. and Canada when she asked me if they have their own government. She wasn't sure if they were governed by the U.S. or if they didn't have a government at all. She's a 33-year-old college graduate. 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 heard two of my students having a conversation. One asked what state Arizona was in, and the other replied Canada. I teach sixth grade social studies and they weren't joking. FML
Today, while teaching my history class, a girl asked me where North America was. She lives in North America. FML
Today, my girlfriend, who I really liked, dumped me after I sent proof of Canada’s government supported merge-like-a-zip campaign, because she thinks that zip-mergers are just people taking advantage of others. FML
Today, my girlfriend, whom I thought I would marry, broke up with me. She broke up with me because I don't believe the government controls the weather. Um, what? FML
Today, my teenage daughter tried to convince me that the UK is a part of Canada. After I pulled out a map to prove her wrong, she got all angry and defensive, and said that nobody's perfect at "geometry". My daughter is an idiot. FML
Today, I had to show my daughter where the USA is on a map. She's 17, and we live in the USA. FML
Today, my girlfriend told me that she didn't know we were actually dating. FML
Today, some people in my class here in New Zealand found out that I'm from Canada, then spent the rest of the period asking if I had a pet moose and whether or not I lived in an igloo. They were completely genuine questions. FML
Today, my best friend called me a moron for disputing her belief that Canada is in South America. FML
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Tripartita 45
They don't have a government at all. It's up to the citizens to print their own colorful money and make up arbitrary laws on the spot. If two citizens have conflicting laws, they fight to the death, and depending on the victor's subjective laws, they then might have to imprison them self.
Stuby14 19
Maybe she though we were all one country called the U.S of Eh
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604 11
That's a new one to me eh!
higgysaurus 18
Thats funny because everyone in Canada says "eh"!!
anonymuse_fml 31
No, we don't.
604 11
Yes we do... Eh.
demamcgirl16 21
I say eh a lot ?
brezzyanna 17
You're not the whole population of Canada though. Or maybe you are. I don't know you're life. But seriously, some cities say it a lot and some don't ever say it. Where I live, people only say it when saying "I know, eh?"
anonymuse_fml 31
I never said I was representative of every Canadian, just responding to the words "everyone in Canada".
higgysaurus 18
I was being sarcastic. Sorry Canadians.
JHPugh 19
Well it's a shame nobody through school taught that to her! I guess you could use your leverage in the matter to corrupt her information for a laugh. Or, inform her correctly. Good luck!
howard007 18
its common sense that a country has its own form of government
1jordan1 11
there are a few countries with little to no government. she's not an idiot for not being aware of a country that people hardly ever talk about. they don't teach you anything about Canada in school, and if they do, it's very little information.
Stuby14 19
Maybe she though we were all one country called the U.S of Eh
NotCharlieRost 15
oh my god XD
Tripartita 45
They don't have a government at all. It's up to the citizens to print their own colorful money and make up arbitrary laws on the spot. If two citizens have conflicting laws, they fight to the death, and depending on the victor's subjective laws, they then might have to imprison them self.
604 11
It's Trudeau! ... See when I did there?
lulinator 40
It's Trudeau jokes still crack me up, no matter how many times I hear them.
BexR 11
This is way better than what we actually have as government ?
Jellysweetheart 23
As a Canadian, I must confirm. This is in fact how we run things.
anonymuse_fml 31
There is a subsection of this, however, that will allow us to have our pet moose champion the fight for us.
alexanderavatar 24
we also ride polar bears and moose when we charge into battle and raid other people's igloos of all their animal fur
Dommon 7
ok then..
Tripartita 45
We did it, guys. We got Dommon's approval. This will be incredibly helpful going forward.
Wizardo 34
I was under the impression Canada was governed by the moose with the strongest antlers in the land.
chrisbeaudoin 26
That's not entirely true, our prime minister is the beaver, the moose was close to getting elected buy you know how politics are, but anyways we've got out monopoly money and we are happy with it. Canada is just amazing you should come for a visit. Eh (we don't actually say eh that much)
lulinator 40
Don't you mean Canadian Tire money?
Sofiaumana108 8
No. But we do have a hot prime minister
Richard6036 13
What was her major in college , cosmology ? Boy you sure have a sharp one on your hands, ha ha ha
ohSNAPyall 27
Cosmology? She knows nothing of government because her thoughts are out of this world.
skippydoda 32
Poor Canada, nobody takes it seriously.
ShowMeKay 20
Don't worry, with numerous examples like that of OP's gf, most Canadians don't take Americans seriously.
doge_ram 16
LOL has she ever heard of Saskatchewan
lvg_fml 10
Sad but not uncommon these days. With all the technology available to us which should expand our knowledge many people are more caught up in their own little world. And schools are too concerned with teaching to the test and teaching technology they leave out the basics.