Sorry 'Bout That

[shanmonster]

Thanks, dreamlikedouche, for reminding me.

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[angramainyu.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

And hoorah for Canadians successfully hiding our capital city so well that the attack wasn't reciprocated! Canada is very big.

ignoramous here....

[thebluestar98.livejournal.com]

was washington originally in canada?
[history, even if they did teach us that in school, was my class for snoozing....]

Re: ignoramous here....

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

Nope. Once upon a time, Canada and the US were bitter enemies. Washington was still the American capital. Ottawa was chosen as a capital because it was hard to find, and the Canadians figured the Americans would get lost if they tried to mount an attack.

The strategy appears to have worked.

Even now, a lot of Americans don't know where the capital of Canada is. Heh....

Re: ignoramous here....

[thebluestar98.livejournal.com]

but who burned down washington and why? are those supposed to be americans in the picture walking away from the burning capital building?

Re: ignoramous here....

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

Canadians burned it down. Canada, Great Britain, and Ireland were at war with the US. The triumphant troops (more than half of which were Canadian) are walking away because their work is done and the White House is in flames.

Look it up online. The internet is your friend. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812

Re: ignoramous here....

[vulcan-rc.livejournal.com]

...because NOBODY ever screws around with Wikipedia.

Re: ignoramous here....

[elanya.livejournal.com]

Technically it was the British (via Canada, which was still British territory then). The war of 1812 was US versus Britain (among other things), redux.

I have heard that the original White House was pink - it was whitewashed to be white after the burning commemorated here, to cover up the scortch makes on what was still standing. I don't actually have a reference for that, though.

Re: ignoramous here....

[vulcan-rc.livejournal.com]

Hell, a lot of Americans don't know where CANADA is.

Oh, one more thing -- thanks for giving us Shatner.

Now go bugger off.

;)

[elanya.livejournal.com]

I'm stealing this. *yoink*!

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

That's what I did!

[corivax.livejournal.com]

Hee! That's great.

Re: ignoramous here....

[amadruadaboleyn.livejournal.com]

Well, it was actually the English. Not that the attack wasn't mounted from Canada, and certainly some native North Americans must have been involved, but Canada was still under British control at the time.

It's been eons since I took an American history course, so forgive me for not offering more detailed information.

Besides, they built a bigger one. Whoops...

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[amadruadaboleyn.livejournal.com]

...I have no idea how I managed to get a subject line from a comment I didn't reply to. DERRRR. I WERK AT INTARWEBS.

[professormass.livejournal.com]

Y'know, all this "It was the English" stuff really irritates the crap out of me. Were we the English when we stormed the beaches at Normandy? Because, technically, we were still an English colony then. Didn't even have our own flag!

Over half the troops who sacked Washington were born in Canada. I don't give a flying crap what the gov't composition at the time was -- Canadians sacked Washington. End of story.

I swear, this whole "Well, it was the British" is something Yankees tell themselves to make them feel better. Let's not propogate the myth.

[behzee.livejournal.com]

I'm an American who has lived in Canada for over a year now, and used to live an hour away from the U.S. capitol. I'm very comfortable knowing Canada attacked Washington DC. I just wish you had stayed and taken over! Please, please consider going back and finishing what you started. I have a feeling that the citizens would welcome you with open arms.

Disclaimer: (In case Homeland Security is watching)I'm just kidding.

p.s. Hey Shannon, not sure if you will remember me. I was at the Zils workshop in Moncton last February. I'm the ex-pat living on the Miramichi. My Canadian man and I got married last June, so it looks like Canada is stuck with me now. I decided it was time to quit lurking in the shadows and say hello.

[potbelly13.livejournal.com]

Canadians rock! Raaaarrrrrr!

What have they done for us lately?

[doyce.livejournal.com]

Of Canada’s four objectives in its wicked, villainous, invasion of the United States - Lake Champlain, New Orleans, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C. - Washington was the only success. And in the midst of their looting and revelry God brought up a storm that chased the wicked Canadians out of Washington and they ran home to hide in their secret, hidden capital in Canadialand. That punishment from God traumatized the Canadians so much they never ventured forth to do anything ever again.


If it weren't for some Olympic medals and some good beer and Pam Anderson Canada would be mythology.

Oh Canada!

[jwee1125.livejournal.com]

I like Rush, but you can keep Celine Dion.
You gave us Tom Green...but you can have him back, we'll keep Lorne Michaels (since Phil Hartman is dead).
There's good old Alex Trebek! But without Monty Hall, what would we call our D&D treasure troves?

But most of all, I thank the powers that be that Canadians call ham by their own name. An Egg McMuffin wouldn't an Egg McMuffin without Canadian Bacon. Mmmm....bacon...

Now if you guys could figure out a way to make the weather more like my home state of Florida, I'd move up there; at least until George W. (Baby Doc) Bush leaves town.