Why would we be sorry, eh! We’d get poutine and hockey!
I for one welcome our new Canadian overlords!
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Sorry? I think he used the wrong mountie:
(damn, I loved that show, going to have to do the Amazon/Netflix/internet deepdive boogie to find some eps…)
(oh, and poutine? 
)
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For some balance against all this humour based on stereotypes of Canada’s alleged politeness and worship from desperate USAers, I offer an episode from the Citations Needed podcast: “Maplewashing — Looking Behind Canada’s Progressive Veneer”
I know this is all light-hearted etc but this dynamic between USA and Canada is actually foundational to Canadian nationalist identities and allows all manner of hideousness under the guise of “at least we’re not as bad as them.” It would be helpful for those of us working to address the various ongoing nightmares that constitute Canada if you’d all stop pretending this is some kind of socialist paradise of equality.
She doesn’t. I live on the other side of the river from Windsor. Sir and madame are not used frequently here outside of a retail setting.
@buck: Commenters on this board are pretty aware that Canada has problems. The problems in the US are orders of magnitude worse, and we feel somewhat powerless to affect the machinations that continue to slide the US down into shithole status. Canada, being not too different, but nicer, gives us something better to aspire to.
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He should have kicked the driver’s side mirror off, caught it, threw it through his window, yelled “Sorry!” and sped off.
I think most of us are aware that the niceness is a stereotype and that the Canadian state has plenty of problems, especially, you know, all the Canadians around here.
But thanks for the podcast link. Sounds interesting.
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The sorry thing is hilarious. My partner and I have started chastising each other when, for example, someone bumps into us on the street and we apologize first out of reflex.
Something I noticed in my travels to the US is the weird (to me) reaction to the word “Sorry” or “Thank you” down there - it’s often “Uh huh” or “Um Hm”. I don’t think that’s prevalent up here, which might be why our discourse seems more polite - the response to sorry or thank you is usually just to repeat it back (as evidenced in the video!)
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Still grasping for weird straws?
I’m in Toronto. 
born and raised.
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As long as I can be a lumberjack…
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