What's on your mind?

[thegreymouser]

Today's Good Morning World made me laugh and think. Is this what we really think about the French? Baguettes, surrendering and kissing with tongues? I wonder how other world citizens would describe Canadian culture in three words. Hockey, bacon, winter? Or what do you think of when you think of other countries. Is it media biased or from

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[buhrger]

What do you think when you think of a country?
well, when i think of ethiopia, the first things that come to my mind are teff, ge'ez and Haile Selassie

[boldfeather]

I tend to think of food items.
Which is probably why I end up "maintaining" this curvacious body of mine.

[hubris2]

Everyone is different, but I think most associate Volvos with Sweden more than Saab.

Goteburg is often referred to as Volvotown.

This would be a great question to ask to an international group about Canada...I'd be curious to know the results.

Most Americans will think of Canada as friendly....cold...and big.

[ironymaiden]

alas, what Canada means to most people who aren't in border states is the annoyance of getting Canadian pennies and quarters in the occasional handful of change.

not big, empty. empty in the sparse sense, not in the hollow sense. i don't think many people in the US are actually aware how much land Canada encompasses.

i really like a band from BC. they tour in the US all the time but rarely in Canada, even though they're Nettwerk artists and i assume they have a following at home beyond playing at Canucks' games. i always wondered why they didn't seem to do more gigs in Canada, and then i realized: they're small enough that they drive themselves around in a van. the economics don't work.

[hubris2]

When I visit the US, the primary way I hear about Canada is in the context of weather forecasts.

"There's a cold front coming down from Canada...".

[buhrger]

i don't think many people in the US are actually aware how much land Canada encompasses
the same is likely true for many canadians. i remember when much of my immediate family decided to take a trip up north. e-town's already not exactly what you'd call south, and it was something like three days of driving to get into the territories.

they drive themselves around in a van. the economics don't work.
i could see that. getting from most populated parts of BC to most of the populated parts of the rest of canada isn't a trivial undertaking.