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Blog Guy, I read that the Canadians are thinking of changing their national anthem, to make it gender-neutral. That sounds extreme. How sexist could their anthem be, anyway?
You be the judge. Here are the lyrics:
O Canada!
Our home and native land!
Girls in the kitchen, to give their moms a hand,
With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
Thee bake thine bumbleberry pies,
From far and wide, O Canada,
We cook and clean for thee
Hold on! I think you just made up that crap about cooking and cleaning and pies yourself.
Yeah, I did. It was easier than transcribing the real words.
I bet you changed Oh Canada to O Canada, too!
O no I didn’t. That part is true. I guess there’s no H in the Canadian alphabet.
Really? I’m planning a vacation to Canada, so that’s very useful travel advice. Are there any good Canadian hotels?
Probably, but remember, up there I guess they call them “otels.”
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Top: A bumbleberry pie
Bottom: Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers in a 2005 file photo. REUTERS/Shaun Best
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Oh, that’s why, the last time I was in Canada, Canadians kept telling me to “Get the H. out of here.”
That pie made me hungry…. again….
Was there a feature article in “The Beaver” regarding this change? I’d think everyone in Beaverlanada would NEED to know about these shocking developments.
Baz…I am so disappointed in you. You did know I’m an ex-pat Canadian right?
Right?
So posting a picture of bumbleberry pie wasn’t very nice. Do you know how homesick I am now? Crying my eyes out I am.
E.
PS> Canadians, even international ones like me, rose up in protest so much that the government (so-called) backed down. Our anthem is just fine the way it is thank you very much! Speaking of thanks, it’s the Irish who don’t have an ‘H’
And here I thought all Americans disliked H but truly despised U (I have no idea which version of English the Canadians use, but us Aussies love them nonetheless).
After all, Americans ignore the H in words such as herb, and done away with a whole bunch of Us – honour, labour. And S! What’s with putting Z in instead of S?
Damn letterists!
That’s shoddy lattice work on the pie; I’d have been ashamed to publish the photo.
And Unca, remember; the scythe – too bulky for covert killing.
Unca – hard to put a bayonet on these new-fangled weapons they carry. I just talked about this with a recently retired Soldier who said there were about 3 people in each squad (big Army) who carried a good old-fashioned rifle with a bayonet.
Sorry BG, I know that’s awfully close to learning.
No Shra, drop the taser! Shutting up and retreating to the cave for my morning meds.
Looks like blood pie of Klingons
But you just don’t have the same reach with a sickle, CG.
What is a bumbleberry anyway? It sounds like something you would find in the magic faraway tree.
Probably knit_nurse. I would guess it’s in the same arid lands the Snozberries are also.
Dave, the problem with talking about bayonets here is that it will bring the gun nuts back in force, just like that Kalashnikov item a few months ago.
But wait. The page views were huge for that one, which is good. Welcome back, gun nuts!
So Dave, what do you think of that new Remington .65 magnum?
BG, never use anything in a caliber that starts with a “6″. Trust me on this.
Well as long as that tasty-looking pie is Canada’s official food, and not that dreadful Kraft Dinner stuff, it would be much easier to have a ‘glowing heart’.
O bumbleberry pie, we wait in line for thee.
One of you lot will know; is the Remington that makes the guns the same one that makes the Fuzz Away ?
I am curious Dave, why not?
That would be an interesting gun attachment.
I like pie…. any pie….. Lemon Pie…
Bumbleberry pie, you mean, Ms. Nurse?
Put me down for key lime pie, or else chocolate cream….
Ode to Pie
Pecan Pie I adore.
Pumpkin Pie I adore even more.
Flapper Pie I love too.
Lemon Meringue, mmm yes that too..
Apple Pie is gorgeous.
Bumbleberry beautiful.
Treacle Tart is fabulous.
Chocolate Cream Pie divine.
I love pie with ice cream.
Or Apple Pie and cheese.
I love pie with chocolate sauce.
Or Pie with whipping cream.
Pie for dessert.
Pie for a snack.
Pie for breakfast?
Yes, I’ve done that!
A poem by E.
(This originally started out as a post, then I realised it was turning into a poem. Thanks Baz, you’re insprirational!! I mean…in a good way this time
)
E.
Lovely, E. What’s flapper pie?
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!! I am craving pie now…. yummm…. pie….
Did we ever establish what flapper pie is?
Mmmmm Flapper pie!! It’s like a lemon meringue pie only instead of lemon custard, it’s a vanilla custard. And instead of a pie shell, use a graham cracker crumb crust instead.
I guess it’s particular to my parent’s Mennonite/German heritage. But man I’m craving some now! I haven’t had it since I moved to Ireland!!
E.
Is it pie eaten by fashionable young ladies in the 1920′s or made from penguin wings?
It’s not a real lemon pie unless your face tries to turn inside out while you’re eating it. I have an awesome margarita pie recipe…
The Margarita Pie is from one of my favourite recipe books “cooking with booze”. I’ll send it you over the weekend when I’m more awake…
I vaguely remember your rhubarb, pernod and white chocolate pie being rather fine too, CG, but that was pre-cooking with booze I think.
“Never rub another mans rhubarb.” Jack Nicholson made an awesome Joker!
With all due respect, I don’t see how anybody can eat rhubarb. And it isn’t just the taste, either. It looks as though somebody else has already eaten it and brought it back up again….
I love rhubarb especially the pretty pink forced kind. It’s awesome with pork too.