Subj : Monthly posting of the ru
To   : Dr. What
From : George Pope
Date : Sun Apr 06 2025 07:40:34

> Do you know how Canada got its name?
> The three guys who discovered it put some letters in a bag and decided to
> name the country after the letters they pulled out.
> First guy: I got a "C", eh.
> Second guy: I got an "N", eh.
> Third guy: I got a "D", eh.
> Or the the alternate idea which was that Canada was empty when the first
>settlers arrived (or so they thought).  So it was named: Can = container, nada
> = nothing.  Empty container.  Sort of like a Doug and Bob Mackenzie show.

Of course, you do know the Bob & Doug McKenzie show was 100% American? It was  on SCTV (Second City = Chicago)

The real, less funny reason for the name Canada is when explorers first met and talked with the Ojibwe Indians, they asked the local natives: "What is this  place called" & the Indian answered "village"("kanata" which is the name of a  village on that site in Ontario, still, just up or down the road from Adanac  Canada backwards)

> ... You have two choices for dinner: Take it or Leave it.

I grew up like that & I turned out just fine -- but then we weren't primed to  scream "abuse!" every time we didn't get our own way -- if we screamed at all,  it was just to, essentially, request an arse-paddling, & then it was okay to  cry, as we now had "something to cry about"

Not abuseat all -- good parenting & most of us learned how to behave in public  including  how not to become a criminal asshole. . .

Parenting through the ages:

(1)
"Hats off to the waiter that kept a straight face as my 5yo ordered the vagina  for lunch instead of the lasagna."

(2)
Me: *on the toilet*
2yo: *banging on door* Daddy!! Daddy!!! DADDY!!!! Me: IÆm downstairs!
2yo: Oh... *runs off*
Me: Why have I not tried that before?

(3)
"Somehow IÆve lucked out and have an 8yo who thinks secretly reading under the  covers past her bedtime is an act of rebellion, and it hasnÆt yet occurred to  her that her flashlights never seem to run out of batteries."

(4)
Me: OMG WHAT THE HELL
Child: The news said itÆs more sanitary to sneeze into an elbow. Me: THEY MEAN YOUR OWN ELBOW

(FIN)


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