A day in the life of an ordinary Canadian

[AmericanErrorist]

John Canuck is a proud Canadian, born and raised in a democratic and wealthy country. He works hard at his job at Esso where he is allowed to dress casually. He and his Canadian wife, with her income as an editor at HarperCollins Books, live well and do their best to take good care of their family. Although not politically active, John Canuck tries to vote in every election but usually his schedule is so full that getting to the poll on election day is not easy. However, he loves his country and is grateful for all things Canadian. John Canuck's typical business day goes something like this....

....At the office, he spends a busy morning on his Motorola phone using the en:Sprint connection., while clicking away on the Compaq computer and printing reports on the Hewlett-Packard printer. After making several Xerox copies for his boss, he uses AOL and the Netscape Navigator to find the website to download the latest version of Encarta, storing it in the Windows folder with the Intuit accounting program. For lunch, he and a few co-workers usually have something at McDonald's on Monday, KFC on Tuesday, Burger King on Wednesday, then on Thursday they cut back on the fat and have only a salad at Wendy's. Fridays are always hectic, so lunch is limited to a Pepsi and a Pizza Hut pizza delivered to his desk...

...Exhausted, at home he started up the GE dishwasher then flopped into the comfortable La-Z-Boy with Culp's soft Du Pont nylon fabric. Too tired to call and check on the Delta Airline flights to visit his retired parents in Tampa, he turned on the Zenith TV for the CBS news, then clicked on CNN for the closing figures on the Dow and the NASDAQ.

Not much of a TV watcher, there were however certain programs he refuses to miss. The Kentucky Derby, Monday Night NFL football, and Survivor are absolute musts. His wife never misses Oprah or Friends but together they always watch the Academy Awards and the Grammy's. He is thinking of buying the Nico-Derm patch to help quit smoking. Too many years of Export "A" cigarettes will kill him one day.

When his wife arrives home, she joins him for a few relaxing moments to watch the local news. A reporter says that one of the politicians in Ottawa is complaining about Canada being swallowed up by corporate America.

John Canuck shakes his head in amazement at the stupidity of some of the socialist protectionists who believe such a thing could ever happen.

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[Maple]

1. Cute

but when Americans turn those products over to see where they're actually made, they're going to be even more shocked.

Globalization.

Old news in Canada. We are a trading nation, and have been since day one.

[KT2000]

2. Wow!

Most of that stuff is made in China by corporations registered in the Cayman Islands!

[CHIMO]

3. So True

But I thought that Intuit was Canadian.

Oh well. Another bites the dust.

[HEyHEY]

4. Sad - I wish more people would realize it

But they don't I was raised in a family business. But now, everyone goes to Office Depot to get stuff, they don't even understand it all goes south

[Swede]

5. A night in the life of a typical canadian

[hermetic]

6. from a Minnesotan

I recently purchased a GE (read Hotpoint)oven which says it was made in Canada. It was reasonably priced, looks good and works well, except I've had to learn to turn the knobs to the LEFT instead of the RIGHT. But I'm getting used to that.....