To All Fellow Canucks - Happy Canada Day !!

[Sol]

Bonne fête and have a great day Canada 

Big respects and friendly hugs to you all.

Rod

Merci Rod !

Believe or not, living in Quebec and telling people I am a Canadian is strange as I am always looked at as if I was an extraterrestrial.

My sister and I went in the Maritimes 15 or so years ago and after driving for 17 straight hours, we stopped at a little resto-pub for a bite and a good night's sleep.

We walked in the place and we noticed that some people were coming into the place at the same time as we did but we didn't make anything of it.

We sat down, the waitress came to us and asked us what we wanted.

I had looked at the menu on the wall and said I'd fancy fried chicken, my sister fried shrimps.

"Oh...she said...the kitchen is closed". OK. Beers then.

Then this wall of a man, (which I had noticed outside), like a bald Andre the Giant covered with tattoos and a look on his face like he'd want to split me in half with his bare hands walks right to our table, looks at me right in the eyes, leaning over to me...and says...

"So....errr....you're a maudit fuckin' quebecer yeah?..."

I could only guess that he saw my plate on the car...had to think fast on that one. This guy wasn't a bouncer...more of a killer looking for a fight lol

"Well...we live in Quebec, yeah, but we're Canadians and are on our way to visit family in Cape Breton..."

His face just lit up. He threw a bunch of quarters on the table and yelled at whoever was in the kitchen:

"Hey...whoever (I just don't remember her name)...open the damn kitchen, we have guests." Then he looked at us again and said "those quarters are yours for the taking, there's a fine juke box there in the corner, music's on my tab tonight..."

I thanked him, we had fried chicken and fried shrimps, Andre the Giant paid for our first round of beers and they called a nearby bed and breakfast to prepare for our arrival and a have a room ready.

That's Canada.

Although, I'm just glad I didn't answer "Yeah...we're quebecers, what's your problem?" haha

Gotta love Canada...

Cheers