so i’ve been thinking lately about getting a tattoo… my sister got one last year and it’s pretty cool, i have to admit. when i was younger, i was like, “why would someone want to mutilate themselves?” and now that i’m thinking about it long term, i’m like “hmm, it’s something that i want to have or be reminded of forever..” i want to get a small beaver tattooed on my left calf. for those of you gentle readers who don’t know, i’m canadian, and proud of it. my wife gives me a lot of grief because i have a very canadian mindset, and she considers it on the border of ‘un-american’. oh well.. we are what we are. the real question is should i broadcast it to the world with a beaver on my leg?

courtesy of rick mercer from this hour has 22 minutes cbc television:

on behalf of canadians everywhere i’d like to offer an apology to the united states of america. we haven’t been getting along very well recently and for that, i am truly sorry.

i’m sorry we called george bush a moron.

he is a moron but, it wasn’t nice of us to point it out. if it’s any consolation, the fact that he’s a moron shouldn’t reflect poorly on the people of america. after all it’s not like you actually elected him.

i’m sorry about our softwood lumber. just because we have more trees than you doesn’t give us the right to sell you lumber that’s cheaper and better than your own.

i’m sorry we beat you in olympic hockey. in our defense i guess our excuse would be that our team was much, much, much, much better than yours.

i’m sorry we burnt down your white house during the war of 1812. i notice you’ve rebuilt it! it’s very nice.

i’m sorry about your beer. i know we had nothing to do with your beer but, we feel your pain.

i’m sorry about our waffling on iraq. i mean, when you’re going up against a crazed dictator, you wanna have your friends by your side. i realize it took more than two years before you guys pitched in against hitler, but that was different. everyone knew he had weapons.

and finally, on behalf of all canadians, i’m sorry that we’re constantly apologizing for things in a passive-aggressive way which is really a thinly veiled criticism. i sincerely hope that you’re not upset over this. we’ve seen what you do to countries you get upset with.

thank you.

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