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Re: Americans are NOT stupid..

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From: Edward W. Thompson
Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 04:41
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On Mon, 19 May 2008 22:28:45 GMT, catchme <someone@somewhere.net>
wrote:

>Bucky Breeder wrote:
>> catchme <someone@somewhere.net> wrote in
>> news:663Yj.278069$pM4.95855@pd7urf1no: 
>> 
>>> http://video.stumbleupon.com/#p=z7pb6mzdt1
>> 
>> Whoo whee, now I'm a-sceered of Canadians, really now...
>> 
>> Only in Canadian movieland... Rambo could kick his arse, and
>> all his buddies too, at the same time, with one arm tied to
>> his back, and blindfolded, and spun around 100 times and then
>> let go, and then putting a lot of marbles on the floor that
>> he could not see but the Canookie gurlie-bois could see...
>> Bam, bam, bam, whoop, bam, foop, kapow, and all the Canadians
>> go home to their mommies crying about how Americans are meanies,
>> and in the sequeal all the Canadians become really ghay, and
>> have Rambo posters on their walls, etc...
>> 
>
>the only thing that I care about Rambo, is that 'Hollywood' used a 
>little town called Hope, BC to film first blood.
>The town is so small and desperate for any claim (sandwiched between 2 
>provincial parks, their growth prospects are limited as anything other 
>than a truck stop or retirement community), that they still print this 
>info. on all their tourism brochures....
>Stallone and his buddies hate Canada now, ever since they put one of 
>their tacky 'Planet Hollywood' restaurants with substandard fare, 
>indifferent service and over-the top pricing to go with a decor one 
>would find difficult to describe other than "wtf?" in Vancouver.
>People here oddly enough dont like waiting in crowded bars for their 
>name to be called when the dining room itself is obviously empty, and 
>dont want to line up expectantly hoping that a movie star might grace 
>the restaurant with their prescence.
>Vancouver is a city where stars usually feel comfortable going to 
>starbuck's by themselves- no entourage, and no mad queues of people 
>screaming "i love you".
>Stallone hates us, because we dont fill his ego needs.
>Perhaps he should go to Hope more often....

Who is 'Stallone', 'Rambo' etc?  Why should anyone care what they
think?
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Subject: Re: Americans are NOT stupid..
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