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Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:06:44 +0000

[...] though Robin and I steeled ourselves after enduring weirdoes in Michigan over Thanksgiving, they struck again when we went back over Christmas. At the same Borders book store, a woman stood [...]

By: Johnny Truant

Johnny Truant — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:22:17 +0000

Everyone, the commenter above this comment, O-Steve, has a stripper pole in his house. I know this for a fact. It’s for his girlfriend. I will not even attempt to argue date-hotness with this master.

However, it’s true that we long ago acknowledged our lameness. We have embraced it.

By: O-Steve

O-Steve — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:05:42 +0000

The Olive Garden and reading at Borders. Now THAT’s a hot date!

By: Anya

Anya — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:00:16 +0000

Holy crap, I feel so sheltered. I never knew Michiganites much less Canadians were so predatory. Maybe the cold makes them lean, mean, thieving machines? However, it is good to know that the Olive Garden waitress lobotomies is a national directive and not just an anomaly down here.

We don’t have Beer Stores here in DC/MD but we do have beer drive thrus…yes, seems like a contradiction. Drinking and driving bad. Driving though a building and having your six pack handed to you while the car still on…good?

By: Johnny Truant

Johnny Truant — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:02:56 +0000

I actually love Canadians. For some reason, I’ve never met a Canadian I didn’t like. Maybe I should move up there. I’d be surrounded by people I like and could steal everything. Ironically, that’s the American dream.

By: Mishi

Mishi — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:21:59 +0000

I was born in Michigan. Only by reading this article did I begin to question the legality of “free stuff”.

Just kidding.

Michiganders (especially those from the Detroit area) are rather predatory about Borders seating. We hawk it, then hog it. Only the strong survive.

By: Pat Williams

Pat Williams — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:18:35 +0000

I’m a Canadian living in Michigan. You’d think I have free satellite but I don’t. I pay for cable but only the basic version – I refuse to pay for all those extra channels when I know I could be getting them for free.

Typically I don’t steal BUT if you return here and get a 404 message…just sayin.

BTW: http://www.awomansblog.com sent me.

By: Mad Asthmatic

Mad Asthmatic — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:10:47 +0000

Ok, well having read Johnny’s post and then all the comments I have decided that Michigan is NOT a place I am going to be visiting and Canada – well I know some lovely people who are Canadian, unless they are just pretending to be lovely and are really thieving wierdos……..
MA

By: So, Thanksgivings Over, Now What? | A Womans Blog

So, Thanksgivings Over, Now What? | A Womans Blog — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:54:47 +0000

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By: JoVE

JoVE — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:45:36 +0000

I’ve always thought that Michigan folks were really more like Canadians than most Americans. You seem to be confirming that, though not in a good way.

But I get the impression that young men from Michigan (and maybe others) think that Canada is the land of strippers and casinos, but the look of what is happening to the economy of Windsor.

And just to confuse you more about The Beer Store, although you can only buy beer there you can take back all of the packaging for whatever alcohol you buy to the Beer Store. In fact, although there are now deposits on wine, rum and other bottles (and indeed boxes, and plastic containers, as long as they contain alcohol), you can’t take them back to the Liquor store, just the Beer Store. (And The Beer Store only exists in Ontario, not in all of Canada.)