The numbers show Canada is a nation of big, fat liars

[Hoping4Change]

Canada might be a much fatter and fib-prone nation than anyone ever realized.

New research suggests that more than two-thirds of Canadians are overweight, not less than half, as commonly reported.

The huge discrepancy is due to the fact that virtually all statistics collected are based on self-reported data...

In virtually every age group, of men as well as women, actual calculations of overweight were 10 to 20 points higher than in the self-reported data. Which leads to one obvious scientific conclusion: Liar, liar, your fat pants are on fire."


http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040622.wxhfat22/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/


We Canacks are fat fibbers Oh the shame, the shame:(

[Dookus]

1. must be all that ham

that you guys erroneously call bacon.

[Hoping4Change]

3. You mean those yummy slabs of meat sizzled till crispy in a pan?

[Darth_Kitten]

8. It is bacon.....

I don't think most Canadians are fat......

Now I'll go back to my Big Mac and fries..... ;)

[Hoping4Change]

10. Of course you don't think Canadians are fat because you like

all us Canucks are in denial:)

[wryter2000]

2. We love you, anyway

:loveya:

[Hoping4Change]

7. Really? Even though we're a nation of lying rolly-pollies.

[terrya]

4. Well, you guys have poutaine . We have Philly cheese steak, Chicago Deep..

Dish Pizza.

And I know I misspelled the dish that is fries covered in gtavy. Sorry.

I think it's a draw, personally. :-)

[Hoping4Change]

5. Mmmmm poutine. Unfortunately I never had the pleasure of

chowing down on a world famous Philly Cheese Steak.

[terrya]

6. Oh, I did. At Philadelphia's International Airport.

I was waiting for a connecting flight back to Chicago. I had a couple of hours to kill and I was hungry. I went to one of the airport restaurants and it was on the menu. The Philly cheesesteak sandwich is delicious, but I wouldn't want to eat a steady diet of them. :-)

[wryter2000]

9. LOL

I ate one at the Oakland Coliseum once. I doubt it was authentic, but it sure was good.

[Hoping4Change]

12. Excuse me but I cannot accept that whatever it was you ate in

Oakland was a Philly Cheese Steak:)

[terrya]

27. Is it true that McDonalds' in Canada has poutine on their menus?

I'd heard that. Seriously.

I just may have to try it when I'm up in your fine country Friday. :-)

[Hoping4Change]

30. True but McPoute not close to the real thing.

ps I hope you have a great time up here in our neck of woods! :beer:

[JVS]

13. mmmmmmmmm gtavy.

;-)

[JVS]

11. I blame Tim Horton, and all the beer too, eh.

[Lefty48197]

14. They're not fat! Those are kilograms! KILOGRAMS!!!!

And they're not lying when they say gas costs 90 cents a gallon. Those are Canadian cents, and Canadian gallons, so there's a conversion factor of some sort.

[JVS]

15. 1kg= 2.2 lbs

Wouldn't this mean that a canadian saying I weigh 200 was really 440

[Hoping4Change]

16. Dang it. Why are you spilling the beans? What's a few hundred

kilograms, give or take?

[KamaAina]

17. Ah, so that explains why the Cons are doing so well in the polls!

Big, fat liars just love right-wingers, no matter what part of North America they're in...

[Hoping4Change]

18. I think you are on to something. Big fat liars are prone to live in

fantasyland and lap up what Rightwingers dish out.

[HEyHEY]

19. It's those damn Maritimes!

In BC, everyone's skinny.


Actually I mean that....it's a real health crazed place.

[Hand]

20. "Welcome to Nova Scotia...

...where you can never be too fat or too poor."

Actually, it's not the entire Maritimes, anyway--just New Brunswick. As is well known, they're all swine in that province!

Although... if you subtract Ralph Klein from the equation, all of Canada becomes svelte and fit.

As to BC... , ya bony bastards!

[Hoping4Change]

25. That Albertan porker probably eats up all the donuts headed

for B.C.

[HEyHEY]

26. True actually I heard NB has the most porkers per capita in North Amerrica

I lived there for a bit and did notice it too.

[TrogL]

32. I've been there

Some of the people on Granville Island could stand to lose a few.

[underpants]

21. Sooooo...Bob's your Uncle

:shrug:

[Lisa]

22. well, that explains this little incident!

(politicians accused of trying to bribe voters with doughnuts -- only in Canada!)

Rivals throw low blows in Vancouver
*from The Globe and Mail


By ROD MICKLEBURGH
Tuesday, June 22, 2004 - Page A7

"VANCOUVER -- It has some of the toughest turf in Canada, and the verbal brass knuckles came out early.

Now, with a week to go before the election, the bruising battle to represent the voters of Vancouver East has become one of the nastiest in the country.

There have been personal accusations, apologies, retractions of apologies and fireworks at all-candidates meetings.

On Saturday, there was yet another mini-dustup, this time over doughnuts.

Elections Canada officials, acting on a complaint from the NDP, admonished Liberal campaigners for handing out free doughnuts near an advance polling station in the Downtown Eastside."

[CrownPrinceBandar]

23. Doughnutgate.......................

So... horrible.

[Hoping4Change]

24. I wonder if they were the new Tim Horton's Maple donuts?

[Hand]

28. Bad idea...

Those suckers are complete artery bombs. Allegedly one Tim's doughnut contains as much fat as a Big Mac! The voters will be keeling over before they can get to the polls!

The advent of Krispy Kreme in Canada will probably lead to such spectacular obesity that North America will tilt upwards from the top, and all the Mexicans will tumble willy nilly across the border...

:silly:

[Hoping4Change]

29. As much lard as a Big Mac? Woe is me.

[UrbScotty]

31. Canada thinks it's so much better than the US... NOPE!

But we still love you guys.

I think.

[Hoping4Change]

35. What's there to think about? What's there not to love about

insecure lying rolly pollies?

[TrogL]

33. They also lie about the sexual orientation

Stats Canada says 1% of the population is gay.

If you had a complete stranger come to your door, would you announce you were gay?

[Parrcrow]

34. Yes we are but...

I'm lying

I'm also hungry now, pass me a piglet.