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“Great state of Canada”…

To be fair, I heard a news anchorwoman in British Columbia refer to the US as “the lower provinces” lol. I had never heard this before, but since it was used casually on a newscast I assumed it was a fairly common expression. Maybe Bonespurs heard about that and got a burr in his diaper.

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Upper and Lower Canada making a comeback, with slightly different meanings.

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I’m down with that. In fact, can Canada just annex Oregon and Washington? I would consider emigrating to Canada myself. But…that’s hardly a trivial thing to do. Plus packing is such a pain in the ass. Plus, selling a house, moving companies and all that. Ugh. What an effort. It would be a lot more convenient for me if we could just move the border a good ways south.

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There is a significant difference between a regular person, even a TV personality, and a politician saying that. Enough so that I don’t think the term “to be fair” can be applied to it.

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I was speculating that calling the US “the lower provinces” might be a fairly common figure of speech. Wasn’t comparing newscasters to politicians. But whatever.

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