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**TXmjLW9b** · 03-03-2010, 07:38 AM

The joke was just making fun of all the Canadian stereotypes - mounties, beavers, moose, canoes, hockey, etc. That some people took it seriously is perhaps a sign of how deep those stereotypes run.

There's a lot of Hollywood people that are Canadian and can be under the radar about it, but Fox isn't one of them. He used to routinely show up at talk shows wearing a hockey sweater. Went to school in Burnaby with a friend of mine -there's your 6 degrees of separation for you. Here's another one: Mike Babcock (Canadian hockey coach) graduated high school with my sister 3 years after I did. Even better: a good friend of mine went to high school with the Tweed sisters.

I gather the opening and closing ceremonies had a lot of "I didn't know he/she was Canadian" reaction from people.

03-03-2010, 07:38 AM	#14
TXmjLW9b Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 361 Senior Member	The joke was just making fun of all the Canadian stereotypes - mounties, beavers, moose, canoes, hockey, etc. That some people took it seriously is perhaps a sign of how deep those stereotypes run. There's a lot of Hollywood people that are Canadian and can be under the radar about it, but Fox isn't one of them. He used to routinely show up at talk shows wearing a hockey sweater. Went to school in Burnaby with a friend of mine -there's your 6 degrees of separation for you. Here's another one: Mike Babcock (Canadian hockey coach) graduated high school with my sister 3 years after I did. Even better: a good friend of mine went to high school with the Tweed sisters. I gather the opening and closing ceremonies had a lot of "I didn't know he/she was Canadian" reaction from people.
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