Leroy8541

[Artist]

One for chris

Is it true that dyslextics have w@#k accounts?

[Andy O'Pray]

Leroy, That story is many months old and has been proven to be false.

Aye - andy.

[leroy8541]

Yeah I know, It turned that the soldier was actually canadian, but with the french accent the young lady was mistaken. Americans are descendent from the mighty British, Canadians are mostly descendent from the French. No wonder we can't get along!!

[Andy O'Pray]

I don't know where you get your statistics from Leroy, but outside of the province of Quebec and NW New Brunswick, the French are very much a minority.

Aye - Andy.

[Andy O'Pray]

I should have waited to finish my first morning mug of tea before I answered your posting Leroy. After the British beat the French at the Plains of Abraham, some of the French went back to France. Others, unwilling to swear allegiance to the British Crown, went down to the Byou and Louisiana, that is why you have so many Cajun restaurants down there.

The Acadians that stayed in Canada, reluctantly swore allegiance to the Crown, and still do. They were centered in Quebec and New Brunswick, where they remain to this day. BC and Alberta probably have a higher percentage of American inhabitants than they do French.

A short Canadian history lesson fromBRITISH COLUMBIA.

Aye - Andy.

[harry hackedoff]

Cajun is short for Arcadian, i.e."one who dwells in Paradise."
That’s where the French Canadians were told they where headed.
Much better than" big swamp, full of Aligators, Snakes and poisonous spiders" don`t you think?

Aye,Harry

[Andy O'Pray]

Hi Harry, That is why gator meat is known as Cajun chicken.

Aye - Andy.

[leroy8541]

Most of the "Americans" in Canada are cowards and draft dodgers you can keep em. Or criminals avoiding capture, get yourself a copy of America's most wanted, and be on the look out there is money involved!
Most of our cajun folk in the bayou, we refer to them as creole are fine folks as long as they stay in the swamps. I do love them cajun chicken wings, I didn't know they were actually gator!

[Andy O'Pray]

Believe it or not Leroy, not all Americans living up here are draft dodgers, or criminals. Some come up for a visit, decide that they like it and move up for good. Not much different than the Canadians who move down to the USA.

By the way, chicken wings are one thing, but it is them thar chicken balls that you have to be wary about.

Aye - Andy.

[leroy8541]

I didn't say ALL, I said MOST. They are called Rooster Fries and they are delicious mate. You ought to try them they go best with a pint of liquor. Make sure you get them deep fried, not boiled I think I would rather have an Oyster than boiled chicken nuts.

[Andy O'Pray]

Are you talking about prairie oysters Leroy? I have a deep freezer full of them.

Aye - Andy.

[dave barrett]

You seem to be handling this one quite well on your own Andy, but I will stick in my few pennies worth anyway. Seeing as it was from Nova Scotia that the Acadians were sent. As you rightly say those French that would not swear allegiance to the King in 1755 were deported south,"Ethnically Cleansed" would be the modern phrase, but we didn't actually send any to Louisiana, as that was still French territory. We sent them mostly to New England, Boston, Conneticut and New york, they made their own way to Louisiana because it was still French. Quite a few returned in later years, but all the good land they had worked so hard to clear and cultivate had been taken over by British Empire Loyalists (Intelligent Americans who preffered to remain British at the end of the War of The Revolting Colonies, sometimes erroneously referred to as The American War of Independence... Two thirds of all living graduates of Harvard and Yale moved to Nova Scotia at this time). The Acadians here today are fiercely proud of their history, but have no love for the Quebecquois, but then has anyone!!
Here endeth the second Canadian History lesson, from Nova Scotia.

Regards,

Dave B.

[leroy8541]

Andy are those Prairie oysters 1 in the same with mountain oysters (swine balls)?
Mr. Barrett was you family lineage part of the great flee to Canada when the American Revolution began? At the end of that war all colonists that remained loyal to the crown were branded as traitors and hanged if they did not run to the border. I am glad our relationship with the U.K. has improved over the years.

[harry hackedoff]

So are we,mate