Canadian Idiot!
Okay, I stumbled onto this new Weird Al song (I love Music Now) called "Canadian Idiot", an inspired parody of Green Day's "American Idiot". A few Google-minutes later, I found this fairly entertaining home-made video put to the music.
Here are the lyrics - I couldn't resist transcribing them. The reference to Saskatchewan is truly moving for someone born there, as is the reference to Kraft macaroni (although it should have been Kraft Dinner) for someone who ate several hundred boxes of it in university back in the 80s.
Don't want to be a Canadian idiot -
Don't want to be some beer swillin' hockey nut.
And do I look like some frost bitten hosehead?
I never learned my alphabet from "A" to "Zed".
They all live on donuts and moose meat.
And they leave the house without packin' heat -
Never even bring their guns to the mall.
And you know what else is too funny -
Their stupid Monopoly money.
Hey, can't take 'em seriously at all.
Well maple syrup and snow's what they export.
They treat curling just like it's a real sport.
They think their silly accent is so cute -
Can't understand a thing they're talking a-boot.
Sure they got their national health care,
Cheaper meds, low crime rates and clean air.
Then again, well, they got Celine Dion.
Eat their weight in Kraft macaroni
And dream of driving a Zamboni
All over Saskatchewan.
Don't want to be a Canadian idiot -
Won't figure out the temperature in Celsius.
See the map they're hovering right over us -
Tell you the truth it makes me kinda nervous.
Always hear the same kind of story -
Break your nose and they'll just say "sorry".
Tell me what kind of freaks are that polite?
It's gotta mean they're all up to something,
So quick before they see it coming -
Time for a pre-emptive strike.