{"id":548,"date":"2015-02-01T06:45:50","date_gmt":"2015-02-01T14:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.majorscorner.com\/?p=548"},"modified":"2026-03-07T18:12:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T03:12:50","slug":"majorscorner-selfrightouscanadians-pleasecoverup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/majorscorner.com\/?p=548","title":{"rendered":"#MajorsCorner  #SelfRightousCanadians   #PleaseCoverUp"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - http:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"#MajorsCorner  #SelfRightousCanadians   #PleaseCoverUp\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>We are almost too happy for words living here in Mexico, albeit for only a few months, but still my bones are thankful for the lack of shivers this winter. I am also delighted to report that more than a few of our friends and fellow club mems were able to make the four-hour WestJet flight down to our paradise by the sea. However, and I don\u2019t mean this unkindly, into every holiday flies a buzzard or two.<!--more--><br \/>\nIt is a well-known fact that only .9 per cent of the Canadian population appears better in a bathing suit than fully dressed at any time. This is not to be taken lightly, for it is common knowledge at the UN and certainly discussed openly around the world wherever beachwear fashionistas gather. Good maple syrup plus bad bodies equals Canada.<br \/>\nI only mention this nugget because a few of our friends don\u2019t appear to be aware of it, which I find alarming. It is one thing to see a chap in a blazer, tie and grey flannels lounging in his wing-back chair at the club. It is quite another to see the same chap in only small swimwear standing on the sand discussing the PM\u2019s latest flight of fancy and not feel slightly bilious.<br \/>\nDo they think they are invisible? There is now no longer that last wall of defence such as a belt or hidden elastic thingee to stop the oozing, gravitational downward movement of the Canuck tummy, nowhere to hide, as it were. It simply stares back at the stare-ee, lumpen and large.<br \/>\nYears of fully dressed Canadian living have inured most of the northern types to looking in full length mirrors, as it is either too cold to undress or they realized early on that most Canadians simply look like this. A sort of \u201cto hell with it\u201d takes hold.<br \/>\nThis is all well and good in Canada, but to bring these threadbare principles to southern beaches is a national embarrassment.<br \/>\nOne hears rumours of Mexico bringing new legislation forward at a speedy pace to protect young eyes from undressed Canadians. Immediate deportation has been mentioned. In my experience, several babies started wailing when the visiting Brigadier dropped his robe last week in front of an unsuspecting beach crowd. One of the most hirsute men on earth stood scratching his large pale stomach in small trunks from 30 years ago. \u2028Several families made a run for it as dogs began howling, while the beach restaurant shuttered itself as a public service. These are hard times for Canadians living in the Tropic of Cancer.<br \/>\nNext week we have Mrs. Hynde Quarters and Mrs. ffrangington-Davis visiting and Lord knows what fresh hell this will bring, but Kitty will have her way.<br \/>\nMay I say a few things to my countrymen? I think we must try hard to put an end to the image we have given to the world lately: That of the self-righteous Canadian. A great number of us seem to take delight in lecturing others about how wonderful our country is and telling them that Canadian \u201cvalues\u201d are above all others.<br \/>\nIt is turning into self-parody and a very unattractive image is appearing. To top it all off, we are boring people rigid. Can we not be the first ones to start boasting about ourselves? Hooray for medicare, immigrants, peace-keeping, etc., etc. These are all good things but so is broccoli, and imagine how fast one tires of that.<br \/>\nLet someone else compliment us before we stroke ourselves. It is a much more civilized way of doing things. We have a tendency to attack not unlike a religious fanatic at the first hint that our highway of life might not be everyone\u2019s cup of tea. After all, why are there so many of us here in Mexico if we already live in a modern-day Nirvana?<br \/>\nSeveral friends from Mexico have already told me that Canadians have a reputation for being economical, meaning cheap. I am told we do not tip, thank people properly or try to speak Spanish. My wife and I heard a couple from somewhere on the prairies at an \u201call inclusive\u201d hotel, telling friends not to tip the waiters \u201cbecause it is all included in the price.\u201d What nonsense, but there it is. Hotel staff earn about $20 per week and depend upon the tourists for a living wage.<br \/>\nPlease be generous and do not be the first to speak. That\u2019s the first step to being a Good Canadian.<br \/>\nCopyright Major\u2019s Corner 2015<br \/>\ndalton.chris4@gmail.com<br \/>\ntwitter TheYYJMajor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - http:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"#MajorsCorner  #SelfRightousCanadians   #PleaseCoverUp\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>We are almost too happy for words living here in Mexico, albeit for only a few months, but still my bones are thankful for the lack of shivers this winter. I am also delighted to report that more than a few of our friends and fellow club mems were able to make the four-hour WestJet [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-majors-corner"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/majorscorner.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/majorscorner.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/majorscorner.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/majorscorner.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/majorscorner.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=548"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/majorscorner.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":549,"href":"https:\/\/majorscorner.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548\/revisions\/549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/majorscorner.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/majorscorner.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/majorscorner.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}