Aipril 7, 2004 News e¢ the other press © Rude Canadians? Kelly Parry News Editor Calling Canadians rude is like calling Americans shy. It’s an affront to all things Canadian. Macleans, Canada’s national weekly newspaper, is shatter- ing the myth of the polite, quiet, and accommodating Canadian. Maclean’s national affairs correspondent Charlie Gillis categorizes eight types of boorish Canadian behaviour; Thumb People, E-tards, Cell- heads, Potheads, Number- oners, Tattoo Victims, Real- time film critics, and VIP Parkers. Gillis suggests that technol- ogy has allowed Canadians to become ruder, with palm pilots, list serves, and cell phones making users dismiss their family and friends to take calls, answer meaningless mail messages, and annoy people with tinny sounding cell phone songs. However, some boorish traits cannot be attributed to just Canadians. People who criticize movies in the theater while others are trying to watch are an_ international epidemic. Tattoo Victims, can simply be a cultural phenom- ena that doesn’t necessarily make tattoos a rude action, just a matter of taste. Should marijuana be decriminalized in the next year, then Potheads will be as common- place as Airheads. Is “flipping the bird” always rude? No, not when you are dealing with a VIP parker who parks diagonally across three spaces just to protect his Top Ten Places Not to Hide Easter Eggs Laura Secord Press Release Having been a part of Canadian Easter traditions for more the 90 years, Laura Secord knows a thing or two about chocolate eggs and the traditional Easter egg hunt. In an effort to assist the Easter Bunny in making this year’s festivities go as smoothly as possible, Laura Secord went to Canada’s true egg hunting experts for advice on where not to hide Easter eggs. To gather the necessary information, the chocolatier conducted interviews with “Or Canadian Easter “Eggsperts,” aged four to nine years old, asking them where are the best and worst places to hide Easter eggs. “To ensure we were getting Laura Secord’s Top Ten Places Not To Hide Easter Eggs “Behind delicate stuff like Mom's vases or on the rim of light bulbs.” Mark 9, Chester, Nova Scotia “My Poppy's smelly fishing boat.” an honest response on thisegg “N hiding issue, we felt. it was ee necessary to consult our core _ consumers,” said Thompson, Vice President of Marketing for Laura Secord. — “It is our hope that this infor- mation will help to better pre- pare the Easter Bunny for this year’s Easter egg hunt.” Ellen a ) iy or her precious high-priced cars. What some people see as rude, others see as a right to self-expression. If you are ever charged with behaving like a rude Canadian, know that you have just joined the ranks of Pierre Trudeau and Ralph Klein. Tell people that you are not rude, just a technological- ly open, cultural critic, and body artist with a really nice car. If you have been a victim of unsubstantiated, random rude- ness, let the world, or at least Canada know. Maclean’, is looking for stories that spot- light the rude things Canadians do to one another. Send your stories to website@macleans.ca. Madison 7, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan “Just make sure my dog can’t get them first.” Morgan 8, Montreal, Quebec “I would keep them out of the dryer vent—the lint is very messy.” Mia 4, Campbellville, Ontario “Please don’t put them out on a table because that isn’t really floor _ challenging ar all,” Vancouver, British Columbia “Don't hide them in tight places that we can’t get into— behind the computer or fridge.” Fallon 7, ES Oe _all the things under there.” __ - Winnipeg, Manitoba - Building a Community Of Life Savers. 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