WEIRD CANADIANS


Where does that “quirky Canuck” stereotype come from, anyway? Might have something to do with all these quirky Canucks.

“You look at the floor and see the floor. I look at the floor and see molecules.”

—Dan Aykroyd

“I decorated my house like a medieval gothic castle. Chandeliers and red velvet curtains. My bedroom is pink and black, my bathroom is totally Hello Kitty. I have a massive pink couch and a big antique gold cross.”

—Avril Lavigne

“Babies have big heads and big eyes, and tiny little bodies with tiny little arms and legs. So did the aliens at Roswell! I rest my case.”

—William Shatner

“At one point, I was perceived as only being angry, but now I’m being perceived as angry, peaceful, and spiritual.”

—Alanis Morissette

“What would happen if you melted? You know, you never really hear this talked about much, but spontaneous combustion? It exists!”

—Keanu Reeves

“The rockets and the satellites, the spaceships that we’re creating now, we’re pollinating the universe.”

—Neil Young

“My child was not only carried by me, but by the universe.”

—Celine Dion

“I have my cards read every time I pass a tarot-reader booth. I’d be so embarrassed to have one of those 900 numbers appear on my phone bill, because I don’t know how I would explain it to my manager. It would almost be like saying, ‘Okay, I’m white trash.’”

—Jennifer Tilly

“To me, the sky is an infinite movie. I never get tired of looking at what’s happening up there.”

—k. d. lang

“Everything that happens to me is very cosmic.”

—Tommy Chong

“I’m king of the world!”

—James Cameron

 

A Dairy Queen in Toronto made the largest ice cream cake— 10.13 tons (22,333 pounds).