"Canada, It's not the party, it's the apartment above the party..."
"We're [America] down here all dancing, and they're up there saying 'can't you keep the noise down.' We're like, come to the party Canada. We're like, 'Mexico wasn't invited but they're coming anyways.'"
- Craig Ferguson at the White House Correspondents Dinner, April 26, 2008
So you're dancing, eh Craigie?
Well, good for you!
But you're slightly misguided when you say that we want you to "keep the noise down". In fact, we are actually accustomed to noise because, in Canada, we have a thing called a "daily Question Period" in our parliament where the leader of the country has to actually answer hard-hitting questions from our opposition partIES. That's every day, Craigie -- from 4 different opposition parties. Our Prime Minister does not have the luxury of hiding behind his pretty press secretary (which looks like you were quite smitten by her tonight).
In fact, we Canadians really WISH America would get a whole lot NOISIER. Actually, we wonder how your "party" remains so festive when you're billions and billions of dollars in the red (and "red" means so much more these days, doesn't it?), 10's of thousands of soldiers are coming home broken with little support, and your constitution and flag is being shat on before your very eyes -- by YOUR very own dear leader. You know, the war criminal you're getting all warm an fuzzy with there.
And when you say "party" in the singular it especially hits a chord with us because we feel you might as well have one party down there, anyway.
I dunno, maybe you need better beer down there?
By all means, have fun with your little party down there. Just leave the rest of the world out of it, ok?