Monday, November 18, 2013
Canadian cues
I like to look at Canadian pictures and figure out what makes them Canadian. In architecture it's simple. Everything is the same except the windows. Streets, lawns, siding, house forms, colors, roofs, all the same on both sides of the border; but Canada has some British windows mixed with the American styles. T-shaped or asymmetrical casements.
This picture of Toronto's official crackhead Rob Ford in the middle of a football crowd shows the difference in people. Again it's subtle. Hair, clothes, body forms, colors, hats, all the same; but Canada has Scottish lips. Even at a ball game, all lips are frugally pursed. (And again some British-style windows, i.e. eyeglasses.)
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