Gone are the days of the Canadian Icon, dressed in red serge with a dead beaver hung over his back. Although when one thinks about it, North America was discovered by a directionally challenged Christopher Columbus on his search for another route to South East Asia... hense the misnaming of the Natives as "Indians". Perhaps the lack of Sari's, Curry and veiled references to Gonesh the Elephant headed god of almost everything would have been a good clue.The thing is, this blog is nothing about Christopher Columbus or the discovering of North America, so I should really get on topic.
This morning I noticed the cover of the Surrey Now (A local newspaper in the Vancouver area of Canada) contained a picture of a hot Indian Chick (South Asian variety) blowing a kiss and wearing a Sari. The title read "She's Game for Adventure." The chicks' name is Poontang.... oops Poonan and, no, she is not competing in fear factor, she is hoping to head to the Miss World competition as a representative of Canada.
So this brings me to the question... what is Canada? Did I fall asleep and miss something? Where are the Beaver pelts... where is the back bacon... how about the all important "Two Four"... Have we lost our identity?
I guess Christopher Columbus was not all that far off, just a few hundred years and the representantive for Canada in the Miss Universe competition is wearing a Sari. So here is the question of the day. In order to properly represent Canada (Eh) should Poonan Punni be required to show her Beaver? After all, it is the national animal for Canada.
