Yesterday, when I was dealing with one of the nicest people on Earth, I was trying to schedule our next session of working together on the audio versions of my original songs. Neither of us wanted to suggest a starting time on Sunday that would inconvenience the other person, so he sent me this text:
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I had never heard the term “Canadian Standoff” but I immediately knew what he meant.
Here’s what I find when I google “Canadian Standoff.”
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That makes me wonder whether nice people will ever walk through that door to move forward. I hope so, because I wish more nice people were in charge these days.
Do you see any Canadian Standoffs in my other images for today?
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When I search for “Canadian Standoff” on YouTube, I find this:
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Thanks to all the nice people who are here for this Canadian Standoff post, including YOU.
Haha, that is funny. I have never heard of a Canadian standoff, but I may have participated in a few. Thanks for the laugh.
Thanks for being Canadian, Maureen!
Canadian Standoff! Love it. Makes me think of being with my mother and grandmother on various occasions when lunching with other women, arguing over who is going to pay – each one insisting that she will. I remember thinking, when I’m grown up I’m just going to toss my share on the table and leave (I was an impatient brat). Enough of this foolishness. I also say, “After you,” but if someone says, “No, after you,” I go ahead. I may have lost something there?
You’re fine, Barbara.
I was too young to see John Carpenter’s 1982 film The Thing in the theater so I made sure to see the 2011 prequel in the theater. When it ended all of us who’d come to see it gathered at the front and had an impromptu discussion about the film we’d just seen, the 1982 film, the 1954 original, and the short story that inspired it. Then because we were too shy and too polite to risk inconveniencing each other we went our separate ways. I think we had a Canadian walk away.
More nice people — they’re everywhere!