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to think that ,actually, I am not Canadian. And therefore it is unlikely I wil have a Canadian costume?

79 replies

TantrumsAndBalloons · 16/10/2013 15:20

And...more to the point, if it is Multicultural carnival day, why the actual fuck does the whole of ds2 class have to dress as Canada?

Thats not exactly multicultural is it?

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mrspremise · 16/10/2013 17:24

Send him as Austin Powers; Mike Myers is Canadian, iirc Grin

motherinferior · 16/10/2013 17:26

most fab

motherinferior · 16/10/2013 17:27

Or as Carol Shields.

HeartsTrumpDiamonds · 16/10/2013 17:28

The teen uniform when my DH was in high school in the 1980's in semi-rural Ontario was a heavy metal Tshirt (one of those ones with a black body and white arms) for Def Leppard or someone, Kodiaks (steel-toed boots worn with laces undone) a lumberjack shirt, jeans, and the mandatory mullet.

I grew up in Toronto, we were much cooler. More indie. The boys still had mullets though.

motherinferior · 16/10/2013 17:31

Or as William Shatner. Or Pamela Anderson.

TEErickOrTEEreat · 16/10/2013 17:31

Canadian Steel Band?!?! What?!?!

Halloween Grin
motherinferior · 16/10/2013 17:34

Both of which, on consideration, would be quite easy to put together...

Caitlin17 · 16/10/2013 18:08

Famous Canadians sounds more fun than generic Canadians.Donald and Kiefer Sutherland. Or that prog rock band Rush.

Not that there's anything wrong with generic Canadians, like the Dutch I think they are genetically incapable of not being nice.

BeeMom · 16/10/2013 19:25

For the record, I AM Canadian, and I don't know what a Canadian costume is...

In parts of British Columbia, you could wear Asian or Indian clothes, tie dye t-shirts or the safety gear of a logger or someone working in a refinery. In Alberta and Saskatchewan, you might be a rancher, or a farmer, or work on the Oil Sands Projects... Manitoba will find you German and Ukranian communities that have been in Canada for generations, Ontario runs from the industrial/commercial/financial centres in the south to the resource based industries of the north (and the centre of the economic collapse, the southwestern part of the province), in Quebec, the predominant language is French, and aside from large cities, it is the only language spoken. You could dress as a fisherman from the Maritimes (as apparently the rest of the world think that is all that happens in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador.
You could be a seal hunting Innu from the north, or a First Nations person from any province...

More than 50% of Canadians have been here for 2 generations or less.

And many have been here for thousands of years - there are over 600 First Nations in Canada - the aboriginal groups who were here long before Europeans arrived...

We don't have a "costume", we pretty much don't have a "culture"...

BUT... you can always grab a bottle of beer, a back bacon sandwich, put your jeans and plaid flannel shirt on and go as a stereotype...

uselessinformation · 16/10/2013 19:36

I second going as Wolverine!

ramonaquimby · 16/10/2013 19:44

Put a red wig on and say your name is Anne (with an e) Shirley??

Think this is all quite lighthearted.......and yes I am A Cannuck.....

2468Motorway · 16/10/2013 19:48

I'm guessing your son doesn't want to go as 'Anne of Green Gables'.

2468Motorway · 16/10/2013 19:49

X post with Ramona Quimby

Off topic, I loved Ramona

ramonaquimby · 16/10/2013 20:16

Me too. Really wish I had of named DD Ramona!

ColderThanAWitchsTitty · 16/10/2013 22:01

if you don't cut out a giant cardboard maple leaf and tape your child to it you have totally misunderstood this parenting lark.

pollyandroxy · 16/10/2013 22:12

Suggest a guitar and say he is Bryan Adams

MacaYoniandCheese · 16/10/2013 22:19

I'm Canadian... I can confirm that the official uniform is Lululemon Yoga Pants.

ColderThanAWitchsTitty · 17/10/2013 00:23

Send him dressed as a hocky puck!

IamGluezilla · 17/10/2013 00:27

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BigArea · 17/10/2013 00:31

Bah IamGluezilla you beat me to it! Canadian Tuxedo Grin

MidniteScribbler · 17/10/2013 00:33

I'd send DS as a Labrador retriever.

A fox costume could be converted to a Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever fairly easily.

Or perhaps a Newfoundland if I could find an old black shag rug.

IHaveA · 17/10/2013 00:33

£2.19 and some hair gel and your job is done.

ScarerAndFuck · 17/10/2013 00:59

This may have been suggested already but it's late and I'm tired and probably missed it if it has.

Stick a red nose on him and claim you thought it said Comedian Costume so he's come as a clown.

NoComet · 17/10/2013 01:05

I'd be tempted to send a copy of BeeMom's post to school. It really is a totally daft dressing up theme.

It's even worse than world book day for Y6. DD2 liked Jackie Willson and Cathy Cassidy, books full of ordinary preteen/teen girls wearing ordinary clothes, so that's what she did.

Caitlin17 · 17/10/2013 01:06

Do you know which other countries will be represented?

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