Have you heard of a show called Talking to Americans? An awful lot of Americans (including politicians) have some strange ideas about Canada.
Haven't heard of it so no, haven't seen it. And I'm sure you could say that for many, many countries. I know I have seen misconceptions here about the US as well as Canada.........and other countries as well. None pop to mind to show an example at the moment, but I remember reading threads and thinking WTF? Or.......wow, I didn't know that! LOL (OH! Milk in a bag was one of those threads where I went "WOW, didn't know that" LMAO!)
But thinking you are so 'primitive' as to not have microwaves? Cell phones? Satellite TV? or things along those lines? ROFL.......I LOL'd at that part of the song
And let me tell you, shows like Jay Lenno that go "out on the street" to ask people questions..........Oy! I often wonder how many people they had to ask/edit out to get the REALLY dumb answers they show on TV. Or WTF part of town they were in, or perhaps they just wait outside of bars for the drunks to come out and answer, LOL
Side note, unrelated to Canada........I just had a conversation in the car this morning with my 10 year old son. Somehow the subject of Mexico came up (don't even remember how) and he asked me if they had internet/computers down there :rofl1: Mind you he's only 10, and was sort of offended when I let out a laugh at his serious question. I quickly apologized and explained to him that yes, they most certainly have internet, computers, and all other technology we enjoy, LOL
EDIT: And OH!! I just remembered another HILARIOUS example coming from kids! My uncle married a Japanese woman. When we were living in AZ close to them, she had her niece and nephew from Japan come stay the summer. She brought them to our house to play with us.........neither of them knew much English and of course we didn't speak Japanese.
What does my dumb brother do? He ASKS the boy (complete with sign language) if he knew what NINTENDO WAS and would he like to learn :rofl1: Keep in mind my brother was only about 10/11 at the time...........but me, my mom, and aunt burst into fits of laughter! Needless to say the boy schooled my brother in Mario quite well ROFL!!