OH BOY! MORE Weird Canadian Objects! 

Thanks for the shoutout JJ. You earned that award!

Congratulations for your award J.J.! Does that mean this is finally an actual award winning video of yours?

Certificates of Achievement are SO funny to me. Just the idea of an MP being like "hey your marriage didn't fall apart yet here's an award"

It would be cool if you covered unique British Columbia objects and locations, it always really cool to see the culture of some sub national place, like Texan or Bavarian culture.

Finally a really award. Truly an award winning video exceeding in the field of excellence.

'hey MP, can i get a plaque saying i am awesome?' 'sure. here you go' well, you finally got your award JJ, this video will not require the disclaimer xD

I'm always happy for my weekly dive into Canadian peculiarities.

I can imagine Quebec declaring a state of emergency every time JJ visits

I find it interesting how many of these things can apply to parts of the northern US as well, particularly the red and black plaid and the maple syrup bottles.

Who else got kinda creeped out when they saw the person on the floor? I just wanna shout out the word "geegaw"! Your lexicon is truly excellent and award winning!

The "outstanding achievement in field of excellence" just destroyed me, LMAO.

"Oh cool, that's a lot of neat info about flannels" *sees arms stretch up in the background* "um. . . JJ I think there's someone in the room with you. . ."

Loved the flannel segment. As an American midwesterner, the states that share the same history of “northwoods labor” like Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Northern Michigan also tend to love slapping Buffalo Check designs on absolutely everything.

I've only had yellowish brown creme soda. Fun fact - in the show "Freaks and Geeks" they used creme soda for the beer in a teenage party scene.

As JJ says, the maple syrup you buy in stores is a mixture of syrup from many different places (so as to homogenize flavor). HOWEVER, if you visit a real sugar shack in a sugar bush, the difference in syrup color 100% means a difference in flavor. Light colored syrup is harvested at the beginning of the season and has a high water content so the flavor is light. Dark colored syrup is harvested towards the end of the season when the trees run out of water and the minerals from the soil are more concentrated in the sap. The higher mineral content makes the color dark, and makes the maple syrup flavor richer and stronger.

You should make a cultural canon of American Holidays

... Who are you hiding on your floor, JJ? Are they okay?

The more I watch JJ, the more I am convinced that Canada is just an extension of the Midwest.

At 6:50 or so, a pair of blue armed, and blacked gloved appendages managed to stretch into frame. Almost made me bellow "Watch out behind you".

Down in Texas, we've got a red cream soda called Big Red. It was born in Waco in 1937 and became regionally popular across the American South and parts of the Midwest. The flavor is often described as "bubblegummy", like the Canadian soda apparently, but interestingly it's actually a mix of lemon and orange, with a healthy glug of vanilla to smooth it all over.

6:58 what is it in the backround on the right? a person lying down with his hands up? a dog? I need to know!

I loved this video, very hilarious and enthralling. It's definately another award winning video in my book. As someone who grew up in Quebec most of my life, I always thought that cream soda was clear no matter where you went.

In the United States, there is a similar recognition that is very common, where an American flag will be flown over the Capitol and then awarded to a person. My father had a flag flown over the House of Representatives in honor of me achieving the rank of Eagle Scout and all he had to do was contact our Representative and pay for the flag. Our representative even signed a similar style of certificate to honor my achievement.

7:00 Who was that in the background moving?

The award winning* trilogy is complete. *ⁿᵒᵗ ᵃʷᵃʳᵈ ʷᶦⁿⁿᶦⁿᵍ

I love seeing Canadian objects that I can't recognize as a Canadian

The whole "hewers of wood and drawers of water" thing is actually still kind of a thing if you leave the cities. I know a few people who have been cutting their weight in firewood since they were 6 years old.

7 mins through the video and I just notice the pair of random feet appear at the bottom right of the screen😂😂

Yet another informative and (as seen by the Certificate of Excellence JJ received) award winning video! I always enjoy it when JJ McCullough educates us foreigners about all things uniquely Canadian. This video has inspired me to start pricing/shopping for some tartan patterned coats.

I have a couple jackets and blanket with that pattern. Also had maple syrup on my pancakes, hot cakes, flapjacks or whatever you want to call it. I don’t live near enough to Canada to buy maple syrup in a leaf bottle…but if I did, I’d want the absolute biggest bottle I could find, and maybe a smaller bottle for practical purposes and refilling. You do excel at excellence JJ. Glad you got an award for it (however one expresses loving sarcasm).

the fillbots music at 2:18 made me feel so nostalgic, thanks for that

Here in Nebraska, I've only ever found the amber colored cream soda, unless you go out of your way and get the "indie" brands that sell it clear/transparent. I prefer the light amber color, gave me a creme brulee kinda vibe, or just a burnt or baked sugar vibe.

JJ does more for Canada and Canadian culture than Canada knows. I am an American who has had zero interest in Canada. I never really thought of Canadians AS Canadians till I came upon JJ's stuff. (Outside if an old Podcast called "Horror etc" who's hosts were Canadian and maybe Pro Wrestler Bret Hart) While I dont know that I would want to live in Canada JJ does articulate the subtle differences and explain not just that they exist but possible reasons why they exist.

You and Homer are the only ones to ever achieve this award. Next is your big award ceremony!

I’m so glad you referenced Cook’s Illustrated! The premier culinary magazine in the US.

I grew up with the clear version of cream soda.The bubblegummy taste isn’t just the pink talking.

Never knew the history behind the flannel, so interesting. It seems guaranteed whatever the working class wears becomes a fashion staple. Timberlands, Doc Martens, jeans, and so many more.

6:58 Uh JJ, I think the drugged person on the floor behind you is waking up... 7:04 Good, you took care of it!

Fun fact: one of the postal codes on the mailboxes is HOH OHO, which is the postal code you can use at Christmas time to send a letter to "Santa Claus" and get a response from him.

@10:14 JJ’s delivery of simple witty statements are why we love him!

Great content as per usual! Idk how but you somehow manage to make learning about Canada super interesting and I can’t thank you enough. Haha

Tartan is an interesting example of an invented tradition. In Scotland these days a lot of people will claim certain tartans are associated with certain clans. But the historian Hugh-Trevor Roper* wrote an chapter in the book "The Invention of Tradition" about how these tartans patterns were largely just the imaginings and creations of Romanticist writers (especially Walter Scott). They were largely a fad that fed a desire for faux-authenticity and identitarian belonging that really has existed since the early 19th century and the dislocations of the modern world. * A famous historian who investigated the circumstances of Hitler's death but unfortunately was caught up in a scam about a supposed sequel to Mein Kampf.

Could it be? An award winning JJ video?

It's funny that in Brazil plaid shirts are associated with rural folks and usually we wear plaid shirts or dresses etc during the June Festivals as we "dress like farmers", although I think blue and black rather than red are more common. We also wear things like straw hats in those festivals

I loved all of this, but the story of plaid (tartan) was really cool. I would like to write to Chip Dipson. I want to know what he does for a living. Congratulations on the outstanding achievement in the field of excellence!🤣🙌

The flanel/plaid bit made me think you could do something around the iconography of different Canadian Sports teams, like the Ottawa sports teams wearing black and red as a throwback to Ottawa's history as a lumber town before it became the capital or Toronto Maple Leafs name origin in World War 1

10:35 - I *have* seens these given out by a provincial MPP/MLA as well. I was in my grandparents house and spotted one of these awards given out to my great grandparents in the 1980s for their 50th wedding anniversary.

My uncle became a Canadian & lived in Ottawa. Whenever he came to visit, he brought a bottle of real maple syrup. Such a snob! 😄

3:16 - Congratulations. You managed to find the only non-GREEN Creme Soda in South Africa. I was not even aware it existed. Note that it _deliberately_ specifies the Creme Soda to be blue. That same brand (which, I should point out, is in the bottom 5% of popularity) has a standard green Creme Soda variant.

I'm from the US Midwest and the cream soda brand around here is not only red it's actually called Big Red. It's so prominent around here I didn't realize it was a local brand until I moved away and couldn't find it anywhere.

New JJ vids are some of the best parts of the week.

‘Outstanding achievement in the field of excellence’ is just brilliant lol

My parents have always said Maple Syrup is Québec's second biggest organised crime operation after Montreal construction.

Is it just me that seen a pair of legs on the ground at 7:00

Great video I learn so much new stuff every time

Thanks for the wonderful content! I grew up in western NY near Niagara falls and I've noticed we get alot of culture and influence form Canada just by proximity. Even friends and strangers I meet from other parts of the US say I sound Canadian. I think it would be a fun idea to look at accents of cannada and see where and how these accents came to be.

I recently found out that Wales/Welch are the names given to that ethnic group by the English, using a word that originally meant "foreigner" or "slave." So some in that ethnic group want to change the name to the domestic, traditional terms for the area and its people. I looked it up. Cymru instead of Wales, and Cymry instead of Welch.

Love your show. Half my extended family are Canadians, and am often across the border visiting. Every time I go I always grab Coffee Crisp and Aero bars, which I would add to the list of "weird Canada objects".

JJ, your humor is the best!

Thanks jj for another great Canadian content! 🍁😘

Kirsten Dunst: "Give me the truth. I can handle it." Tobey Maguire: "The red and black plaid design was invented in the United States, just like the Zamboni." [Crying ensues]

6:58 - What weird Canadian object is that over his left shoulder?

Love the video JJ. Have you ever thought of doing a video on Newfoundland and it's strange history as a separate entity of Canada? Always fascinated me and I would love to know more!!!

6:57 I thought this was J.J.'s feet at first but realized it couldn't be unless he was a very long boy. But you know, that is now my head canon. XD

I really like the plaid flannel as a patriotic Canadian item, because it's so simple and versatile! 😊 The same goes for the white-and-blue diamond pattern, we use in my home state of Bavaria. We slap it onto everything - phone cases, pillows, shirts and towels - to make them instantly patriotic! But your stories about the melting pot, lumberjacks and pioneers are much more romantic than ours, which is what...? That they're the colors of the sky and the coat of arms of our former monarchs? Creative, Bavaria, creative. ;)

I think usually in New England our cream soda is a kind of yellowish-golden color, like a browner ginger ale

HAHAHA, I love the "how its made" sounding music when you show the maple sirup production

Congratulations you won The First Annual Montgomery Burns Awards for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence.

Outstanding achievement in the field of excellence is ALWAYS my go-to for made-up awards, and here you have it as a genuine official award. Great enduring Simpsons reference 😂

You should talk about the ancient, indestructible mail trucks both the USA and Canada use (Grumman LLV): like most things between our countries, they're the same inefficient design but the Canadian one is colo(u)red differently and therefore "more civilized".

We always said cream soda was like drinking a candy bar because of its sweetness 😂. I love it btw, and in NC, it tends to be more of an amber color and is sometime sold in old timey general stores in the brown bottles next to root beer. Thanks for this wonderful break JJ. Safe travels and Happy Sunday!

that rhythm heaven reference came out of nowhere!!! i love it, great video as usual :)

is that a zombie rising from the floor in the background at 7:00?

"Outstanding achievement in the field of Excellence" sounds just like the combination of nonesense buzzwords that would really make JJ happy lol

Lol at Michael Barrett being from Leeds-Grenville-Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes which is where I grew up omggg 😂 😅

In Minnesota, I do notice that the flannel is extremely popular here yet, as well as creme soda commonly being an amber color by default, but readily available in red, blue, and clear.

On my recent hiking/backpacking trip around in the Vancouver/Whistler area, I was struck by the sheer ubiquity of souvenirs alluding to bears eating hikers/tourists. I.e., a mug depicting a beer dragging a camper out of a tent captioned “Canadian take out.” 😆 It led to me purchasing bear spray lol

I don't mean to alarm you JJ, but I think there's some sort of sock puppet that's gaining sentience behind you at around 6:58. Blink twice if you need help.

0:46 that sparked memories part of my families from Canada, and whenever we went to visit we would bring hack the maple syrup cans

Loved this video, J.J.

JJ thank you for moving your uploads to Sunday. I’m usually day drinking watching football on Saturday and have to watch your videos in short spurts while I’m going to the bathroom and have watch it twice usually. Thank you for working around my most indulgent habits.

Is there someone in the background lying on the floor in your hotel room?

~6:59 I like how there's a mysterious person lying on the floor kicking their legs in the background lmao

I’ve been enjoying your videos immensely and have been learning a lot. As a Canadian who barely lived in Canada, there’s a lot I don’t know about the country of my birth. I just learned about vignettes (like the Log-Driver’s Waltz). Have you/would you do a video about them?

JJ is a weird Canadian object

Who's the fellow with the levitating legs at 6:57?

Fun fact: The Canadian postal code being a 6 characters long alternating between letters and numbers gives greater credibility to Canada's claim that Santa Claus is a Canadian citizen. His postal code is H0H 0H0.

Love u J.J. Great video. Have a good Sunday ☀️

did Justin Trudeau threaten JJ to make him produce "Canadian" content?

7:00 whose legs are in the background

I really love this style of video, it reminds me of his early content.

A literally award winning video

Who is the dude laying on the ground?

Trois!!!!

What a fabulous video!

My mother's elder sister as well as younger sister lives in Brampton with their respective families. I have heard lots of Canadian stories from them and hence I am glued to this channel for canadian stuff.

i've never seen a cream soda that wasn't brown/amber and my entire reality has now been shaken

7:00 👣👀

I loved that Rhythm Heaven Fillbots reference during the maple syrup section.

Thanks, J.J. Retired litigator, born in Chicago, been in Seattle since 1991. I consider B.C. my backyard! I think the BC flag is the most beautiful flag on the globe and I used to have a huge one in my inner offices. The most interesting part today I think was about the legislative certificates! That is fascinating! Thanks so much. Fan for about a year.