La Cucaracha by Lalo Alcaraz for May 21, 2022

which province could he be at?

Quick geography quiz: Which Canadian provinces border the Great Lakes?

This one did cause a coffee spray

Poor Canadian probably doesn’t even know what Gusano or Vendido mean.

I wrote a parody in a radio play about some “icebacks” who were always referred to by the rather ungainly phrase, “illegal immigrant French-Canadian bikers in leather helmets”. They were good guys but set off a panic with their garbled description of “Day of the Dead” celebrations they had recently seen. The play was titled “Ghouls from the North” and broadcast on Halloween.

Don’t need a gun up there to guard that border. Now the Canucks on the other side, now they got something to worry about.

The term “hoser” had been rarely used until “Second City”, a Canadian comedy troupe, took it up in the early 80s, as a generic insult that could be used freely on television.

How can he be a member of the border militia? He’s got no gun.

Plush gig in the summer, watch out for them winters thou