Member of the Toblerone Bar Association
I just received an email inviting law students to a reception for the "Nanaimo County Bar Association." I find this funny, because you have to remember that in Canada, we don't have counties concern ourselves with counties like in the United States - only provinces and municipalities. The email says that "Nanaimo County" includes the coastal city of Nanaimo and several other small towns in that area of Vancouver Island. But really, nothing hinges on such an arbitrary border.
It's obvious, then, that they stuck in the word County in order to not be called the "Nanaimo Bar Association," which would be considerably less legal and far more chocolatey.
4 comments:
Um... New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Ontario are divided into counties....
First: I have never, in my long, storied life living in 4 Canadian provinces, identified with a county.
Second: shhh, you'll ruin the joke.
Don't worry, it's still funny.
Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, PEI, and some of Quebec and Alberta ate divided into counties. Get to know Canada a bit more :)
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