AtD spoiler 135-136 Italian and Native Speakers of English

[the Robot Vegetable]

On Mon, 27 Nov 2006, Ya Sam wrote:

> Please explain to me these Pynchon jokes:
> 
> 1. "Canadian walks into a bar - goes, 'Ouch, eh?'

	1: Walks into a stiff rod 
	2: Expresses pain, and then adds a cliche 'eh' to the end,
		popularized by two guys from the Great White North
		as depicted doing a tv show that's very corny and
		low brow, as an ongoing skit on a comedy show.
	        Lots of brewskis, eh?  I think it was
		Saturday Night Live.