Me: *is singing Canadian National Anthem* *pauses after "The true North, strong and free"* See, Canada ain't no fake north

Mom: ...

Me: They are the REAL north, the one and only

Mom: ...

Me: They are the north OF the north, because they are the north-most country in NORTH America

Mom: ...

Me: So does that mean, when we say we're going Up North, we're lying, because we're not going to Canada? We go to the fake north. What qualifies for fake north? I suppose anything that's not Canada.

Mom: Shut up already.

Me: You know, north is a really weird sounding word once you say it a bunch. North north north north-

Mom: Go to school