If I were to break into your house

The toaster sitting in a large casserole dish and a plastic container of menus from restaurants which are mostly closed down for good. There's also a roll of paper towels and a box of filters that fit a Britta water filter pitcher that I don't have any longer. I keep hoping that a good-hearted thief will break in and leave me a new pitcher. He can have the toaster and the casserole dish. If he called and let me know in advance that he was coming, I'd dig some stuff out of the cabinet and put it up there for him to steal. It would save me having to swing past Goodwill.
 

Devi said:
Hmm. I don't know about Canada nor about a "different culture" -- but in the U.S., "break into" means "To enter illegally or by force, especially in order to commit a crime." It doesn't sound like a joke, and sounds like something dangerous which needs to be defended against.

Sooo, what @win231 said about rephrasing it.
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In Canada the words ‘break into’ means the exact same thing. We just don’t instantly kill people for doing so. When I lived in an apartment, a few times in my 7 years there, strangers walked into my apartment thinking it was theirs. It’s been everything from amusing to embarrassing. Not once did the thought ever enter my mind, ‘I need to kill this person and now.’
 
Keesha said:
In Canada the words ‘break into’ means the exact same thing. We just don’t instantly kill people for doing so. When I lived in an apartment, a few times in my 7 years there, strangers walked into my apartment thinking it was theirs. It’s been everything from amusing to embarrassing. Not once did the thought ever enter my mind, ‘I need to kill this person and now.’
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Okay. How did people walk into your apartment? Do you not lock the doors?

Here, the idea of "break into" means, more or less, breaking down the door since it's locked. Otherwise, just opening an unlocked door is not "breaking into" it.
 
No! I don’t lock the doors.
It’s not that uncommon to not lock doors. In fact, I’ve walked into other peoples apartments when I lived there. It happens.

Aye! Breaking down the door takes on a different meaning altogether. Check! Then I’d be concerned. 👍
 
People here don't tend to lock doors. I witnessed an amusing incident a few mornings ago when a chap from a few doors down came to see my immediate neighbour. He walked up to the door, opened it and shouted "Ye up?" (ie. are you out of bed yet?)
It's also customary to use the back door, unless you're a total stranger.

What's on top of my fridge? Well, like many kitchens here, it sits under the worktop.
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Keesha said:
In Canada the words ‘break into’ means the exact same thing. We just don’t instantly kill people for doing so. When I lived in an apartment, a few times in my 7 years there, strangers walked into my apartment thinking it was theirs. It’s been everything from amusing to embarrassing. Not once did the thought ever enter my mind, ‘I need to kill this person and now.’
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You really can't speak for what others would do - as in "We don't." You probably mean "I wouldn't."
I wouldn't instantly or automatically kill anyone, but if someone broke in, I would be certainly be prepared to, if necessary.
 
A torch, box of candles, a roll of duct tape, a screwdriver and a feather duster ( thanks, I was looking for that screwdriver a couple of months ago) ... guess I should clear it now and then :)
 
Pappy if you were to break into my house, in two seconds, all hell would break loose, lights would be flashing everywhere and the cops screeching into the driveway :ROFLMAO:... so... better tell you before you put on your balaclava and get out your torch light..nothing much on my frig top, only a basket of Aussie dried wild flowers.

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win231 said:
You really can't speak for what others would do - as in "We don't." You probably mean "I wouldn't."
I wouldn't instantly or automatically kill anyone, but if someone broke in, I would be certainly be prepared to, if necessary.
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No! I ‘can’ & ‘will’ use the term WE as a ‘majority rules’ figure of speech. WE, meaning 95% of us, don’t have the same mentality as YOU, meaning 95% of the US regarding this topic and I won’t be changing the way I voice my opinion to suite you.
 
Keesha said:
No! I ‘can’ & ‘will’ use the term WE as a ‘majority rules’ figure of speech. WE, meaning 95% of us, don’t have the same mentality as YOU, meaning 95% of the US regarding this topic and I won’t be changing the way I voice my opinion to suite you.
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Keesha, I think perhaps it is difficult for some to understand that Canadians are far more of a group society than some other countries. We lack the same expectation of individuality, and putting our country’s needs above our own when necessary is part of who we are.
 
If someone came into my home uninvited, I’m not claiming I’d invite them in for a spot of tea either. I’d have them out of my house fast enough without resorting to murder.
Many areas in Canada, people don’t even lock there doors. It’s not that illegal entry ‘never’ happens in Canada. I’m sure in some areas it does. I can’t speak for every Canadian but most of us don’t have guns. ‘WE’ don’t have the same mentality.
 
In Canada

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In the USofA

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Shalimar said:
Keesha, I think perhaps it is difficult for some to understand that Canadians are far more of a group society than some other countries. We lack the same expectation of individuality, and putting our country’s needs above our own when necessary is part of who we are.
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We care for each other.
Years ago when I lived in the city and before I got my own apartment, I shared an apartment with a girlfriend. She had a boyfriend and after they split up he came to visit her uninvited and ended up getting bashed in the head with the side of a motorcycle helmet. He never came back after that. I saw no reason to shoot him. 😎
 
Keesha said:
We care for each other.
Years ago when I lived in the city and before I got my own apartment, I shared an apartment with a girlfriend. She had a boyfriend and after they split up he came to visit her uninvited and ended up getting bashed in the head with the side of a motorcycle helmet. He never came back after that. I saw no reason to shoot him. 😎
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😂😂😂
 
I agree. However, Canada also has plenty of weapons in private hands.
https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/csj-sjc/jsp-sjp/wd98_4-dt98_4/p2.html
In the previous literature review, the author indicated that about 25 percent of Canadian households own some sort of firearm (Gabor, 1994: 9). recent Department of Justice Canada report indicated that, based on the combined findings of several studies, 26 percent may be the most reliable figure (See Block, 1998:3). In total, it is estimated that about 3 million civilians in Canada own firearms.

Many Americans own multiple guns though.

Also, sad to say:
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsa...how-the-u-s-compares-to-the-rest-of-the-world
The U.S. has the 32nd-highest rate of deaths from gun violence in the world: 3.96 deaths per 100,000 people in 2019. That was more than eight times as high as the rate in Canada, which had 0.47 deaths per 100,000 people — and nearly 100 times higher than in the United Kingdom, which had 0.04 deaths per 100,000.

Many, many Americans would like to see far stricter gun control laws, myself included.
 

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