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JugglingReferee Tue Jul 01, 2008 03:30pm

Happy Canada Day
 
CANADIAN eh!

So, What Do Canadians Have To Be Proud Of ?

1. Smarties

2. Crispy Crunch, Coffee Crisp

3. The size of our footballs fields, one less down, and bigger balls.

4. Baseball is Canadian - First game June 4, 1838 - Ingersoll , ON

5. Lacrosse is Canadian

6. Hockey is Canadian

7. Basketball is Canadian

8. Apple pie is Canadian

9. Mr. Dress-up beats Mr. Rogers

10. Tim Hortons beats Dunkin' Donuts

11. In the war of 1812, started by America , Canadians pushed the Americans back Past their 'White House'. Then we burned it...and most of Washington .. We got bored.. Because they ran away, so we came home and partied...Go figure.

12. Canada has the largest French population that never surrendered to Germany .

13. We have the largest English population that never ever surrendered or withdrew during any war to anyone, anywhere. EVER.

14. Our civil war was fought in a bar and it lasted a little over an hour.

15. The only person who was arrested in our civil war was an American mercenary,who slept in and missed the whole thing...but showed up just in time to get caught.

16. A Canadian invented Standard Time.

17. The Hudson 's Bay Company once owned over 10% of the earth's surface and is still around as the world's oldest company.

18. The average dog sled team can kill and devour a full grown human in under 3
minutes.

19. We still know what to do with all the parts of a buffalo.

20. We don't marry our kin-folk.

21. We invented ski-do's, jet-skis, Velcro, zippers, insulin, penicillin,
zamboni's, the telephone. And, short wave radios that save countless lives each year.

22. We ALL have frozen our tongues to something metal and lived to
tell about it.

23. A Canadian invented Superman.

24. We have coloured money.

25. Our beer advertisements kick ***.

BUT MOST IMPORTANT!

24. The handles on our beer cases are big enough to fit your hands with mitts on. OOOoohhhhh Canada !!

25. And we don't bomb our allies. Oh yeah... And our elections only take one day.



I AM CANADIAN !



Remember... it's just for fun...

Back In The Saddle Tue Jul 01, 2008 07:29pm

Canada, I remember hearing about that. Isn't it the 51st state or something? Or just part of North Dakota? ;)

Happy Canada Day, Jugs!

tjones1 Tue Jul 01, 2008 10:10pm

When I was in Toronto last Thursday they were having all kinds of plugs for Canada Day. The major was even coming on the radio... cool stuff.

By the way, good food at St. Louis across from the Rogers Centre.

JugglingReferee Wed Jul 02, 2008 12:13am

Thanks BITS. ND is famous for Fargo! So we're ok with that, seeing how that female actress wore a toque in the movie! :)

Tanner: St. Louis is nice bar. They have 800 horsepower hand dryers in their washrooms. They dry your hands in like 2 seconds. It's kinda funny, actually. Most other bars have cheapo ones. And as for the Rogers Centre, the proper name is still the SkyDome. :p

tibear Thu Jul 03, 2008 02:09pm

Here is one the all time favorite Canadian rants that was featured in a beer commericial in 2000:

Hey, I'm not a lumberjack, or a fur trader....
I don't live in an igloo or eat blubber, or own a dogsled....
and I don't know Jimmy, Sally or Suzy from Canada,
although I'm certain they're really really nice.

I have a Prime Minister, not a president.
I speak English and French, not American.
And I pronounce it 'about', not 'a boot'.

I can proudly sew my country's flag on my backpack.
I believe in peace keeping, not policing,
diversity, not assimilation,
and that the beaver is a truly proud and noble animal.
A toque is a hat, a chesterfield is a couch,
and it is pronounced 'zed' not 'zee', 'zed' !!!!

Canada is the second largest landmass!
The first nation of hockey!
and the best part of North America

My name is Joe!!
And I am Canadian!!!

Welpe Mon Jul 07, 2008 10:54am

Quote:

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

13. We have the largest English population that never ever surrendered or withdrew during any war to anyone, anywhere. EVER.

Sorry JR, you know that's not true. :)

One more thing Canadians can be proud of: Juneau Beach, 6/6/1944.


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