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Newf
Aug 24th, 2007, 10:31 pm
SO, WHAT DO CANADIANS HAVE TO BE PROUD OF?
1. Smarties
2. Crispy Crunch
3. The size of our footballs fields and one less down
4. Baseball is Canadian
5. Lacrosse is Canadian
6. Hockey is Canadian
7. Basketball is Canadian
8. Apple pie is Canadian
9. Mr. Dress-up kicks Mr. Rogers butt
10. Tim Hortons kicks Dunkin' Donuts butt
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.
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 a half 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. The Hudsons Bay Company once owned over 10% of the earth's surface and is still around as the worlds oldest company.
17. We don't marry our kin-folk.
18. We invented ski-doos, jet-skis, velcro, zippers, insulin, penicillin, the telephone and short wave radios that save countless lives each year.
19. We ALL have frozen our tongues to something metal and lived to tell
about it.
20. A Canadian invented Superman.
21. We have coloured money.
22. Coffee Crisp
23. We don't bomb our allies
24. Our elections only take one day
25. We invented zambonis
BUT MOST IMPORTANT:
The handles on our beer cases are big enough to fit your hands with
Mitts on.
I AM CANADIAN!!!
pkpr1998
Aug 24th, 2007, 10:37 pm
:p # 17, we have some pretty cute cousins! :histerica
Newf
Aug 25th, 2007, 9:25 pm
:p # 17, we have some pretty cute cousins! :histerica
And I think #16 has been sold to an american owner now also.
JCabranes
Aug 26th, 2007, 4:26 pm
Oh so sorry but #25 is dead wrong. Zamboni was from Utah, http://www.zamboni.com/story/story.html
Oh, btw, Abner Doubleday, the inventor of baseball, was from New York and apple pie is british http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/PieHistory/ApplePie.htm
and Canada can only lay claim to half of superman http://lambiek.net/artists/s/siegel.htm
hybridcage
Aug 26th, 2007, 5:41 pm
KRISPY FREAKIN KREME!!!!! #1, no contest, and ,well being a southerner, anything about hockey (commie ruskie sport) is a non point. We only have hockey in NC to entertain the yankees...
Woolly
Aug 26th, 2007, 5:55 pm
#1 - REAL Smarties were first made in York, England, (UK!!) Check it out here (http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A571727)
frankl
Aug 28th, 2007, 12:54 pm
Newf,
... how about The Canadarm !(an important accessory to the space shuttle )
http://www.k12.nf.ca/discovery/curriculum/technology/design/canadian_inventions/canada_arm/
joegottberg
Aug 29th, 2007, 11:59 am
I thought the only one that mattered was Pam Anderson ;) ;)
Two best things out of any country IMHO.
Joe
JCabranes
Aug 29th, 2007, 12:13 pm
I thought the only one that mattered was Pam Anderson ;) ;)
Two best things out of any country IMHO.
Joe
Pam's assets are manmade... probably in the U.S. (though they may have be installed in Canada... no info on that).
No that there is anything wrong with that. :)
MattKas
Aug 29th, 2007, 12:33 pm
SO, WHAT DO CANADIANS HAVE TO BE PROUD OF?
1. Smarties
2. Crispy Crunch
3. The size of our footballs fields and one less down
4. Baseball is Canadian
5. Lacrosse is Canadian
6. Hockey is Canadian
7. Basketball is Canadian
8. Apple pie is Canadian
9. Mr. Dress-up kicks Mr. Rogers butt
10. Tim Hortons kicks Dunkin' Donuts butt
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.
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 a half 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. The Hudsons Bay Company once owned over 10% of the earth's surface and is still around as the worlds oldest company.
17. We don't marry our kin-folk.
18. We invented ski-doos, jet-skis, velcro, zippers, insulin, penicillin, the telephone and short wave radios that save countless lives each year.
19. We ALL have frozen our tongues to something metal and lived to tell
about it.
20. A Canadian invented Superman.
21. We have coloured money.
22. Coffee Crisp
23. We don't bomb our allies
24. Our elections only take one day
25. We invented zambonis
BUT MOST IMPORTANT:
The handles on our beer cases are big enough to fit your hands with
Mitts on.
I AM CANADIAN!!!
We should still be able to ride and party together :-)
Newf
Aug 29th, 2007, 12:38 pm
We should still be able to ride and party together :-)
Absolutely, In the Navy we even bring the booze. :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance:
DarkMeister
Aug 30th, 2007, 6:30 am
Hear ya on Tim Horton's dude! That has to be right up there. Slowly getting into stateside...first time I saw one, Southern Ohio - thought I was hallucinating. Dunkin D's really doesn't compare. At all.
Biggest dillema since getting the LT has been Tim's, since I always take one for the road after work. Looks like investing in a cup-holder will be more important than meaningless farkles like..oh, final drives, clutches, whatever! I've tried (always using the extra-large size cup):
Propped up inside the top-case, using whatever's in there. Rags, old TH trays, you name it. Out of reach, though!
Tucked in between handlebars and shield. As long as bars aren't turned, it works - but leaks at times. Makes for a long and dangerous reach, too.
Propped up inside the cassette-player lid - but cross-winds flop the lid up, exposing my treasure to elements.
Life's a bitch for an addict...
DentalFlossTycoon
Aug 30th, 2007, 7:57 am
Absolutely, In the Navy we even bring the booze.
Yeah! And us ex-Airforce guys are ready and able to help you drink it! :rotf:
Montycs
Aug 30th, 2007, 9:12 am
you forgot MooseHead Beer!!
Newf
Sep 2nd, 2007, 9:37 pm
you forgot MooseHead Beer!!
Did not forget it. That is the stuff we ship out to you guys. :histerica :histerica :histerica :histerica :histerica :histerica
MalcinBrum
Sep 14th, 2007, 5:31 am
#11 + #12, another British victory I suspect, colonial forces reinforced by British regular army.
K1200LTryder
Oct 7th, 2007, 9:51 am
Screw the Moosehead !
Kokanee rules !
MarkF
Oct 7th, 2007, 10:27 am
Oh, btw, Abner Doubleday, the inventor of baseball, was from New York
Abner had nothing to do with baseball except the myth.
RaffyK
Oct 7th, 2007, 10:52 am
I guess I'm Canadian....#19
luckyll
Feb 25th, 2008, 2:55 pm
Abner had nothing to do with baseball except the myth.
True.
According to the Wikipedia entry on Abner Doubleday (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abner_Doubleday):
"His most lasting claim to fame is the popular myth that he invented baseball, which has been debunked by almost all sports historians"
Also, here's what Wikipedia has to say about baseball (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball):
"The first full documentation of a baseball game in North America is Dr. Adam Ford's contemporary description of a game that took place in 1838 on June 4 (Militia Muster Day) in Beachville, Ontario, Canada; this report was related in an 1886 edition of Sporting Life magazine in a letter by former St. Marys, Ontario, resident Dr. Matthew Harris."
Oh, and as for number 25 - we didn't invent the Zamboni... we just oddly have a natural ability for driving them :rotf:
Other reasons why Canada is great: Shannon Tweed, Shania Twain, Linda Evangelista, Nelly Furtado, Avril Lavigne...
Cheers,
Lucky
Chick
Feb 25th, 2008, 4:46 pm
True.
According to the Wikipedia entry on Abner Doubleday (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abner_Doubleday):
"His most lasting claim to fame is the popular myth that he invented baseball, which has been debunked by almost all sports historians"
Also, here's what Wikipedia has to say about baseball (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball):
"The first full documentation of a baseball game in North America is Dr. Adam Ford's contemporary description of a game that took place in 1838 on June 4 (Militia Muster Day) in Beachville, Ontario, Canada; this report was related in an 1886 edition of Sporting Life magazine in a letter by former St. Marys, Ontario, resident Dr. Matthew Harris."
Oh, and as for number 25 - we didn't invent the Zamboni... we just oddly have a natural ability for driving them :rotf:
Other reasons why Canada is great: Shannon Tweed, Shania Twain, Linda Evangelista, Nelly Furtado, Avril Lavigne...
Cheers,
Lucky
If Wikipedia says it then it MUST be true! :histerica
STARFIGHTER
Feb 25th, 2008, 5:02 pm
COLORED MONEY AND PAM ANDERSON !!!!!!!!!
wow !!!
DarkMeister
Feb 25th, 2008, 5:22 pm
Cool the snark, dudes.
If all three of our tanks and both aircraft weren't in Afghanistan at the moment, we'd swoop down and kick butt. :dance:
Timmy rules!
Lonewuff
Feb 25th, 2008, 5:25 pm
#13 ? "We have the largest English population that never ever surrendered
or withdrew during any war to anyone, anywhere. EVER."
So is Candada still fighting in Korea and Viet Nam? Funny I could have swore they bailed out a year ahead of us in both of those...but I could be wrong. :rotf:
garry_kramer
Feb 25th, 2008, 7:27 pm
#13 ? "We have the largest English population that never ever surrendered
or withdrew during any war to anyone, anywhere. EVER."
So is Candada still fighting in Korea and Viet Nam? Funny I could have swore they bailed out a year ahead of us in both of those...but I could be wrong. :rotf:
I didn't this Viet Nam was a war...
Newf
Mar 25th, 2009, 9:23 pm
Screw the Moosehead !
Kokanee rules !
I agree, that is a very good west coast beer...
deanwoolsey
Mar 25th, 2009, 10:22 pm
I pissed off one of my hockey team once (a Canadian) because I told him he wasn't an American. He became very indignant, correcting me by saying that Canada is part of North America which makes him an American. I told him that I thought I lived in the United States of America which made me American and he was from Canada which made him Canadian and that people from Mexico are Mexican.
Hell.... what do I know? :histerica
P.S..... Real Canadians have sex doggie style so they can both see the next goal. I'm ok with that idea.
daddo50
Mar 26th, 2009, 1:00 pm
Isn't Canada the place where the Edmonton Mall has more submarines than the government? :
garry_kramer
Mar 26th, 2009, 2:11 pm
Isn't Canada the place where the Edmonton Mall has more submarines than the government? :
Now, Now, that's suppose to be a secret, don't tell the terrorists.
Palerider
Mar 26th, 2009, 4:56 pm
And Quebec was captured by some silly fellow named............. :wave Oooh, I know.
George Rogers.......................I do believe there may have been some semblance of genealogy in this line....................................Rangers rule; regards Jim Rogers :cool:
gladiator99
Mar 26th, 2009, 11:49 pm
I think that they are going to ban the seal hunt in Saskatchewan!!!
All kidding aside, I believe that we are good neighbours to the US and they are one of our largest trading partners. I'll send you a Timbit for a Crispy Creeme!!
Oh Yes, We won't trade Shania for anything!!!!
Take care,
Jim. :dance: :dance:
2Wheelroadtrip
Mar 28th, 2009, 7:54 am
Oh Yes, We won't trade Shania for anything!!!!
Take care,
Jim. :dance: :dance:
Yeah but, thanks for lending her to us.
hschisler
Mar 28th, 2009, 9:09 am
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