You know your canadian when

[Newf]

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]

:p # 17, we have some pretty cute cousins! :histerica

[Newf]

:p # 17, we have some pretty cute cousins! :histerica


And I think #16 has been sold to an american owner now also.

[JCabranes]

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]

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]

#1 - REAL Smarties were first made in York, England, (UK!!) Check it out here (http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A571727)

[frankl]

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]

I thought the only one that mattered was Pam Anderson ;) ;)

Two best things out of any country IMHO.

Joe

[JCabranes]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

you forgot MooseHead Beer!!

[Newf]

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]

#11 + #12, another British victory I suspect, colonial forces reinforced by British regular army.

[K1200LTryder]

Screw the Moosehead !

Kokanee rules !

[MarkF]

Oh, btw, Abner Doubleday, the inventor of baseball, was from New York


Abner had nothing to do with baseball except the myth.

[RaffyK]

I guess I'm Canadian....#19

[luckyll]

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]

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]

COLORED MONEY AND PAM ANDERSON !!!!!!!!!
wow !!!

[DarkMeister]

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]

#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]

#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...