So, What Do Canadians Have To Be Proud Of ?

[matcom]

Sent to me by my MIL's Canadian boyfriend :rofl:


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 Hudsons 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-doos, jet-skis, Velcro, zippers, insulin, penicillin, zambonis, 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 ass

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.

Pass this on if you are proud to be Canadian!!!

I AM CANADIAN !!!

:rofl:

[Blue-Jay]

1. They can buy milk in a bag.

MILK IN A FUCKING BAG!!! (how awesome is that?)

[matcom]

2. Udderly ridiculous!

[bicentennial_baby]

3. Didn't basketball originate in Springfield, MA?

[Blue-Jay]

5. Yeah, but the dude was Canadian-born, IIRC.

[bicentennial_baby]

7. Ah, I see...

Well, we still have the Basketball Hall of Fame, suckas! :headbang:

[pokerfan]

50. Canada didn't invent hockey, either

[Dr. Strange]

4. Rush and hockey.

And Trailer Park Boys.

[sasquatch]

6. What a bunch of goddamned hoser propaganda?

James Naismith invented basketball in America cause he was shunned by those jackasses because his game philosiphies didn't involve drinking, fighting or sticks.
:grr:

[Oeditpus Rex]

8. Baseball was played in England in the 1700s

"A Pretty Little Pocketbook" described it in 1744 as a children's game.

[sasquatch]

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

What in the hell is he referring to?

[Blue-Jay]

12. It's called "every Friday night".

[applegrove]

20. Maybe the pitchfork Mckenzie Rebellion in upper Canada? Or the Papillon rebellion in Lower Canada. I

think it had to do with the Family Compacts or something.

[u4ic]

26. This

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZWnMzYvMgc

[Xipe Totec]

33. And beavers.

Canada should be proud of it's Maple leaf wearing Hoser beavers

:hi:

[u4ic]

34. Yep

We're an industrious, testicle-eating lot. ;)



Hey you!!! :loveya: :hi:

[Xipe Totec]

36. I miss U!

4ic!

:hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. My dear matcom...

Your list is very funny, but in all seriousness...

I think Canadians should be proud of their scenery, esp. the Canadian Rockies...

Those are some gorgeous mountains!

I loved seeing them!

:hi:

[Kajsa]

11. Matcom,

"So, What Do Canadians Have To Be Proud Of ?"


some of the most beautiful scenery ANYWHERE,
both east and west Canada.

some of the friendliest people around.
In BC I spent a whole 5 seconds
studying a city map of Vancouver/Victoria before a local
asked me " Do you need any help"

THIS HAPPENED EVERY TIME I STUDIED A CITY MAP!!

Let's not forget all the great Canadians in the music
and entertainment industry.

among others--

William Shatner
Robert Goulet- (I know, I know -born in Mass. BUT raised in Edmunton,Alberta)
Jim Carrey
Meg Tilley
Leonard Cohen

and I know Elrond will gag, BUT
Nickelback!!
( Hi, Engi!:hi:)


http://www.canadians.ca/

[matcom]

13. William Shatner AND Nickleback?

:rofl:

[Kajsa]

15. LOL- You got it!

:rofl: :D

[u4ic]

25. Joni Mitchell, Neil Young

and kd lang. :)

[hippywife]

43. Let's not forget

Gordon Lightfoot and The Duhks! :hi:

[u4ic]

52. I've never heard of the Dukhs

I wonder if they're named after the Dukhobors? Perhaps one or more had them in their ancestry. :hi:

[Kajsa]

70. Yep, I forgot to mention

a number of great artists.

It was a (too short) partial list.

Thanks.

:)

[QMPMom]

49. It's friendly enough if you are visiting. However, try being an

American living here. *Not* so much fun. I'd move back to the USA in a heartbeat if I could. Unfortunately, circumstances do not, and never will, allow.

[DeepBlueC]

77. know what you mean

it's my story too.

[blockhead]

14. Velcro was invented by an Italian girl,

when she pulled a wool sweater over her head and it got caught on her mustache.:)

[leeroysphitz]

18. :crickets:

[sasquatch]

19. Can you here me back there in the 1910's?

[Kajsa]

16. Peter Jennings!

I forgot to mention--

Peter Jennings.

One of the all time GREAT news anchors
of all time.

Man, do I miss that guy.

[GCP]

17. Ah-hem! Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin

And he was a Scot working in England.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Fleming

And Smarties are English too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smarties_%28Nestlé%29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowntree_Mackintosh

[La Lioness Priyanka]

21. the comparison effect makes them almost saint like.

[tigereye]

22. why, Hey Hey of course!

[terrya]

23. IntravenousDemilo.

:-)

[Kajsa]

71. Hi Terrya!

I didn't know that.

IntravenousDemilo is Canadian-
Cool!

:hi: :pals:

[terrya]

73. Hi, Kajsa!

Yep...IntravenousDemilo is Canadian! :-)

:hi: :pals:

[datasuspect]

24. five man electrical band

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1Q7cP3ij5g

[bain_sidhe]

27. Paul Gross!

AKA, Constable Benton Fraser



(He's the one on the left, although they're both GORGEOUS!)

Well, poo. Let's try this one:

[GreenPartyVoter]

46. Ab-so-frickin-lutely!

[Raven]

28. that they're not the US?

[Redstone]

29. Poutine! "Dic-Ann's" and "La Belle Province" burger places in Quebec.

And the whole country in general, though I've only ever been in the eastern half. I really, REALLY like Quebec in general and Montreal in particular.

Redstone

[Ptah]

30. Waterton Lakes National Park

http://www.watertoninfo.ab.ca/

[u4ic]

39. I LOVE Waterton Lakes

I haven't been in a few years, and hope to go back very soon. :hi:

[kentauros]

31. Here's another fine Canadian contribution

"Dextre the Magnificent"

[joeybee12]

32. A lot to be proud of, eh?

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[XemaSab]

35. You forgot #26:

You can write all the things to be proud of on the back or a cocktail napkin. :hide:

[flvegan]

37. Sea Shepherd's Capt. Paul Watson is Canadian born.

Thanks!!

:popcorn:

[Kajsa]

72. Yay!

--another great Canadian!

Thanks, Fivegan. :)

[KitchenWitch]

38. Their dollar is stronger than ours.

[LiberalEsto]

40. The Red Green Show

hilarious

[QMPMom]

48. Canadian TV wanted nothing to do with the Red Green Show and

he had to make a deal with PBS in the USA to make and produce it.

[auntAgonist]

68. not according to this ......

The Red Green Show was produced first by CHCH in Hamilton, Ontario, then by CFPL in London, then by the Global Television Network, before finally finding its permanent home at CBC Television for the 1997 season (its seventh) onward. The show was renamed The New Red Green Show upon its move to Global, and would keep this title until its second season at CBC.

The show ended April 7, 2006 after its 15th season with exactly 300 episodes. (This longevity inspired a joke in one episode, where Red says "The question is, can you do anything with crap? Obviously the answer is yes, we're in our fourteenth season.")

The last episode was filmed on November 5, 2005, at the Showline Studios Harbourside location. At the time the season began taping, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation was locked out, rendering the show's studios at the Canadian Broadcasting Centre unusable. <1>. The last episode concluded with the show breaking the fourth wall by thanking the audience and fans for their popularity. In addition, the Man's Prayer was changed to "I'm a man / but I changed / because I had to / Oh, well."



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Green_Show

--------------
love Red Green! (Steve Smith)

aA

[QMPMom]

76. The info I gave was from an interview with Steve Smith (Red Green)

that he did on PBS during a pledge drive. If it's wrong - oh well.

[fudge stripe cookays]

41. Three words....

DILL PICKLE DIP.

It is the food of the gods. Seriously.

Oh, and REAL Mike's Lemonade, the stuff with the vodka, not the pussy malt liquor crap we get down here.

[Arugula Latte]

42. Yeah, but we invented NASCAR, Monster Trucks and Morbid Obesity

So we RULE. :woohoo:

USA! USA! USA! :patriot:

[KamaAina]

44. Pound for pound, the funniest country on Earth

Aykroyd. Candy. Lorne Michaels. Most of SCTV (Andrea Martin is American). Kids in the Hall. The Frantics (Boot to the Head!). Bob & Doug McKenzie, eh?

:rofl: (and I mean that in a good way, eh?)

[Pushed To The Left]

45. A lot of MMA and pro-wrestling greats!

[Mojambo]

54. God, St Pierre was dominant on Saturday night.

Serra looked like a helpless little boy.

[Pushed To The Left]

57. After what St. Pierre did to Matt Hughes, I wasn't surprised!

I predict St. Pierre will become a very dominant champion like Anderson Silva has become.

[Mojambo]

58. Fitch? Alves? Karo? There's nobody in that weight class that can hang with him. n/t

[Wcross]

47. My paternal grandmother was Canadian.

Yes, they are good people.

[quakerboy]

51. Canada broke my window

That is all.

[Midlodemocrat]

53. Most importantly. YOU don't live there.

:hide:


:loveya:

[sasquatch]

75. I'm sure they're not to broken up about you living there either

:D

[ghostsofgiants]

55. One word: Me.

[Kitty Herder]

56. Thanks for the laugh! nt

[JVS]

59. FREE QUEBEC!

[baldguy]

65. Quebec isn't free.

Neither is Montreal - especially with the weak US dollar. Bring your credit card.

[Lady Freedom]

60. What no mention of the best thing to be put on pizza in known history?

Canadian Bacon!

[Perry Logan]

61. Delete.

[Zavulon]

62. Da Vinci's Inquest, poutine, KD and LaBatt's.

Da Vinci's Inquest is the best crime drama I've ever seen, bar none.

[underpants]

63. uh .... ... hellOOO.. .. SHATNER!

[baldguy]

64. Buffalo was burned in the war of 1812 too.

Everyone forgets about Buffalo.

[BarenakedLady]

66. Cam Neely

[terrya]

67. Virtual full equality for GLBT people.

Canada is the Garden of Eden for GLBT people compared to this backwards country.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

69. Universal Healthcare

Which we all know isn't perfect. But are you telling me for-profit HMOs are?

[Ellen Forradalom]

74. They're not Americans

Well, in the sense of "United States," not "North America."

[tazkcmo]

78. Don't forget

America's largest national park!

[jmowreader]

79. The members of Rush

You have Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson AND Neil Peart!

We have Darryl Worley, Clay Aiken and Ted Nugent. And we're willing to trade!

[Esra Star]

80. I always thought that they were able to come up with

a name for their country was a good thing.
Such a euphonic name as well. well done.

When is the US going to figure out who they are?

[Kat45]

81. Single-payer health care.

And poutine.