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From: garpal@shaw.ca
On 10/29/08 1:22 PM, in article
c041b51e-2651-47ae-a075-8c2ff94de054@26g2000hsk.googlegroups.com, "Andrew
Chaplin" wrote:
> On Oct 29, 2:06 pm, William Yeo wrote:
>> Hail
>>
>> Since there's almost no traffic on this group any more, I figured I'm
>> not wasting bandwidth by posting an email I received recently ...
>>
>> ******
>>
>> 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
>
> I wonder. I think it is a version of an English game called
> "rounders."
>
>> 5. Lacrosse is Canadian
>>
>> 6. Hockey is Canadian
>>
>> 7. Basketball is Canadian
>
> Dubious. Naismith was a Canadian teaching in the U.S., and he devised
> it as a means to keep his housebound American students fit.
>
>> 8. Apple pie is Canadian
>
> Pretty sure apple pies were served even before the Matthew sailed in
> 1497.
>
>> 9. Mr. Dress-up beats Mr. Rogers
>
> Ernie Coombs was born in the U.S., as was Bob Homme, the Friendly
> Giant. Fred Rogers brought his show to Canada because he couldn't get
> it on the air in the U.S. PBS bought it "second-hand." Coombs was a
> student of children's television under Rogers at the CBC.
>
>> 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.
>
> This is the most dubious of the claims. Few Canadians were involved in
> the ground forces; most were sailors in the task force. The regular
> military units involved were all from the British Army.
>
>> 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.
>
> The Rebellions of 1837 and '38 were rather more serious than that. My
> great-great-grandfather was shot at St-Eustache trying to rout the
> Patriotes from the church. We exiled some people and hanged others,
> e.g. the Frenchmen François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier and
> Charles Hindelang.
>
>> 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.
>
> Velcro was invented in Switzerland by a Swiss. The Zamboni was
> invented in California by a guy from Utah.
>
>> 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.
> --
> Andrew Chaplin
> SIT MIHI GLADIUS SICUT SANCTO MARTINO
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occasion, make mistakes.
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