See comments....(with tongue planted firmly in cheek. Some of my favorite people
are Canadians, like Ross)
Dan and Louise Yates wrote:
> > > And you thought we had no Canadian identity:
> > > >>>> >
> > > >>>> > 9. The biggest flags ever seen at the Olympic closing
> > > >>>> ceremonies
> > > >>>> > were Canadian (twice...and the second one was smuggled in
> > > >>>> against a rule
> > > >>>> > that was made because of the first one).
But are they bigger than those Ferrari flags at the F1 races? Some of those
qualify as small countries!
>
> > > >>>> > 11. Way better beer commercials/beer company
> > > >>>> contests/beer company
> > > >>>> > giveaways (Molson is having a national party in a cabin in
> > > >>>> the Rockies
> > > >>>> > this summer with Great Big Sea ...no purchase
> > > >>>> necessary...and the next
> > > >>>> > morning one of the hung over party goers gets to keep the
> > > >>>> house! The
> > > >>>> > Molson Canadian House Party).
....and gets to clean up the mess. The "winner" is the last one to wake up.
>
> > > >>>> > 13. Maple Syrup kicks Mrs. Butterworth's ass (I don't know
> about
> > > >>>> > AuntJemima).
Don't go there!
>
> > > >>>> > 15. In the war of 1812 we burned the White house and most of
> > > >>>> > Washington.
...after we burned Montreal. Unfortunately, Washington was rebuilt. I prefer
Montreal.
>
> > > >>>> > 16. Canada has the largest French population in the
> > > >>>> world that never
> > > >>>> > surrendered to Germany.
They never surrendered to Canada, either! Visit Quebec City for proof.
>
> > > >>>> > 17. Our "Civil war" was led by a drunken, insane William
> > > >>>> Lyon McKenzie.
...following a Molson Canadian House Party.
>
> > > >>>> > 18. Our civil war was a bar fight that lasted a little
> > > >>>> less than an
> > > >>>> > hour.
> > > >>>> > 19. The only person arrested and hanged after our civil
> > > >>>> war was an
> > > >>>> > American mercenary who slept in and missed the whole fight,
> > > >>>> showing up
> > > >>>> > just in time to get caught.
Which proves number 30.
>
> > > >>>> > 20. We knew plaid flannel was cool way before Seattle did.
No, you knew plaid flannel was WARM. I used to watch Sgt. Preston of the Yukon,
I know all about that.
>
> > > >>>> > 22. The average dog sled team can kill and devour a
> > > >>>> grown human in ess
> > > >>>> > than three minutes.
> > > >>>> > 23. We still know what to do with all the parts of a buffalo.
Yeah, throw it to the sled dogs and run like hell!
>
> > > >>>> > 24. We don't marry our kinfolk.
Only because your kinfolk wouldn't have you in the family!
>
> > > >>>> > 25. We invented snowmobiles, jet skis, Velcro, zippers,
> > > >>>> zambonis, and
> > > >>>> > the handles on cardboard beer cases (large enough to fit
> > > >>>> mittened hands
> > > >>>> > into).
I didn't think beer lasted long enough in Canada to carry it anywhere.
>
> > > >>>> > 26. We can hum the theme to "Definition".
...and many other Anne Murray songs.
>
> > > >>>> > 27. We know that any scale that says water boils at 212
> > > >>>> and freezes at
> > > >>>> > 32 is asinine.
Agreed.
>
> > > >>>> > 28. We've all frozen our tongues to something metal,
> > > >>>> and lived to tell
> > > >>>> > about it.
Most of us are smart enough not to admit it.
>
> > > >>>> > 29. We wear socks with our sandals.
Yeah, plaid flannel socks.
>
> > > >>>> > 30. We can out-drink Americans
No fair. You guys get to practice with Labatt's.
--
Gordon Glasgow
http://www.gordon-glasgow.org
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