SadConfusedBandGeek
6th Jun 2007, 09:48 PM
Haha I so got this in an e-mail today, even if your not Canadian you might get a good laugh out of this..
(PS SORRY for the bad..."spacing, or formatting" hotmail screwed it uP!)
> >Here are just some of the things that 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 was played on June 4, 1838 in 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 toGermany
> >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 onlyperson who was arrested in our civilwar was an American mercenary, who slept in and missed the whole thing... but showed up just intime to get caught.
> >16. A Canadian invented Standard Time
> >17. The Hudsons Bay Company once owned over 10% of the earth's surface andis still around as the worlds 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 countlesslives 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:
> >26. The handles on our beer cases are big enough to fit your hands with
> >mitts on.
> >OOOoohhhhh
> >Canada!!
> >27. We don't bomb our
> >allies.
> >28. Oh yeah... and our elections only take one day;
> >and don't require aruling from the Supreme
> >Court....because WE can count!
> >Pass this on if you are proud to beCanadian!!!
Hehe i bolded the ones i found most amusing:P
(Sorry about the whitehouse thing...no offence to ANY Americans)
(PS SORRY for the bad..."spacing, or formatting" hotmail screwed it uP!)
> >Here are just some of the things that 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 was played on June 4, 1838 in 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 toGermany
> >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 onlyperson who was arrested in our civilwar was an American mercenary, who slept in and missed the whole thing... but showed up just intime to get caught.
> >16. A Canadian invented Standard Time
> >17. The Hudsons Bay Company once owned over 10% of the earth's surface andis still around as the worlds 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 countlesslives 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:
> >26. The handles on our beer cases are big enough to fit your hands with
> >mitts on.
> >OOOoohhhhh
> >Canada!!
> >27. We don't bomb our
> >allies.
> >28. Oh yeah... and our elections only take one day;
> >and don't require aruling from the Supreme
> >Court....because WE can count!
> >Pass this on if you are proud to beCanadian!!!
Hehe i bolded the ones i found most amusing:P
(Sorry about the whitehouse thing...no offence to ANY Americans)