Be Proud Canadians!

declansdad

DIS Dad #639 New Brunswick, Canada
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An oldie but a goodie.

CANADIAN.... Eh !

So, What Do We 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. Then, 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. (We got clobbered in the odd battle but. prevailed in ALL the wars)

14. Our civil war was fought in a bar and lasted a little over an hour.

15. The only person who was arrested in our civil war was an American mercenary, he slept in and missed the whole thing. He 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.
(That's more information than I need!)


19. We know what to do with 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 and the telephone. Also 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 *** {Incidently...so does our beer}

BUT MOST IMPORTANT !


The handles on our beer cases are big enough to fit your hands with mitts on.



OOOoohhhhh.... Canada !!


Oh yeah... And our elections only take one day.
 
I love it.

You forgot a couple.
-back bacon.
-our women oh our women lol
 

Oh this is great!
I was actually in the infamous "I Am Canadian" Commerical.


Yay Canada!
 
We approve of this thread eh!
bobanddoug1.jpg
 
don't forget about Winnie the Pooh

During the first World War, troops from Winnipeg (Manitoba, Canada) were being transported to eastern Canada, on their way to Europe, where they were to join the 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade. When the train stopped at White River, Ontario, a lieutenant called Harry Colebourn bought a small female black bear cub for $20 from a hunter who had killed its mother. He named her 'Winnipeg', after his hometown of Winnipeg, or 'Winnie' for short.

rest of the story http://www.just-pooh.com/history.html
 
declansdad said:
17. The Hudsons Bay Company once owned over 10% of the earth's surface and is still around as the world's oldest company.

Sadly The Hudson's Bay Company is no longer a Canadian company.
From the hbc.com site:
2006... Hbc is acquired by American businessman Jerry Zucker, who takes it private, thus ending almost 336 years as a publicly-traded company.
<http://www.hbc.com/hbcheritage/history/timeline/acquisitions/>
 
Hey.
I'm not a lumberjack, or a fur trader, and I don't live in an igloo or eat blubber, or own a dog sled, and I don't know Jimmy, Sally or Suzy from Canada, although I'm certain they're really, really nice.
I have a Prime Minister, not a President. I speak English and French, not American, and I pronounce it 'about', not 'a boot'.
I can proudly sew my country's flag on my backpack. I believe in peacekeeping, not policing; diversity, not assimilation; and that the beaver is a truly proud and noble animal.
A tuque is a hat, a chesterfield is a couch, and it is pronounced zed: not zee – zed!!
Canada is the second largest land mass! The first nation of hockey! And the best part of North America!
My name is Joe!! And I am Canadian!

Brings a tear to your eye, and makes the heart skip a beat......doesn't it???
 
:thumbsup2 Love it!!!

Just thought I would mention I am a Tim's Manager!!! LOL!!!:lmao::lmao:
 
22. We ALL have frozen our tongues to something metal and lived to tell about it.

:lmao::lmao::lmao:

Sadly, I missed out on this rite of passage. My brother adhered his tongue to the metal door handle of my parents' Datsun in 1970 and from then on, they were like tongue police during the winter. *sigh* .... the fun I missed out on being the younger sibling!!! :rotfl2:

To the OP.....GREAT THREAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :woohoo:

And to the PP who pointed out the superior size of our balls.....well, let's just say you made my morning! :rotfl:
 














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