SO, WHAT DO CANADIANS HAVE TO BE PROUD OF?

1. Smarties
2. Crispy Crunch, Coffee Crisp
3. The size of our footballs fields and one less down
4. Baseball is Canadian
5. Lacrosse is Canadian
6. Hockey is Canadian
7. Basketball is Canadian
8. Apple pie is Canadian
9. Mr. Dress-up kicks Mr. Rogers ass
10. Tim Hortons kicks Dunkin' Donuts ass
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,
under the command of William Lyon MaKenzie King who was insane and hammered
all the time. 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. We knew plaid was cool far before Seattle caught on.
17. The Hudsons Bay Company once owned over 10% of the earth's surface and
is 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 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 colured money.
25. Our beer advertisments 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.

"Jim Carter" wrote in message
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25. Our beer advertisments kick ass

A few years back, I was in a bar in Toronto. They had all these beers from
around the world described on their blackboard. Each began with a country
name, followed by the name of the beer.

For USA, there was no beer name. It simply said "If you want water, just ask
your waitress".

:-)

In article ,
says...
"Jim Carter" wrote in message
.cable.rogers.com...

25. Our beer advertisments kick ass

A few years back, I was in a bar in Toronto. They had all these beers from
around the world described on their blackboard. Each began with a country
name, followed by the name of the beer.

For USA, there was no beer name. It simply said "If you want water, just ask
your waitress".

:-)

Having first experienced Canadian beer in the sixties, I used to agree.
US beer was **** water.

With micro brews gaining popularity, that's not true anymore. Although
Canadian beer still kicks ass on the mainline Bud, Miller and all their
subsidiaries. Don't understand how anyone would want to drink that crap
but they do...

is it those stupid commercials?

"jps" wrote in message
...
In article ,
says...
"Jim Carter" wrote in message
.cable.rogers.com...

25. Our beer advertisments kick ass

A few years back, I was in a bar in Toronto. They had all these beers
from
around the world described on their blackboard. Each began with a
country
name, followed by the name of the beer.

For USA, there was no beer name. It simply said "If you want water, just
ask
your waitress".

:-)

Having first experienced Canadian beer in the sixties, I used to agree.
US beer was **** water.

With micro brews gaining popularity, that's not true anymore. Although
Canadian beer still kicks ass on the mainline Bud, Miller and all their
subsidiaries. Don't understand how anyone would want to drink that crap
but they do...

is it those stupid commercials?

Here (Rochester), the Canadian stuff's always cheaper anyway. Why pay more
for less?

On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 12:33:21 -0800, jps wrote:

Don't understand how anyone would want to drink that crap
but they do...

When the days are long and very hot, nothing wrong with a lighter beer
to wet the whistle.

bb

jps wrote:

...Having first experienced Canadian beer in the sixties, I used to agree.
US beer was **** water.

The only thing dumber than being a snob about wine is being a snob about beer.

DSK

In article ,
says...
jps wrote:

...Having first experienced Canadian beer in the sixties, I used to agree.
US beer was **** water.

The only thing dumber than being a snob about wine is being a snob about beer.

DSK

Is being a snob about anything dumb or is it just wine and beer?

But you do not even know how to make a simple post to a NG. ;-)

Canada....the America wannabe.


"Jim Carter" wrote in message
.cable.rogers.com...

SO, WHAT DO CANADIANS HAVE TO BE PROUD OF?

1. Smarties
2. Crispy Crunch, Coffee Crisp
3. The size of our footballs fields and one less down
4. Baseball is Canadian
5. Lacrosse is Canadian
6. Hockey is Canadian
7. Basketball is Canadian
8. Apple pie is Canadian
9. Mr. Dress-up kicks Mr. Rogers ass
10. Tim Hortons kicks Dunkin' Donuts ass
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,
under the command of William Lyon MaKenzie King who was insane and
hammered
all the time. 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. We knew plaid was cool far before Seattle caught on.
17. The Hudsons Bay Company once owned over 10% of the earth's surface
and
is 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 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 colured money.
25. Our beer advertisments 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.

But you do not even know how to make a simple post to a NG. ;-)

Canada....the America wannabe.



Not so fast, Jim

Where do you think all the conservatives fled after a bunch of radical liberals
toppled the government of the American colonies back in the 1700's?

What country could possibly appeal more to privileged conservatives than a
country
that provided asylum to that class of folks during and immediately after the
revolution?

Right again Chuck.
My maternal grandmother's side were United Empire Loyalists. Good solid
Dutch folk who fled from the revoluntary rabble in NewYork in the1770s'.
There's probably a house down there that should belong to me.

Gould 0738 wrote in message
...
But you do not even know how to make a simple post to a NG. ;-)

Canada....the America wannabe.



Not so fast, Jim

Where do you think all the conservatives fled after a bunch of radical
liberals
toppled the government of the American colonies back in the 1700's?

What country could possibly appeal more to privileged conservatives than a
country
that provided asylum to that class of folks during and immediately after
the
revolution?