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.

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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".

:-)

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"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".

:-)

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
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says...
"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".

:-)

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?

"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
news
"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?



Is Grimaldi's in Albany / Colony still going? One of my favorite
restaurants in the US. Used to eat there when I had to go to GE.

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

bb wrote in message . ..
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

There are plenty of "lighter beers" that still have some modecum of
flavor, as opposed to swill like Bud, Coors Lite, etc. Try a wheat
beer, like Sierra Nevada Wheat, or Blue Moon. Any decent Belgian White
will do, or Starropremen, with a wedge of lemon.

On 14 Nov 2003 04:01:56 -0800, (basskisser) wrote:

There are plenty of "lighter beers" that still have some modecum of
flavor, as opposed to swill like Bud, Coors Lite, etc. Try a wheat
beer, like Sierra Nevada Wheat, or Blue Moon. Any decent Belgian White
will do, or Starropremen, with a wedge of lemon.

El Cap burger, all the way, $2.25
Fries, $1.25
Look on waitress' face when I ask for Starropremen with a wedge of
lemon, Priceless.

I'm not saying there aren't a 1,000 or so great beers out there, but
there's nothing wrong, in a hot enviroment, with something like a bud.
Considering 98% or so of all local restaurants only serve "flavorless"
American beers, it's best to learn to like 'em around here.

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

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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?