Pround to be Canadian!
Proud to be Canadian.
(or the little known facts about Canada)
These facts are taken from an e-mail I received some time ago. I have no idea were it originated from or who the people that started it are. These are little known, querky, and as far as I can tell, true facts about Canada. So if your interested about learning alittle about my country please read on and enjoy these, sometimes humorous, tidbits of information.
1 Smarties
2 Crispy Crunch and Coffee Crisp
3 The size of our footballs fields and one less down
4 Baseball is Canadian
5 Hockey is Canadian
6 Lacrosse 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 (technically then the British) pushed the American's 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 our enemies ran away, so we came home and partied...Go figure..
12 Canada has the largest French population that never surrendered to Germany
13 We also have the largest English population that never surrendered or withdrew during any war to anyone...anywhere...EVER
14 Our civil was was fought in a bar and it lasted a little over an hour
15 The only person that got 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% or the earths 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 coloured money
25 Our beer advertisments kick ass
BUT MOST IMPORTANT...
26 The handles on our beer cases are big enough to fit your hands in with mitts on... Yeah Baby!
Oh yeah and...
We don't bomb our allies
Oh AND...
Our elections only take ONE day.
Anyway thank you for checking this page out and hopefully you leave it being a little more informed.
PEACE ALL!
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