Posted on 11/27/2011 9:50:44 PM PST by buccaneer81
And They Say Canadians Don't Brag.....
So, what do we Canadians
have to be Proud of?
1. Smarties (not sold in the USA )
2. Crispy Crunch, Coffee Crisp
(not sold in the USA )
3. The size of our footballs fields, one less
down, and bigger balls.
4. Baseball is Canadian - 1st 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 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 who
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 human in under 3 minutes.
(More information than we 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 and the telephone.
And short wave radios which save countless
lives each year.
22. We have ALL 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
... as does our beer.
26. Our Country is the only one to have plastic money bills in 2011
AND MOST IMPORTANT ....
The handles on our beer cases are big enough for hands with mitts on.
Oh..... Canada !
Oh yeah... and our elections only take one day!
Pass this on if you're proud to be Canadian!
Ping!
WE got GRETZKY.....WE WIN!!
Good day, eh.
Oh yeah. Been there, done that - I think I was 8 at time.
I got a good chuckle out of this - thanks for posting!
Ah yes, Canada. America’s hat.
You haven't been to Timmins, have you?
BTW, who had the third largest navy on Earth in 1946?
Google "Avro Arrow."
Google "Dr. Frederick Banting."
You haven't been to Timmins, have you?
LOL! No different than Woodstock, NB.
my daughters love smarties we get em all the time - maybe what your talking about is something else....little round tart candies???
Bravo. Canada is our best neighbor here in America, by far. High five for the twenty-six awesome achievements. Standard Time is a most excellent invention.
is that why you all talk funny - eh? ;-)
Not Canadian myself, but as an American I recognize that we couldn’t have better neighbors. Wish Obama realized what our relationship with Canada is truly worth. Especially, approval of that pipeline would have been nice.
Smarties are the Canadian version of M&Ms. I’ve never seen them in the US.
Agreed. And 95% of the US sheeple are clueless to the fact that we get more oil from Canada than any other source.
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