Zazzie
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posted on July 5, 2001 05:00:16 PM new
Canadian Pride
So, what do Canadians have to be proud of?
* Smarties
* Crispy Crunch; Coffee Crisp
* The size of our footballs fields and one less Down
* Baseball is Canadian
* Lacrosse is Canadian
* Hockey is Canadian
* Basketball is Canadian
* Apple pie is Canadian
* Mr. Dress-up kicks Mr. Rogers ass
* Tim Horton's kicks Dunkin' Donuts ass
* 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 McKenzie who was insane and hammered all the time. We got bored because they ran away, so we came home and partied ... Go figure...
* Canada has the largest French population that never surrendered to Germany.
* We have the largest English population that never ever surrendered or withdrew during any war to anyone, anywhere.
* Our civil war was a bar fight that lasted a little over an hour.
* 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.
* We knew plaid was cool far before Seattle caught on.
* The Hudson's Bay Company once owned over 10% of the earth's surface and is still around as the world's oldest company.
* The average dog sled team can kill and devour a full grown human in under 3 minutes.
* We still know what to do with all the parts of a buffalo.
* We don't marry our kin-folk.
* We invented ski-doos, jet-skis, Velcro, zippers, insulin, penicillin, zambonis, the telephone and short wave radios that save countless lives each year.
* We ALL have frozen our tongues to something metal and lived to tell about it.
* BUT MOST IMPORTANT!
* ....the handles on our beer cases are big enough to fit your hands with mitts on.
OOOOoohhhhh Canada!!
Oh yeah... and our elections only take one day.
Okay Yanks---your turn 
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joice
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posted on July 5, 2001 05:12:01 PM new
The most important thing Canada has is Habitant Pea Soup.
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Zazzie
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posted on July 5, 2001 05:18:49 PM new
Yummy!! I wish it wasn't hot today. A bowl of that would taste good. I chop up chedder cheese into tiny chunks and put it in the bottom of the bowl and to make it perfect I add a tablespoon of vinegar.
Yummy!!! It isn't crunchy, but damn tasty
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deuce
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posted on July 5, 2001 05:28:47 PM new
add to the list Kokanee beer! The finest from British Columbia.
And don't Canadians still call Kraft Mac & Cheese "Kraft Dinner"?
Deuce
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nettak
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posted on July 5, 2001 05:28:51 PM new
Well Zazzie you have just made my day. LMAO  I sat here laughing so hard I nearly wet myself. 
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MrsSantaClaus
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posted on July 5, 2001 06:04:46 PM new
We have George Bush for President 
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MrsSantaClaus
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posted on July 5, 2001 07:00:04 PM new
* Hershey Chocolate
* Walt Disney
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sulyn1950
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posted on July 5, 2001 07:12:59 PM new
Thanks! Zazzie!!!! You brought a smile to my face!!!!
Is this the place we can kick back, relax, and have fun! Share a story, tell a joke, write a poem, make a friend...???
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Zazzie
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posted on July 5, 2001 07:59:29 PM new
Red Green Show
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Tex1
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posted on July 5, 2001 08:23:06 PM new
Zazzie,
Your list doesn't amount to much, as there isn't a good Tex-Mex restaurant in all of Canada. However, you do have the BEST hot breakfast cereal in the whole world. It's been a long time but, the name, "Red River" sticks in my mind.
Ya'll can't count very good either. I went to a hockey game once and they got confused and failed to play the last quarter
[ edited by Tex1 on Jul 5, 2001 08:34 PM ]
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Microbes
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posted on July 5, 2001 09:25:32 PM new
Our dollar is worth a dollar.
The symbol on our flag isn't a dryed out leaf.
We have military bases in your country, so don't get too cocky
We don't sing "God save the Queen" when we don't have a Queen of our own.
We don't put other peoples Queens on our money.
We own ALL of one of the Great Lakes
Oh...
We know way ahead of time when we are going to have an election
Who Need's a stink'n Sig. File?
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Zazzie
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posted on July 5, 2001 09:58:23 PM new
Microbes...
refer back to War of 1812 and the also the part about NO SURRENDER 
and we know that our election will be sometime in a 5 year period after the last one---and we only get 30 days of campaigning once it is called. That all by itself is a definite blessing !!!
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Microbes
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posted on July 5, 2001 10:26:07 PM new
I remember "54:40 or fight"
"Once Owned" ain't nothing to brag about... Russia "Once Owned" Alaska.... France "Once Owned" from the mouth of the Mississippi to to Pacific Coast... Mexico "Once Owned" Texas.... Spain "Once Owned" most all of North America...
Sheshh...
Who Need's a stink'n Sig. File?
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MrsSantaClaus
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posted on July 5, 2001 11:00:49 PM new
Canadian quarters actually work in Canadian pop machines!
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Zazzie
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posted on July 6, 2001 12:21:37 AM new
don't wanna own ya----the War of 1812 was the USA trying to own Canada. Ya blew that one
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deuce
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posted on July 6, 2001 07:33:33 AM new
Somewhat on topic:
Laughing at Americans, on the Frontier of Ignorance, a story of Canadian show "Talking to Americans":
http://www.iht.com/articles/25203.html
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Pocono
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posted on July 6, 2001 09:45:42 AM new
Be quiet, or we'll send 2 or 3 recruits up there to take out your military!
Damn Canucks!!!
Oh yea! Does the movies "Strange Brew" and "Canadian Bacon" REALLY represent you guys? ...HA! LMAO
We had Washington cross the Delaware, and you guys had Jaque go over the falls in a barrell! ROFL
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Pocono
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posted on July 6, 2001 09:49:17 AM new
ONE MORE THING!
We have the bold and mighty Eagle as our symbol...
and you guys have...
a LEAF?
har har har dee har har!!!
Oh yea, that reminds me... we have the Honeymooners!
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Zazzie
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posted on July 6, 2001 09:51:04 AM new
ummmm--Pokey.....
More Bald Eagles live in Canada than in the USA.....hmmmmmmmm
Do they know something we don't know???????
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Zazzie
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posted on July 6, 2001 09:54:48 AM new
[ edited by Zazzie on Jul 6, 2001 10:03 AM ]
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Pocono
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posted on July 6, 2001 10:08:43 AM new
OH YEA!!!
Well WE have more maple trees!!!
HA! whatcha gotta say now?
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Zazzie
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posted on July 6, 2001 10:13:51 AM new
I'd say we have an icon conflict
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Pocono
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posted on July 6, 2001 10:19:15 AM new
geeze... that didn't work out as planned...
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Microbes
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posted on July 6, 2001 02:38:36 PM new
The War of 1812 wasn't between the USA and Canada, it was between the USA and the British Empire.
There was no "Canadian Army" in Washington DC, it was an Army made up of Loyal Subjects of His Majesty, King George, Divine Ruler of the British Empire.
Yes, the British sacked Washington DC, but they hardly "went home and partied", they got trounced in Baltimore.
Canada only got atonomy (not independence) in 1867 when they became a "Dominion" (thus keeping certain legal ties to the British Empire, and the Queens picture on your money).
While it might be true that Baseball had it's origins in British cricket and rounders, The New York Knicker Bocker Baseball club was founded in 1845, 22 years before Canada was anything other than a British Colony. It's as much a national pass time for Canadians as it is for Japanese, Cubans, etc. But claims it originated in Canada...
Edited to add:
Is this you, Zazzie? http://imagehost.auctionwatch.com/preview/za/zazzie/CanadaD.JPG
[ edited by Microbes on Jul 6, 2001 02:58 PM ]
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Zazzie
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posted on July 6, 2001 05:54:55 PM new
microbes----but the USA still lost the war---or there would be no Canada today
no--it's not me.....it's Mini-me
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Microbes
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posted on July 6, 2001 08:17:47 PM new
Zazzie, this is true. The War of 1812 was the USA trying to get all the real estate in North America that was worth owning. (We did wind up with Most of it. )
It would be more accurate to call it a stalemate... The agreement that ended the War of 1812 restored the "status quo". Granted, not what the USA was trying to do, but not bad considering it was the second War we had with the British Empire in less than 40 years.
Who Need's a stink'n Sig. File?
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ConnieM
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posted on July 6, 2001 08:52:10 PM new
Excellent post! Me and the kid celebrated Canada Day here in Texas. It was a bit smaller than our 4th clebration, but as self-proclaimed Canukophiliacs, we still had a blast.
I do have a question, though. Due to a lack of Canadien cuisine here, we kinda had to make do. We watched "Strage Brew", had chili-cheese fries (A Texas version of pountin), and I drank Labatts. (My fav beer!) What I need are some recipies for some classic Canadien dishes, for next year. I kinda know about pountin, but the only recipie I can find calls for cheese curds. What the heck are "curds"? It truly sounds awful, can I substitute? Also, need an easy recipie for beaver tails, and Namino (sp?) bars. Anything else wuld be appreciated.
I have found out that an ambulance company that I will be working for in October has operations in Toronto. YIPEE!!! Temporary transfer in the works soon! I love the States, but I so want to at least visit the Great North. (Wanna be somewhere where it isn't weird to eat, live, and breathe hockey!)
Thanks for help in advance!
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Zazzie
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posted on July 6, 2001 11:47:24 PM new
ummm Microbe----Canada is BIGGER than the USA---and you still lost the War of 1812 cause ya didn't get what ya wanted--US.
ConnieM----Cheese Curds is fresh unaged cheedar cheese. Find a place that makes cheedar and ask them if they do curds--because they need to be fresh.
http://www.doorbell.net/tlr/cheesecd.htm
Poutine---I LOVE POUTINE!!!!!
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Zazzie
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posted on July 7, 2001 12:03:40 AM new
ConnieM
Nanaimo Bars
http://www.science.uva.nl/~mes/recipe/usenet/nanaimo-bars-2.html
Drunk Nanaimo Bars (Na-NYE-MO)
http://www.sol.dk/dk/io/mortens_opskrifter_uk/o0090376.html
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Microbes
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posted on July 7, 2001 05:30:15 AM new
Canada might be bigger, but a large part of it is frozen 12 months out of the year. We did want Hudson Bay, and Yes, we didn't get it.
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