OT -- Canada Rules! (fwd)

Sorry about this, but someone sent me this and I thought it might be relevant to the Canada and US discussion that took place last week.

With all the recipes going around, I thought it wouldn't do any harm.

Regards,

Patrice Boivin
Systems Analyst (Oracle DBA)
Bedford Institute of Oceanography
Fisheries and Oceans Canada

> -----Original Message-----
> 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 Hortons 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 Hudsons Bay Company once owned over 10% of the earth's surface
> and is still around as the worlds 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.
>
>

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Author: Boivin, Patrice J
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