What's so great about being Canadian eh?

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  • ShanniLee
    ShanniLee Posts: 69
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    The Canadian Football League... We have a Larger field. We have bigger balls. You know its good when you are willing to sit outside drinking ice cold beer in -20 degree weather....Go Bombers! :laugh:

    THIS!!!!!

    Hell Yea Bombers Rule!!!!!!!!!! Froze my fingers and toes last year during the supposed to be last game at Canad Inns..lol but it was TOTALLY worth it!!!!!!!!!

    BOMBERS RULE
    JETS RULE
    WINNIPEG RULES
    CANADA RULES
    CANADIANS RULE!!!!!!!!!!

    Pumped for the Canda Day Long Weekend!!!!!!! :D
  • kokaneesailor
    kokaneesailor Posts: 337 Member
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    The Great Bear Rain Forest, home of the Spirit Bear ( Kermode Bear):smile:
  • mail704m
    mail704m Posts: 41 Member
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    Now craving a Coffee Crisp, Cherry Blossom and a butter tart, or two.

    But why has no one mentioned Lululemon? Love how it makes all women just the right kind of curvy!

    (From a Canuck living in KS)
  • miracole
    miracole Posts: 492 Member
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    What is a beaver tail???

    a deep fried pastry, kind of along the lines of an elephant ear or a funnel cake, but slightly thicker and shaped like a beaver's tail. Traditionally served with cinnamon and sugar though there are many more combinations now. Delicious! particularly if you eat them on the Rideau Canal in Ottawa during Winterlude in February.
  • EmCarroll1990
    EmCarroll1990 Posts: 2,849 Member
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    Hey, Canadians replying to this thread, please sport a Canadian flag this weekend. With the Euro cup and everyone sporting other countries flags, it would be nice to see some patriotism to the country we belong to. So if you have a flag up, make sure you have a Canadian flag up too. I adore the patriotism that American's show for their country, we should really follow suit.

    I have seen a few cars with double flags. But I completely agree with this. Show support for the country that you live in.
  • HauteP1nk
    HauteP1nk Posts: 2,139 Member
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    Everything! :smile:

    Happy Canada Day! :drinker:
  • everytree
    everytree Posts: 127
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    Poutine (I could live off the stuff)
    Touques
    Coffee Crips
    Aero Bars
    Wunderbars
    Nanaimo Bars
    Hockey
    PRIDE weekends (if you've never been to one - GO - most fun ever)
    Gay marriage
    We hosted one hell of an Olympic party here in Vancouver
    Healthcare
    Our education system
    We have loonies and toonies and our paper money is now plastic - thats fun! lol!
    We're friendly
    We're seriously multicultural
    Our beautiful flag

    Highway of Heros (youtube it if you don't know what it is but grab some tissues first)

    Our peacekeepers
    RCMP
    Polar bears
    Our arctic
    Our history

    And in true Canadian form - an apology - We're sorry about sending you Celine Dion and Justin Bieber.
  • Caffeine_Addict
    Caffeine_Addict Posts: 178 Member
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    You can speak in an accent of any kind and still be considered as Canadian as the next.
  • everytree
    everytree Posts: 127
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    Oh - and Happy Canada Day to all the Canucks in the crowd and to the rest of you too!
  • LastMinuteMama
    LastMinuteMama Posts: 590 Member
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    My son and I were working on his school geneology project...For a split second it looked like my great-grandmother may have been born on PEI, but not the case. Almost Canadian, so close, so close...still some of my favorite people are from Canada and when they visit they bring me smarties!!!!

    Happy Canada Day Neighbors!!!
  • lambeas
    lambeas Posts: 229 Member
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    NANAIMO BARS!!
    BEAVER TAILS!!
    HOCKEY !!!
    Lululemon

    and our Highway of Heros that supports our best!
  • MarieAnneN
    MarieAnneN Posts: 205
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    I'm not Canadian, but my BIL is and he said they have ketchup flavored chips?
    Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm sounds YUMMY!

    Ketchup chips are the best thing ever.

    And dill picke chips!!!

    What's so great is to be able to enjoy 5 foot of snow in the winter and +40 degrees C in the summer. Run in the wild at 10Km away from a 3 millions people city (I live in Mtl) and see so many culture that hang out together that you cannot understand who is speaking what language...

    And oh yeah, not being afraid that someone will pull a gun and kill you is awesome too.
  • Michellerawrrr
    Michellerawrrr Posts: 312 Member
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    Everything, especially Hockey (go nucks) and Timmy's!! I am proud to be a Canadian and I feel so lucky to live here! Happy Canada Day eh! :drinker:
  • MarieAnneN
    MarieAnneN Posts: 205
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    The best thing about Canada: I don't live there!


    miracole: you're proud of socialism? Interesting!

    You are the reason why I enjoy being Canadian. You're not living here.
  • 416runner
    416runner Posts: 159
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    Everything listed in this thread *and* Canadian music! Too many to name, but my top ten off the top of my head: Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene, Feist, Sloan, Blue Rodeo, Sarah Harmer, Sarah McLachlan, Neil Young, The Band and The Stills!

    Happy Canada Day, everyone!

    (...and Happy almost 4th of July to our neighbours, too!)
  • MarieAnneN
    MarieAnneN Posts: 205
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    This is so topical... the following is a cut and paste from an email I received on Tuesday. I can't verify the facts but its good, fun reading. Please don't anyone take it too seriously... I'm Canadian and we rarely take anything seriously.

    C/P from somewhere else below...

    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 Ever 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, he
    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 full grown human in under 3 minutes.
    (That's more information than I 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.
    Also 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 *kitten*
    (Incidently... so does our beer)
    BUT MOST IMPORTANT !


    The handles on our beer cases are big enough
    to fit your hands in with mitts on.



    OOOoohhhhh..... Canada !!

    I'm borrowing this!!!
  • yelpat
    yelpat Posts: 414 Member
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    How could I forget about our healthcare?
    Oh and the Ryans too, swooooon.
  • RunnerFive
    RunnerFive Posts: 67 Member
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    I always thought that Canada is quietly awesome. We KNOW we're awesome, but we’re not obnoxious about it. Also, I’ve always felt so privileged to be born here. We have only about 35 million people who live here… the odds of being born Canadian are slim to none. Yet here I am :heart:

    I heart living in Canada because I love the feeling of BEING SAFE! And yes, we’re CRAZY about hockey, it’s all true. And we can LAUGH about ourselves, our politics, our lack of military (which I like), our Prime Minister, our accent, our this, our that… I love our sense of humour.

    I’m tearing up, no word of a lie.

    I LOVE US.
  • Phrak
    Phrak Posts: 353 Member
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    Everything has been covered so far.

    Happy Canada Day Weekend!
  • Secret_Agent_007
    Secret_Agent_007 Posts: 1,082
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    Cottage country.

    Fresh air.

    I wouldn't trade living here for anywhere else. May all the Canadian MFPeeps reach their goals in 2012.

    Happy Canada Day weekend everyone :drinker:

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