What's so great about being Canadian eh?
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NANAIMO BARS!!
BEAVER TAILS!!
HOCKEY !!!
Lululemon
and our Highway of Heros that supports our best!0 -
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.0 -
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:0
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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.0 -
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!)0 -
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!!!0 -
How could I forget about our healthcare?
Oh and the Ryans too, swooooon.0 -
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
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.0 -
Everything has been covered so far.
Happy Canada Day Weekend!0 -
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:0 -
I'm a Canadian expat in France and i'm ever proud of my country (they love us here too
) 0 -
Free health care
Beaver Tails
Friendly People
We are so socialist that we have a medical marijuana department in Health Canada (I don't partake, I just think it's fantastic)
I can bike 17km to work and have less than 1km of that be on a major road.
Canada is freaking big!
Are Beaver tails free? I might have to move.....0 -
I'm not Canadian but I've been to different areas of Canada on vacation multiple times. The things I love about Canada
-You have so many beautiful places in your country
-Your drinking age is 18. Which every American teenager within driving distance loves you for
-Hockey. God I love hockey
-When I was in Nova Scotia I noticed in every cafe ou coud get a shot of booze in your coffee. I love a country that condones drinking on the way to work :-)0 -
Free health care
Beaver Tails
Friendly People
We are so socialist that we have a medical marijuana department in Health Canada (I don't partake, I just think it's fantastic)
I can bike 17km to work and have less than 1km of that be on a major road.
Canada is freaking big!
Are Beaver tails free? I might have to move.....
Beaver tails are a sugary treat,,,,,and they are 3.50 each!0 -
I LOVE being a Canadian!
Another one to add to the list:
- Caesars (why does everyone else think clam and tomato juice sounds gross? lol - so tasty!)0 -
I'm not Canadian but I've been to different areas of Canada on vacation multiple times. The things I love about Canada
-You have so many beautiful places in your country
-Your drinking age is 18. Which every American teenager within driving distance loves you for
-Hockey. God I love hockey
-When I was in Nova Scotia I noticed in every cafe ou coud get a shot of booze in your coffee. I love a country that condones drinking on the way to work :-)
The drinking age in Montreal is 18, I believe (and I could be totally wrong) it's 19 everywhere else.0 -
Just thought I'd mention.......Elton John and his Canadian hubby are in the middle of building their big giant house in Caledon, which is just NW of Toronto. Lots of celebrities (eg: Kurt Russell/Goldie Hawn among others) have cottages up in Muskoka. Canada is diverse.....whatever your heart desires...city life or country........we have it all.0
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Just thought I'd mention.......Elton John and his Canadian hubby are in the middle of building their big giant house in Caledon, which is just NW of Toronto. Lots of celebrities (eg: Kurt Russell/Goldie Hawn among others) have cottages up in Muskoka. Canada is diverse.....whatever your heart desires...city life or country........we have it all.
do you have tropical beaches? 0 -
I'm not Canadian but I've been to different areas of Canada on vacation multiple times. The things I love about Canada
-You have so many beautiful places in your country
-Your drinking age is 18. Which every American teenager within driving distance loves you for
-Hockey. God I love hockey
-When I was in Nova Scotia I noticed in every cafe ou coud get a shot of booze in your coffee. I love a country that condones drinking on the way to work :-)
The drinking age in Montreal is 18, I believe (and I could be totally wrong) it's 19 everywhere else.
18 in Alberta too!
What is so great? I'm looking out to the Rockies right now from my office in the DT of Calgary0 -
Just thought I'd mention.......Elton John and his Canadian hubby are in the middle of building their big giant house in Caledon, which is just NW of Toronto. Lots of celebrities (eg: Kurt Russell/Goldie Hawn among others) have cottages up in Muskoka. Canada is diverse.....whatever your heart desires...city life or country........we have it all.
do you have tropical beaches?
Only man-made ones. :flowerforyou:0 -
I'm from NC so I'm allowed to pick on it, right? Actually it is legal to marry certain types of relatives in several US states. In NC we usually pick on people from West Virgina about marrying relatives,
As far as Canadians, MOST that I know or have met have been pretty cool, but like with any other culture there are a few douches.
Happy Canada Day! Rock on and thank you for Ryan Reynolds and Georges St. Pierre!
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I'm not Canadian but I've been to different areas of Canada on vacation multiple times. The things I love about Canada
-You have so many beautiful places in your country
-Your drinking age is 18. Which every American teenager within driving distance loves you for
-Hockey. God I love hockey
-When I was in Nova Scotia I noticed in every cafe ou coud get a shot of booze in your coffee. I love a country that condones drinking on the way to work :-)
The drinking age in Montreal is 18, I believe (and I could be totally wrong) it's 19 everywhere else.
18 in Alberta too!
What is so great? I'm looking out to the Rockies right now from my office in the DT of Calgary
To an American teenager 19 beats 21 :-)0 -
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 !!
Not sure ifanyone has said this yet but we have Smarties in the U.S. And basktball was invented in the U.S. I know this because apparently its a big deal that it was invented in the state I live in (Ma)
And yes Tom Hortons > Dunks and Starbucks0 -
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 !!
Not sure ifanyone has said this yet but we have Smarties in the U.S. And basktball was invented in the U.S. I know this because apparently its a big deal that it was invented in the state I live in (Ma)
And yes Tom Hortons > Dunks and Starbucks
Our Smarties are chocolates lol0 -
The first Tim Horton's store is 5 mins from where I work in Hamilton Ontario. And dayyum it's hot n muggy here today.0
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Just thought I'd mention.......Elton John and his Canadian hubby are in the middle of building their big giant house in Caledon, which is just NW of Toronto. Lots of celebrities (eg: Kurt Russell/Goldie Hawn among others) have cottages up in Muskoka. Canada is diverse.....whatever your heart desires...city life or country........we have it all.
do you have tropical beaches?
Only man-made ones. :flowerforyou:
The Bruce Peninsula water is so clear that it might as well be tropical...especially when we are having a heat wave like today and it is close to 40 degrees celsius (which is around 104 Fahrenheit).
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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 !!
Not sure ifanyone has said this yet but we have Smarties in the U.S. And basktball was invented in the U.S. I know this because apparently its a big deal that it was invented in the state I live in (Ma)
And yes Tom Hortons > Dunks and Starbucks
Basketball was invented by James Naismith... A Canadian. He may have been in the US when he created it, but widely recognized as a Canadian Invention, Sorry to burst your bubble. Enjoy your Smarties.0 -
Tropical beaches... might I suggest the google Grand Beach, Manitoba? Beautiful white beaches, freshwater as far as the eye can see...
Oh Yeah!0 -
The Bruce Peninsula water is so clear that it might as well be tropical...especially when we are having a heat wave like today and it is close to 40 degrees celsius (which is around 104 Fahrenheit).
thats a little too rocky for my taste 0 -
We don't marry our relatives
^ Wait, which non-Canadians marry their relatives? :huh:
I love Canadians and am not picking a fight. Just curious...
I believe in North Carolina you can.
Canadians are so undesirable that even their relatives won't marry them?!?
A girl that ain't good enough for her own kin sure ain't good enough for strangers! :bigsmile:0
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