[Woodcarver] Fw: PROUD TO BE CANADIAN

[Steve Hewak]

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From: Jan Oegema 
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Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 6:57 AM
Subject: PROUD TO BE CANADIAN


Here's a fun history lesson.....




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  >  SO, WHAT DO CANADIANS HAVE TO BE PROUD  OF?
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  >1. Smarties
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  >2. Crispy  Crunch, Coffee Crisp
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  >3. The size of our footballs fields and  one less down
  >
  >4. Baseball is Canadian
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  >5.  Lacrosse is Canadian
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  >6. Hockey is Canadian
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  >7.  Basketball is Canadian
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  >8. Apple pie is  Canadian
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  >9. Mr. Dress-up kicks Mr. Rogers  ass
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  >10. Tim Hortons kicks Dunkin' Donuts ass
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  >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 ,  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..
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  >12. Canada has the largest French population that  never surrendered to
  >Germany.
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  >13. We have the largest  English population that never ever surrendered or withdrew during any war to  anyone, anywhere.
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  >14. Our civil war was a bar fight that lasted  a little over an hour.
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  >15. 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.
  >
  >16. We  knew plaid was cool far before Seattle caught on.
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  >17. The  Hudsons Bay Company once owned over 10% of the earth's surface and is still  around as the worlds oldest company.
  >
  >18. The average dog sled  team can kill and devour a full grown human in under 3  minutes.
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  >19. We still know what to do with all the parts of a  buffalo.
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  >20. We don't marry our kin-folk.
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  >21. We  invented ski-doos, jet-skis, velcro, zippers, insulin, penicillin, zambonis,  the telephone and short wave radios that save countless lives each  year.
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  >22. We ALL have frozen our tongues to something metal and  lived to tell about it.
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  >23. A Canadian invented  Superman.
  >BUT MOST IMPORTANT!
  >24. The handles on our beer cases  are big enough to fit your hands with mitts on. OOOoohhhhh Canada  !!
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  >Oh yeah... and our elections only take one  day.
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  >Pass this on if you are proud to be Canadian!!!  And  if there is something missing from the list feel free to add  it....
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  25. February 15, 1965 the Red Maple Leaf was  raised and officially given it's recognition that circumnavigated the  globe!

      


  I AM CANADIAN!





                                   Woodbutcher Jan
 

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