Canada Day

Originally posted by Stuart Ransom Miller:
What are the two things most people use most every day?

Telephone - Invented by Alexander Graham Bell, Canadian.

Television - Invented by Reginald A. Fesseden, Canadain.

that's the scottish you have to thank on both counts and you are welcome………….

why does canada get a day by the way?

Originally posted by poorlulu:

why does canada get a day by the way?

Just to remind us that they're there…..

Originally posted by loopzlp:
*blush* – I wore red and white today for the occasion…

some famous canadians:
margaret atwood – author
Billy BishoP – WWI figher pilot – shot down 72 enemy planes (the red baron had 80, who was taken out by a canadian)
Sanford Fleming – standard time zone inventor
Emily Carr – Painter
Charles Best - Codiscoverer of insulin
Gideon Sundback – zipper inventor

At best, Atwood is a Jeopardy question. Who are those others, eh? Never heard of 'em. "Time Zone Inventor"??? You're really scraping bottom, aren't you?

Originally posted by Bollocks:
I'm not sure there's too many Canucks who died shitfaced in the streets of Baltimore…..Canadians can hold their ale.

Here's some others though.

Maude Abbot
Wilfred G. Bigelow
Reginald Fessenden
Abraham Gesner
Dr. James Naismsith (B-ball dude)
Joseph B. Tyrell

Who? Never heard of 'em. Not exactly world famous, are they?

BTW, Poe died of rabies. And yes, they have heard of him in China. I'm quite sure you can shout Reginald Fessenden's name from the tallest tower until you pass out and you'll get only strange looks.

What about The Anti-Elvis? He's Canadian isn't he?

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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
What about The Anti-Elvis? He's Canadian isn't he?

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I'm afraid he's just another Jeopardy question 30 years from now. The KEY word, I believe, is historical.

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Originally posted by pollard:
The Great One

I thought about him, but Africa, Asia and Latin America could care less about hockey.

He is the most popular Canadian though.

Originally posted by Dupek Chopra:
I'm afraid he's just another Jeopardy question 30 years from now.

Alex Trebek!

Everyone knows who Alex Trebex is.

Originally posted by pollard:
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I'm afraid that's as good as it gets.

Maybe Shatner..?

you are all forgetting about alanis morrisette………..

or is that on purpose…………….

Neve Campbell too…or is that on purpose.

Happy Canada Day. You betcha.

Originally posted by Dupek Chopra:

Who? Never heard of 'em. Not exactly world famous, are they?

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That's because you went to doodle schools and they don't teach shit in history about anything other than doodle history, which should take a good 30-45 minutes to learn!

Poe died of rabies did he?…were did you learn that? I read a book about his life and they still aren't sure what the actual cause of his death was…the cause that keeps cropping up is he was drugged because it was at the time of an election, and they used to drug drunks and vagrants then take them to the polls because that's what they did back then instead of just fudging the numbers like they do these days, but the drugs effd him up big time which is why he was found on the streets of B'more delirious
and later died.

Originally posted by poorlulu:

why does canada get a day by the way?

because on July 1st, 1867 (i think) Canada became an official nation. just as July 4th is the doodles Independance Day. Except we didnt have to murder people to get our country ;)

Originally posted by sonickteam2:

Originally posted by poorlulu:

why does canada get a day by the way?

Except we didnt have to murder people to get our country ;)

Nah, you were just exiled ;)

Originally posted by sonickteam2:

Originally posted by poorlulu:

why does canada get a day by the way?

Except we didnt have to murder people to get our country ;)

That's because only the 60 miles closest to the US border is even worth a damn, but since 3 attempts to the get the States back failed, they figured, why bother for a 60 mile wide stretch that will always be the bastard step child to the north? Hell, I'd have let you have it too and I don't even own property yet…

Originally posted by sonickteam2:

Originally posted by poorlulu:

why does canada get a day by the way?

because on July 1st, 1867 (i think) Canada became an official nation. just as July 4th is the doodles Independance Day. Except we didnt have to murder people to get our country ;)

Hey don't forget that tea party thingie in Boston…the badass yanks that they are.

Is that why doodle tea always tastes like it was just scooped out of Boston Harbor?

Originally posted by Bollocks:

Originally posted by sonickteam2:

Originally posted by poorlulu:

why does canada get a day by the way?

because on July 1st, 1867 (i think) Canada became an official nation. just as July 4th is the doodles Independance Day. Except we didnt have to murder people to get our country ;)

Hey don't forget that tea party thingie in Boston…the badass yanks that they are.

Is that why doodle tea always tastes like it was just scooped out of Boston Harbor?

hahahahahaha. i have actually swallowed water from the boston harbour and i said "hmmm, needs more sugar!"

Originally posted by sonickteam2:
i have actually swallowed water from the boston harbour and i said "hmmm, needs more sugar!"

is that when your only other choice was molsen……………………?

:D

Originally posted by poorlulu:

Originally posted by sonickteam2:
i have actually swallowed water from the boston harbour and i said "hmmm, needs more sugar!"

is that when your only other choice was molsen……………………?

:D

Molson