Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2001 08:14:52 -0700
Reply-To: '80 Westy Pokey <pokey@VANAGON.ORG>
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From: '80 Westy Pokey <pokey@VANAGON.ORG>
Subject: Re: Friday Follies: Canadian Pride
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I know its not Friday anymore but in case no one has mentioned it...
17. The only nation to successfully invade the United States and burn down the White House (who cares if it was about a century ago)
Thanks,
Chris
On Thu, 05 April 2001, Marshall Ruskin wrote:
>
> Jeff Palmer told me not to post this, so of course, I had to.....(heh heh)
>
> So, what do Canadians have to be proud of?
>
> 1. Smarties;
> 2. Crispy Crunch & Coffee Crisp;
> 3. The length of our footballs fields, and one less “down”;
> 4. Baseball is Canadian;
> 5. Lacrosse is Canadian;
> 6. Hockey is Canadian;
> 7. Basketball is Canadian;
> 8. Mr. Dress-up kicks Mr. Rogers @ss; (Ed note: Mr. Dress-up was actually an
> American!)
>
> 9. Tim Hortons kicks Dunkin' Donuts @ss; (Ed note: "The last American
> Vanagon-listee who p-mails me with the correct answer to: "What is a
> "Tim-Bit?", gets a free set of 4 tan Vanagon cup-holders.)
>
> 10. Canada has the largest French population that never surrendered to
> Germany;
> 11. We have the largest English population that never ever surrendered or
> withdrew during any war to anyone, anywhere;
>
> 12. The Hudsons Bay Company once owned over 10% of the earth's surface and
> is still around as the worlds oldest company;
>
> 13. We invented ski-doos, jet-skis, velcro, zippers, the telephone, and
> short wave radio. Canadian inventions of insulin and penicillin save
> countless lives each year. (Ed note: “plus, let us not forget about
> Poutine!”)
>
> 14. We ALL have frozen our tongues to something metal and lived to tell
> about it.
>
> 15. Many Canadian engineers, who were laid off after AVRO cancelled the
> "Arrow" jetfighter, went to the US and played a VERY substantial role in the
> design of the Apollo spacecraft and Saturn V rockets. (Ed note: This is true
> and a "little known" fact)
>
>
> BUT MOST IMPORTANT!
>
> 16. Handles on our beer cases are big enough to fit your hands in, with
> mitts on.!
>
>
> Marshall Ruskin
> 84 Westy "Leader of the Pack"
> Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
> Founding Member of "Vanagons Anonymous"
Thanks,
Chris Gronski
'80 Westy "Pokey" - SLOPOKEY
'87 Chevrolet Sprint - Ice Racer
'91 Pontiac Firefly - Convertable
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