Happy Canada Day! [Archive]

Beirut

07-01-2005, 10:44

All the best my brothers!

Tolerance. Open mindedness. Beer.

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And for the love of God please don't drink and drive. :bow:

Ser Clegane

07-01-2005, 10:54

A happy Canada Day to all our (numerous) Canadian patrons on this board

~:cheers:

The first round is on the house ~D

InsaneApache

07-01-2005, 11:13

And God save her Britannic Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada ~:cheers:....have a good 'un lads and have a beer (or three) for me ... ~:cheers:

GodsPetMonkey

07-01-2005, 11:45

For the Commonwealth, Her Majesty, and BEER! ~:cheers:

Now, once you can field a decent cricket team, you can join us in flogging the brits at the sports they invented!

Don Corleone

07-01-2005, 12:38

Happy Canada Day! Why don't you all celebrate by having a "Canadian Bacon" film festival. ~:cheers:

TheSilverKnight

07-01-2005, 16:23

Happy Canada Day! Why don't you all celebrate by having a "Canadian Bacon" film festival. ~:cheers:

Mmm...Canadian Bacon...*drool* ~D

JAG

07-01-2005, 16:27

Why is it today? - excuse the stupidity of not knowing.

Anyway, Happy Canada day.

Alexander the Pretty Good

07-01-2005, 16:29

Ditto JAG's confusion. What did you guys do that you need a holiday? Or is it random?

And have a happy Canadia Day!

~D

Evil_Maniac From Mars

07-01-2005, 16:31

In my local paper of my Canadian residence, we had "The Top 25 or so Things to be proud of as a Canadian".
#1 was Smarites
#10 was our beer advertisements kick ass
#18 was our civil war was fought in a bar and only lasted an hour
But my favorite was #15.......
Home of the largest French population that never surrendered to Germany ~:) :bow: ~:)

Alexander the Pretty Good

07-01-2005, 16:42

Home of the largest French population that never surrendered to Germany

Yet. ~;)

Evil_Maniac From Mars

07-01-2005, 16:44

Exactly :bow: ~;)

Duke Malcolm

07-01-2005, 16:44

Ditto JAG's confusion. What did you guys do that you need a holiday? Or is it random?

And have a happy Canadia Day!

~D

We gave them a parliament to call their own in 1867, and made them a dominion, which they remain this day.

Hurin_Rules

07-01-2005, 16:50

It used to be called Dominion Day, commemorating Confederation in 1867.

Like the USA, Canada used to be a collection of little colonies, but after the US civil war, they decied to unite to form a country (more or less so they wouldn't be annexed by the US). Of course, they were mostly Brits, so instead of rebelling against Britain they just politely asked the queen for permission to be given their own parliament.

Hurin_Rules

07-01-2005, 16:54

#18 was our civil war was fought in a bar and only lasted an hour

Brilliant.

InsaneApache

07-01-2005, 17:14

So if the Yanks hadn't been so bloody minded and tight fisted, when would they have got a parliament?

My best guess would be about 1777 ~D

Just think...no guns, free healthcare...and 'uncle' Tony as your leader ~:eek:

Duke Malcolm

07-01-2005, 17:19

don't be stupid, they already have Tony as their leader, remember they're not quite a country yet...

Goofball

07-01-2005, 19:04

For the Commonwealth, Her Majesty, and BEER! ~:cheers:

Now, once you can field a decent cricket team, you can join us in flogging the brits at the sports they invented!

Alas, until our Indian and Pakistani immigrant populations increase drastically, I fear we shall not be able to beat those blasted English at cricket. But we're working on it...

*signs immigration forms to sponsor five more families*

~;)

Colovion

07-01-2005, 20:28

Yay Canada ~:) :balloon2:

http://www.clickabrew.ca/assets/brew-canada-beer-kit.jpg http://www.khubani.net/vishal/canada%20pot.jpg

~:grouphug:

King of Atlantis

07-01-2005, 21:57

Big_John

07-01-2005, 22:04

yay

InsaneApache

07-01-2005, 22:14

ask the Canucks, the Ozzies and the Kiwis....your loss. ~D

GOD Save The Queen...hip hip ....hoorah

PanzerJaeger

07-01-2005, 22:55

Cant say I agree with Canada's politics, but theyve done a lot of good in the world...

~:cheers:

Steppe Merc

07-01-2005, 23:01

Oh Canada, Oh Canada.... However the rest of this song goes...

~:cheers:

caesar44

07-02-2005, 12:29

Reading Wikipedia , I bumped into this -

Despite Canada's ambivalent relationship with the United States, Canadians often remain very interested in how Canadians are portrayed in American pop culture and elsewhere. An episode of The Simpsons in which the family travelled to Toronto (for the last 10 minutes) was one of the most-watched TV programs in Canadian history.

~:eek: ~D ~:eek: ~D ~:eek: ~D