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RE: OT -- A humorous reply to the Canada rulz

From: Mark Leith <mark_at_cool-tools.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 02:21:34 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.002D2D14.20010321012116@fatcity.com>

That was in fact the Mayan's. The game was a little different, as they played it on a court with two tall walls on either side. The "rings" were situated high up the MIDDLE of each wall, and they were placed vertically instead of horizontally. They would have to try and heave a heavy ball through, instead of into the hoop.

Another thing to note is that it was the *winning* team that got slaughtered, they actually played for the honour of being sacrificed to their gods!

Mark

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Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 10:06
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Actually, I think the Aztecs (or some other Central American tribe) invented basketball and the losers were slain literally. Now that's what I call a salary cap. We need something like that in professional sports today.

Steve Orr

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Ummmm, Is this kinda like Mr. Sulu on Star Trek who was sure that the Russians invented everything? I might be wrong (happens all the time), but I thought Baseball and Basketball were distinctly inventions of the USA. You might be able to tell I'm a rabid fan of neither. Penicillin and the telephone?? Other delusions of grandeur? How about the only country that can't decide if they're English or French? How about the US's biggest colony via cultural conquest(ooooohh, that's a low blow). How about never saw a bikini except in National Geographic? I could go on, but I'm not sure my humor translates all that well, and the firewall has Babelfish blocked.

Dan "not about to give up my day job"

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Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 12:37 PM
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Sorry about this, but someone sent me this and I thought it might be relevant to the Canada and US discussion that took place last week.

With all the recipes going around, I thought it wouldn't do any harm.

Regards,

Patrice Boivin
Systems Analyst (Oracle DBA)
Bedford Institute of Oceanography
Fisheries and Oceans Canada

> -----Original Message-----
> So, what do Canadians have to be proud of?
>
> * Smarties
>
> * Crispy Crunch & Coffee Crisp
>
> * The size of our footballs fields and one less Down
>
> * Baseball is Canadian
>
> * Lacrosse is Canadian
>
> * Hockey is Canadian
>
> * Basketball is Canadian
>
> * Apple pie is Canadian
>
> * Mr. Dress-up kicks Mr. Rogers ass
>
> * Tim Hortons kicks Dunkin' Donuts ass
>
> * 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...
>
> * Canada has the largest French population that never surrendered to
> Germany.
>
> * We have the largest English population that never ever surrendered
> or withdrew during any war to anyone, anywhere.
>
> * Our civil war was a bar fight that lasted a little over an hour.
>
> * 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.
>
> * We knew plaid was cool far before Seattle caught on.
>
> * The Hudsons Bay Company once owned over 10% of the earth's surface
> and is still around as the worlds oldest company
>
> * The average dog sled team can kill and devour a full grown human in
> under 3 minutes.
>
> * We still know what to do with all the parts of a buffalo.
>
> * We don't marry our kin-folk.
>
> * We invented ski-doos, jet-skis, velcro, zippers, insulin,
> penicillin, zambonis, the telephone and short wave radios that save
> countless lives each year
>
> * We ALL have frozen our tongues to something metal and lived to tell
> about it.
>
> * BUT MOST IMPORTANT!
>
> * ....the handles on our beer cases are big enough to fit your hands
> with mitts on.
>
> OOOOoohhhhh Canada!!
>
> Oh yeah... and our elections only take one day.
>
>

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