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

the aztecs had what they call the ball game, it was played w/ a wood ball, but it was a combination of basket ball and soccer, I think you could only use the legs, and you had to kick the ball through a little ring to score

Yohans Mendoza                                  System Analyst
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On Tue, 20 Mar 2001, Steve Orr wrote:

> 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
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 10:07 AM
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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"
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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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