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

From: Boivin, Patrice J <BoivinP_at_mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca>
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 12:24:42 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.002D3DB4.20010321121546@fatcity.com>

Here is something a friend of mine sent me today, just to show how impossible it is to get consensus on history:

                Hahahahahahaha. He is sooooo right. I guess our Ministry of
Propaganda will have to do a little research before they create the next rant. Also, Lacrosse is Canadian by the fact that we declared our natives wards of the state (Crown, whatever). The British from British North America - not Canadians - attacked Washington. Upper Canada was a colony of the UK and the lush who is credited with leading this raid got his *** kicked by a militia of 20 guys when he tried to take Toronto (he had at least 80 losers with him at time) and overthrow the British government. As for Lower Canada, the slave colony, they may have had the copyright on the term 'Canadiens' but they were also British subjects. They also tried to stop being British at about that time but they were crushed and their leaders hanged. Not quite the behavior we acquaint to being Canadian is it? But then again, Louis Riel and the October crisis, ...yeah, perhaps it is Canadian.

Some people have a slightly cynical view of Canada...

At the time there was a lot of movement across the land, and across borders anyway, European settlers were few and far between.

Also, most of the British troops were freemasons, just as the Americans were -- so there was some camaraderie between the two sides, even during the "war" of 1812.

History is never simple. Never as simple as presented on TV, anyway!

Regards,

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

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dasko, Dan
> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 12:52 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: RE: OT -- A humorous reply to the Canada rulz
>
> Hey, at least I knew it wasn't Mr. Spock :P
>
> Dan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 4:30 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
> Dan,
>
> You've made one of the only mortal sins of the Internet, it's not dis'ing
> the Canadians. It's making an inaccurate Star Trek reference. The ensign
> of Russian-descent was Pavel Checkov played by . . . joined the cast in
> episode # ... entitled ...
>
> Your penance should be long and severe.
>
> Mike
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 1:07 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
> 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
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
> 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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