Being Canadian

So, ​

What do we Canadians​

Have
to be Proud of?​

1.
Smarties (not sold in the USA )

2.
Crispy Crunch, Coffee Crisp​

(not
sold in the USA )

3.
The size of our footballs fields, one
less​

down,
and bigger balls.

4.
Baseball is Canadian - 1st game​

June
4, 1838 - Beachville, ON

5.
Lacrosse is Canadian

6.
Hockey is Canadian

7.
Basketball is Canadian

8.
Apple pie is Canadian

9.
Mr. Dress-up beats Mr. Rogers

10.
Tim Horton's beats Dunkin' Donuts

11.
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
...​

We
got bored because they ran away. Then, we came home and
partied....​

Go
figure. ​

12.
Canada has the largest French
population​

that
never surrendered to Germany
. ​

13.
We have the largest English
population​

that
never Ever surrendered or
withdrew​

during
any war to
anyone,
anywhere.EVER!​

(We
got clobbered in the odd battle but​

prevailed
in ALL the wars)


14.
Our civil war was fought in a bar and​

lasted
a little over an hour. ​

15.
The only person who was arrested in
our​

civil
war was an American mercenary, he slept in and missed the
whole thing.​

He
showed up just in time to get caught. ​

16.
A Canadian invented Standard Time.

17.
The Hudson's Bay Company once owned​

over
10% of the earth's surface and is
still​

around
as the world's oldest company. ​

18.
The average dog sled team can kill
and​

devour
a full grown human in under 3 minutes. ​

(That's
more information than I need!)

19.
We know what to do with the parts​

of
a buffalo. ​

20.
We don't marry our kin-folk...

21.
We invented ski-doos, jet-skis,
Velcro,​

zippers,
insulin, penicillin and the
telephone.​

Also
short wave radios which save
countless​

lives
each year. ​

22.
We have ALL frozen our tongues to​

something
metal and lived to tell about it. ​

23.
A Canadian invented Superman.

24.
We have coloured money.

25.
Our beer advertisements kick ###​

(Incidentally...
so does our beer)​

BUT
MOST IMPORTANT !

The
handles on our beer cases are big
enough to
fit your hands in with mitts on.

OOOoohhhhh.....
Canada !!

Oh
yeah... And our elections only take one day! ​

Pass
this on if you're proud to be
Canadian!!!​

​

 

But we have Dad's Cookies. They used to make them at White City.