So, What do we Canadians Have to be Proud of?

[Johanbgoot]

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 - Ingersoll, 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 Hortons 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. Actually both ended up buying each other beer!
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. And all the beer had been drunk!
16. A Canadian invented Standard Time.
17. The Hudsons 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 ass (Incidently..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!!!

[Jack W]

Well, la-de-da.

 

[Xairbusdriver]

Yeah, but you don't have pennies, anymore!

And, frankly, you can be proud of that, also!!!

[Johanbgoot]

It's about time eh? Costs 1.6 cents to produce.  Now that's an intelligent way to do business. I guess you could call it a "lost leader".  I understand the Aussies did it years ago. In cash transactions prices will be rounded up or down to the nearest 5 or 0, but card transactions will be the exact amount.  Makes sense eh?

[Xairbusdriver]

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In cash transactions prices will be rounded up or down to the nearest 5 or 0

And I can imagine the mad rush to change all posted prices to .03/.08/.13/.18/.23/etc. in the next few days/weeks. I'm willing to bet my 2 cents that the 'rounded ups' will vastly exceed the 'rounded downs.'

[kimmer]

QUOTE(Johanbgoot @ Mar 31 2012, 06:42 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

In cash transactions prices will be rounded up or down to the nearest 5 or 0, but card transactions will be the exact amount.

Then I guess I'd start doing ALL my shopping with a credit/debit card.

[george]

News to me that Sir Alexander Fleming was Canadian.
George

[gunug]

We have Smarties like these in the US:

http://images.search.yahoo.com/r/_ylt=A2KJ...e-gumballs.aspx

I've often been an admirer of Canadian brew though!