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mindmetoo



Joined: 02 Feb 2004

PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 2:38 am    Post subject: Facts about Canada Reply with quote

Canadian inventions:

- Powered flight
- Baseball
- Jello
- 3 of the world's top 10 favorite donuts
- The cap gun
- World peace

Important Canadians:

- Thomas Jefferson
- The whole cast of Battlestar Galactica (old series and new series but not Galactica 80)
- Elton John
- 3/8ths of the Pointer Sisters

Canada leads the world in:

- Miraculous cancer and AIDS remissions
- Cops named Dave
- Canned soup donations during Christmas food drives
- Pen ownership (14,080 pens per capita)

Tallest/Biggest/etc.:

- 90 of the world's 100 tallest buildings
- Longest pedestrian overpass (running from the north shore of Lake Ontario to the north east shore of Lake Superior)
- Largest strategic stockpile of unfashionable shoes

Canada is the only nation in the world:

- to share joint custody of a primary color with another nation ("yellow" is jointly held in trust with France)
- to be not included in the CIA World Fact Book for reasons of style and taste
- to have no indigenous production of office supplies

Tell me what's so friggen great about your country!
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Pligganease



Joined: 14 Sep 2004
Location: The deep south...

PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 2:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Laughing Laughing Laughing

You should write Canadian Heritage Moments.
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RACETRAITOR



Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea

PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 3:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

If that's the best you can do, I'd say we definitely have superior trolls.
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mindmetoo



Joined: 02 Feb 2004

PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 3:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

RACETRAITOR wrote:
If that's the best you can do, I'd say we definitely have superior trolls.


Not quite.
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shifter2009



Joined: 03 Sep 2006
Location: wisconsin

PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 3:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I wonder how many of these Canada threads Dave's can handly simoultaniously without imploding.
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Hollywoodaction



Joined: 02 Jul 2004

PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 5:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

mindmetoo wrote:
RACETRAITOR wrote:
If that's the best you can do, I'd say we definitely have superior trolls.


Not quite.


I agree with RT. I'm not impressed.
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ajuma



Joined: 18 Feb 2003
Location: Anywere but Seoul!!

PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 5:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

According to my students, Quebec is an American state!! Laughing
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Rapacious Mr. Batstove



Joined: 26 Jan 2007
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 5:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

yawn
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mindmetoo



Joined: 02 Feb 2004

PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 5:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hollywoodaction wrote:
mindmetoo wrote:
RACETRAITOR wrote:
If that's the best you can do, I'd say we definitely have superior trolls.


Not quite.


I agree with RT. I'm not impressed.


It's not a troll. It's just damn fun to write.
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yingwenlaoshi



Joined: 12 Feb 2007
Location: ... location, location!

PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 9:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The longest covered bridge in the world.

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Hollywoodaction



Joined: 02 Jul 2004

PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 6:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

yingwenlaoshi wrote:
The longest covered bridge in the world.



Are you related to Rich Little?

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twg



Joined: 02 Nov 2006
Location: Getting some fresh air...

PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 6:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Rapacious Mr. Batstove wrote:
yawn

Aye.

And it hasn't even been two weeks since the last American/ Canadian pissing contest...
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yingwenlaoshi



Joined: 12 Feb 2007
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 7:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hollywoodaction wrote:
yingwenlaoshi wrote:
The longest covered bridge in the world.



Are you related to Rich Little?




No, but my mom went out with him in high school.
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laogaiguk



Joined: 06 Dec 2005
Location: somewhere in Korea

PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 9:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The OP is American (I could be wrong though). Why he decided to do this is beyond me though... Who cares?
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yingwenlaoshi



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 9:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't really care either.
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