Saturday Morning Confusion! #3

As Canadians living in the shadow of the United States of America we sometimes get a little intimidated by our big neighbor to the south.

So, on this fine Saturday morning I would like to provide a bit of encouragement to the Canadian people who are confused about our standing and status in the world at large.

Just a couple of minutes of contemplation is enough to remind me of why we are proud CANADIANS.... Eh !

So, what uniquely Canadians things do we have to be proud of

1. Smarties, Crispy Crunch, Coffee Crisp chocolate bars.

2. Our beer advertisements kick ass {Incidentally...so does our beer}

3. The size of our football fields, one less down, and bigger balls.

4. Baseball is Canadian - First game June 4, 1838 - Ingersoll , ON

5. Lacrosse is Canadian

6. Hockey is Canadian

7. Basketball is Canadian

8. Apple pie is Canadian

9. Tim Horton's beats Dunkin' Donuts and Starbucks combined!

10. Mr. Dress-up once beat up Mr. Rogers

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. (It was called "The Upper Canada Rebellion!")

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. The leader of our rebellion fled to the States, which much later gave the idea to American draft dodgers.

16. We are welcome wherever we go.

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 telephone was invented in Brantford Ontario.

19. A Canadian invented Standard Time.

20. We also invented ski-doos, jet-skis, Velcro, zippers, insulin, penicillin, zambonis and short wave radios that save countless lives each year.

21. During World War 11 Canada had the third largest navy in the world!

22. We ALL have frozen our tongues to something metal and lived to tell about it.

23. A Canadian invented Superman.

24. We have nice coloured money.

BUT MOST IMPORTANT !

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

OOOoohhhhh.... Canada !!

(Oh yeah... our elections only take one day and we have successfully infiltrated Hollywood.)


Allan W Janssen is the author of the book The Plain Truth About God (What the mainstream religions don't want you to know......!) and is available as an E-Book H E R E ! and as a paperback H E R E !

Visit the blog "Perspective" at http://allans-perspective.blogspot.com