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Originally Posted by inhalo
23rd Question.
HERE IS A FUN FACT......it is common to hear white Americans talking about Canadians while at work. Except they are not refering to you. This name has been adopted by bigots to refer to BLACK PEOPLE without sounding racist. Example "tell those Canadians to pull their pants up and turn that rap music down"
I just thought you should know.
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why is that??? give us the reasoning behind that. Plus how old is this trend?
some Canadian inventions ( i would have to google some for more):
robot arm for the space shuttle (Canadarm)
bowling (5 - pin)
Insulin
the zipper
snowmobiles
Trivial Pursuit game
many things hockey (the mask)
basketball
football (gridiron - actually a co-invention US & canada)
the flight suit (for pressurized flight)
IMAX film technique
Pablum (baby food)
telephone ( special thanks to Scotland for birthing Alexander G. Bell, and the US for funding the research)