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obelix · 07-01-2003, 10:44 AM

Well, its July 1st and I thought I'd wish all the Canadian (and non-canadian) members of TFP a Happy Canada Day, I think I'll enjoy my day off by laying in the sun and having a few cold ones.

ciao

By the way, Canada turns 136 today.

LittleOralAnnie · 07-01-2003, 01:07 PM

Here here, Happy Canada Day Canucks of this board and non-Canucks! Party until you drop, and then party some more. 136 eh? Damn your old, heh!

elaphe · 07-01-2003, 01:48 PM

Happy Canada Day everyone. This Canuck is having a blast today!

clavus · 07-01-2003, 04:34 PM

I wished a Canadian friend a Happy Canada Day, and this is the reply he sent back. I think its rather funny, and wanted to share. Please note that CLAVUS is not bashing Canada, it is my friend from the North.

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Yep. 1867. 91 years after the US Declaration of Independence. Canada looks around at other now-independent British colonies and decides that perhaps it could govern itself too, but still be subjects of the crown. Britain agrees, probably having forgotten that Canada was still there after the American Revolution. No shots are fired, and the independence date is carefully set near, but not on, July 4th. The first prime minister is elected who is later described in history classes as a boring, lonely alcoholic. Nothing much else happens until WW I, and all of that happens overseas. Then, nothing much else happens until WW II (again overseas). Then nothing much else happens until the French get bored to death of nothing much happening, and try secession in the late 1960s and early 1970s. French-Canadian "terrorists" kidnap and kill some sort of low-level cabinet minister. National martial law is declared for some short period of time before Canadians realize that they're overreacting from the actions of a few street thugs armed with a tire iron and the trunk of a Chevy Duster. The French-Canadians try to vote for secession again in the 1990s and almost make it. And they will try again soon for the sake of there being more than one paragraph of Canadian history.

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To everybody who is offended, and even to those who aren't - Happy Canada Day! We share the largest undefended border in the world, and that's pretty darn cool.

Gangsta · 07-01-2003, 04:50 PM

goooooooooooooo Canada!!!

Bob Biter · 07-01-2003, 06:56 PM

Clavus: Well, Quebecers didn't try to separate until the 80s (first referendum spearheaded by René Lévesque), but the rest of your friend's history lesson is spot on, aside from our supposed desire to hold a referendum again. Take it from a French-Canadian, it's a tired issue and it won't happen.

To everyone: Happy Canada Day!

Shokan · 07-01-2003, 07:40 PM

GO CANADA!!!!

mew · 07-01-2003, 09:21 PM

WOOHOO! HAPPY CANADA DAY! THE WEATHER AT THE PARLIAMENT HILL WAS AWSOME (despite a few drops of rain)But it still kicked ass!

dci · 07-01-2003, 10:23 PM

happy belated canada day.

07-01-2003, 10:44 AM	#1 (permalink)
obelix Insane Location: Calgary, AB	Happy Canada Day!! Well, its July 1st and I thought I'd wish all the Canadian (and non-canadian) members of TFP a Happy Canada Day, I think I'll enjoy my day off by laying in the sun and having a few cold ones. ciao By the way, Canada turns 136 today. __________________ no substance Last edited by obelix; 07-01-2003 at 10:49 AM..

07-01-2003, 01:48 PM	#3 (permalink)
elaphe Tilted Location: British Columbia, Canada	Happy Canada Day everyone. This Canuck is having a blast today! __________________ "Forty-two," said Deep Thought, with infinite majesty and calm.

07-01-2003, 04:34 PM	#4 (permalink)
clavus pow! Location: NorCal	I wished a Canadian friend a Happy Canada Day, and this is the reply he sent back. I think its rather funny, and wanted to share. Please note that CLAVUS is not bashing Canada, it is my friend from the North. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Yep. 1867. 91 years after the US Declaration of Independence. Canada looks around at other now-independent British colonies and decides that perhaps it could govern itself too, but still be subjects of the crown. Britain agrees, probably having forgotten that Canada was still there after the American Revolution. No shots are fired, and the independence date is carefully set near, but not on, July 4th. The first prime minister is elected who is later described in history classes as a boring, lonely alcoholic. Nothing much else happens until WW I, and all of that happens overseas. Then, nothing much else happens until WW II (again overseas). Then nothing much else happens until the French get bored to death of nothing much happening, and try secession in the late 1960s and early 1970s. French-Canadian "terrorists" kidnap and kill some sort of low-level cabinet minister. National martial law is declared for some short period of time before Canadians realize that they're overreacting from the actions of a few street thugs armed with a tire iron and the trunk of a Chevy Duster. The French-Canadians try to vote for secession again in the 1990s and almost make it. And they will try again soon for the sake of there being more than one paragraph of Canadian history. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To everybody who is offended, and even to those who aren't - Happy Canada Day! We share the largest undefended border in the world, and that's pretty darn cool. __________________ Ass, gas or grass. Nobody rides for free.

07-01-2003, 06:56 PM	#6 (permalink)
Bob Biter Non-smokers die everyday Location: Montreal	Clavus: Well, Quebecers didn't try to separate until the 80s (first referendum spearheaded by René Lévesque), but the rest of your friend's history lesson is spot on, aside from our supposed desire to hold a referendum again. Take it from a French-Canadian, it's a tired issue and it won't happen. To everyone: Happy Canada Day! __________________ A plan is just a list of things that don't happen.

07-01-2003, 07:40 PM	#7 (permalink)
Shokan Addict Location: Canada	GO CANADA!!!! __________________ Legalize it.

07-01-2003, 01:07 PM	#2 (permalink)
LittleOralAnnie Banned	Here here, Happy Canada Day Canucks of this board and non-Canucks! Party until you drop, and then party some more. 136 eh? Damn your old, heh!

07-01-2003, 04:50 PM	#5 (permalink)
Gangsta Upright	goooooooooooooo Canada!!!

07-01-2003, 09:21 PM	#8 (permalink)
mew Psycho Location: Canada	WOOHOO! HAPPY CANADA DAY! THE WEATHER AT THE PARLIAMENT HILL WAS AWSOME (despite a few drops of rain)But it still kicked ass!

07-01-2003, 10:23 PM	#9 (permalink)
dci Upright	happy belated canada day.