HAPPY CANADA DAY!!!!! July 1st/2006
YYYAAAAHHHH! 
Happy Birthday to all the Canadians, and Canadian wanna-bees! 
And all the other countries are welcome to party hardy with us! |
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even though i m not canadian, i did live in ND for 17 years!!!!
Shannon |
| Im 1/4 French Canadian....so happy birthday distant relatives!!! |
| Happy Birthday Canada! |
| Happy Canada Day!!!!!!!!
Have a great day!! |
| my goal in life is to marry a canadian lumberjack... so happy birthday canada, keep making those bearded outdoorsy men! |
| Happy Birthday Canada!!!! |
| Happy birthday Canada! |
| You like bearded lumberjacks?
Cool! Have you seen my tick picture? 
Happy Birthday, Oh Canada! |
| Happy canada day from the UK
kim & maizie |
| Happy Birthday Canada!!! |
Darcy wrote: Im 1/4 French Canadian....so happy birthday distant relatives!!!
Please do tell more! I am 100% French Canadian, but raised in an English environment. Both parents are french. Mother is from Ottawa, Ontario, but born in Messena, Maine, and father is from Prince Edward Island (Acadian). My uncle did our family tree and 400 years ago one of my decendents came over on a boat with some famous explorer...Champlain, I think. |
| Ok, one of my favorites....
Might Be Canadian If... You bring a portable TV on a camping trip so that you don't miss Hockey Night. You can repeat the entire Molson's Canadian 'The Rant'. You hum David Foster's '88 Calgary Olympics theme in the shower. You know that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) don't always look like that. You think it's normal to have a grain elevator in your backyard. You can sing "O' Canada" in French and actually know what the words mean. You send angry letters to the CBC demanding the return of the Hinterland Who's Who spots so you can finally find out what happens to the arctic ptarmigan in winter. You stood in line for hours for Another Roadside Attraction tickets. You think Great Big Sea isn't Atlantic-centric enough. You know the French equivalents of "free", "prize" and "no sugar added", thanks to your extensive education in bilingual cereal packaging. You still haven't taken down your "NON" posters from the 95 Referendum. You know more than 3 guys named Gordon. You think Ashley MacIssac isn't Celtic enough. You remember "Jodie" from Today's Special and wonder why you keep seeing her reading news on the CBC. You can eat more than one maple sugar candy without feeling nauseous. You think -10 C is mild weather. You have twins named Donovan and Bailey. You know the ingredients for poutine. You know what happens in the Evergreen Forest when Bert Raccoon wakes up. You dressed as Bruno Gerussi for Halloween. You spent hours sifting through garbage on the beach to prepare for the role. You know that the 'Extra Creamy' in Kraft Extra Creamy Dinner is 'add more milk.' You know the difference between real snow and "television" snow -- the white stuff that passes for snow on tv and in films. Someone accidentally stepped on your foot. You apologize. You stepped on someone's foot. You apologize, then apologize for making them apologize. You pity people who haven't tasted a "beavertail". Your Saturday nights in the Atlantic provinces include eating beans and brown bread as you watch Hockey Night in Canada. You know that the Canadian Alliance is just the Reform Party with better hair. You know that, contrary to general belief, the Inuit have about the same amount of words for snow as do English speakers. Your favourite Inuit word for 'snow' is "navcaq" (snow formation about to collapse). You wonder why squirrels and seagulls somehow manage to get in every zoo exhibit (including the parking lot and squirrel and seagull exhibits). You eat chocolate bars, not candy bars. You only know three spices: Salt, pepper and ketchup. You know that a pike is a type of fish, not part of a highway. You drive on a highway, not a freeway. You have Canadian Tire money in your kitchen drawers. You brag to Americans: Shania Twain, Jim Carrey, Celine Dion & more, are Canadians. You know that the C.E.O. of American Airlines is a Canadian! You design your Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit. You know that the last letter of the English alphabet is always pronounced "Zed". You live in a house with no front step, but the door is one meter up from the ground. Your local newspaper covers the national news on 2 pages, but requires 6 pages for hockey. You know that the four seasons means: winter, still winter, almost winter, and road work/construction. You know that when it's -10 degrees outside, it's a warm day. You perk up when you hear the theme song from "Hockey Night in Canada." You are in grade 12, not the 12th grade. "Eh?" is a very important part of your vocabulary, and is more polite than, "Huh?" You call it a BUN not a "Roll". Its called a WASHROOM not a lavatory or powder room or rest room. You have more kilometers on your snow blower than your car. You have 10 favorite recipes for moose meat. You've taken your kids trick-or-treating in a blizzard. Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled in with snow. You owe more money on your snowmobile than on your car. At least twice a year, the kitchen doubles a meat processing plant. The most effective mosquito repellent is a shotgun. Your snow blower gets stuck on the roof. You think the start of deer season is a national holiday. You head south to go to your cottage. You frequently clean grease off your barbeque so the bears won't prowl on your deck. You know which leaves make for good toilet paper. The major parish fund-raiser isn't bingo, it's sausage making. You find -40C a little chilly. The trunk of your car doubles as a freezer. You attend a formal in your best clothes, your finest jewelery and your Sorrels. You can play road hockey on skates. |
| Happy Canada Day!
I AM CANADIAN  |
| LOL....some of those apply to Michigan too.......
Nicole, my dads mom was from Stoneypoint Ontario...a small farming community....she went to Detroit for an event, met my grandfather...who is related to Oliver Barthel (right hand man for Henry Ford), fell in love, moved to Detroit and the rest is history..... We used to go as kids every summer to visit Aunt Paulette at the "beach"...everyone spoke with french accents and adored us ''twins" we were even in my 2nd cousins wedding at the age of 5...whom I dont even know...in Canada....all I remember is that Mass was in french and I didnt like the pantaloons and gloves we were made to wear...also that I guess lisa and I ran up the isle screaming "mommy...mommy...mommy.." I do have fond memories of those days at the farm and beach....my grandmother was one of 15 or 16 kids..........the good ole days! |
| And more Canadianstuff.....
You stand in "line-ups" at the movie, not lines. You're not offended by the term "Homo Milk". You understand the sentence, "Could you please pass me a serviette, I just spilled my poutine". You drink pop, not soda. You know what it means to be on pogey. You can drink legally while still a 'teen. You talk about the weather with strangers and friends alike. You don't know or care about the fuss with Cuba, it's just a cheap place to travel with good cigars. When there is a social problem, you turn to your government to fix it instead of telling them to stay out of it. You're not sure if the leader of your nation has EVER had sex and you don't want to know if he has! You get milk in bags as well as cartons and plastic jugs. You know what a Robertson screwdriver is. You know that Thrills are something to chew and "taste like soap". You dismiss all beers under 6% as "for children and the elderly". You know that the Friendly Giant isn't a vegetable product line. You know that Casey and Finnegan are not a Celtic musical group. You participated in "Participaction". You have an Inuit carving by your bedside with the rationale , "What's good enough protection for the Prime Minister is good enough for me". You wonder why there isn't a 5 dollar coin yet. You use a red pen on your non-Canadian textbooks and fill in the missing 'u's from labor, honor, and color. You are excited whenever an American television show mentions Canada and make a mental note to talk about it at work the next day. You know what a toque is. You have some memento of Doug and Bob. You know Toronto is not a province. (...yet) You never miss "Coaches Corner". Back bacon and Kraft Dinner are two of your favourite food groups.  |
| and please dont forget my two Canadian memories...
1. The polkadot door and 2. Kimba the white lion |
Darcy wrote: my dads mom was from Stoneypoint Ontario.......she went to Detroit for an event, met my grandfather...who is related to Oliver Barthel (right hand man for Henry Ford), fell in love, moved to Detroit and the rest is history......my grandmother was one of 15 or 16 kids..........the good ole days!
How romantic! And famous! Stoneypoint is between me and Stacey, I think. It is on Rice Lake and I camped on Rice Lake a few years ago. My dad is one of 12 kids....and I am 1 of 8 kids....bless those Catholic french canadian families  |
| Nope, Stoney Point is Southern Ontario, way southern...Essex County, which is where I used to live, now I'm quite near Rice Lake, and about a million other stupid little lakes LOL |
Happy Canada Day to our neighbors of the North  |
| Happy Canada Day to all you Canadians!!! |
| Hope you are having a great day, Canada!
We vacationed last week in Duluth and up the north shore of Lake Superior. I went into Ontario - my 1st time into Canada in my life. I think the border patrol people thought we were nuts, but I just wanted to say I'd been there! |
| Happy Canada Everyone!
Last year I bought a book to send to some overseas friends on what it means to be Canadian. Overall most of the chapters spoke of our sense of humor. I mean who else but Canada would chose a Beaver as their national symbol? Yes we have noble animals and unlike the US didn't choose the mighty eagle or a bear like the Russians. We Canadians had many other animals to chose from , Moose, Grizzly Bear, Elk, ect...nope we chose the Beaver..a rodent with buck teeth. See I told you we have a sense of humor! Then comes our money...we call our dollar coins Looney and our two dollar coins the Toonie. Granted our coin has a picture of a Loon on it and the name Loonie, in reference to it caught like wildfire amongst the citizens so that it became official. It just made sense that the two dollar coin became a Toonie. No paper money exist until you get to the five dollar bill and I kid you not - on the back it list God, Country and Hockey as important in Canada. Yup...we do have a sense of humor. We also don't have dollar stores..but Loonie stores where our citizens love to shop and get great bargins. It's been reported that no other country has a greater number of comedians per capata...see I told you we love making fun of ourselves. In reference to Willow's earlier post we love to brag that Jim Carrey, Leslie Neilson, Michael J Fox are Canadian. I know nothing about that white stuff she's talking about as I live on the West Coast. (also pokes fun at our own citizens for living in the Great White North.) Here on the coast a great majority of our citizens have been exposed to BC Bud as youths, and therefore probably don't have clear memories from the past. We also write colour, not color..as we can use the Queen's english and also the American version . Legally all teachers mark it as correct..whether the U is included in some of our words or not. We call them runners not sneakers, but most refer to them as Nikes or Addidas. Visiting the post office the other day I bought stamps which featured the following people on the stamps: Lorne Greene, Mary Pickford, Jim Candy. I hadn't realized they were Canadian! Well in honor of Canada's birthday I should probably eat some maple syrup, and smoked salmon as that's what our tourist shops seem to sell. I will probably invite a Royal Canadian Mountie over and we can watch Airplane which features Leslie Neilson. Happy Canada Day! |
| Happy Belated Canada Day to my Fellow Canadians (and neighbours to the South).
For my Canada Day celebration, We did something I used to do for many many years as a child with my family on Canada day. We (me, Troy, Tanner, Dud and Murph) went camping at Fundy National Park which is on the shores of the Bay of Fundy. And in true Atlantic Canadian fashion, we boiled lobster, dug and steamed our own clams, and stood around a roaring campfire, under a tarp, while IT RAINED THE WHOLE WEEKEND. The dogs wore their Maple Leaf scarves, we had our faces painted with a maple leaf on it... I am proud to be a Canadian. Yeeeeeeeee hawwwwwwwwwwww... eh!! |
| Happy Canadian Day from the Land way way downunder
Hope you all had a great day |
Dudster wrote: We (me, Troy, Tanner, Dud and Murph) went camping at Fundy National Park which is on the shores of the Bay of Fundy. I camped there years ago. Love those 10 story high natural flowerpots! That is an area of Canada's several wonders...Our festivities last nite got rained out, too |
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