Myth Busters, Canadian Style!
- Thread starter Cory Lover
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Other things we invented:
Baby pablum
Fogen Frutz
Insulin
Arcylics/plexi-glass
Hockey
Basketball
Lacrosse
Five-pin bowling
Rollerskates
The baseball glove
The telephone
Cable T.V.
Refinning
Kerosene
The zipper
The electron microscope
Electric cooking ranges
The electric car (North America's first)
Green plastic garbage bags
Hydro-foil boats
IMAX
Green ink
Heart-valve operations (first one)
First patented lightbulbs
Machine gun tracer bullets
Newsprint
Pacemakers
Paint rollers
Panoramic cameras
Pictionary
Portable high chairs
Radio compasses
Screw propellers
Ski-bindings
Snowblowers
Snowmobiles
Rotary snowplows
Steam foghorns
Standard time
Walkie talkies
Washing machines
Table hockey
Trivial Pursuit
Smarties
Crispy Crunch & Coffee Crisp
Superman
& more...
And unless someone has recently out-done us, last I heard we also had the world's largest...
-Mall (West Edmonton Mall)
And the world's tallest...
-Self-supporting structure (CN Tower)
And the world's longest...
-Bridge (P.E.I. to the mainiland)
-Street (Yonge St., Toronto to somewhere near Manitoba)
Baby pablum
Fogen Frutz
Insulin
Arcylics/plexi-glass
Hockey
Basketball
Lacrosse
Five-pin bowling
Rollerskates
The baseball glove
The telephone
Cable T.V.
Refinning
Kerosene
The zipper
The electron microscope
Electric cooking ranges
The electric car (North America's first)
Green plastic garbage bags
Hydro-foil boats
IMAX
Green ink
Heart-valve operations (first one)
First patented lightbulbs
Machine gun tracer bullets
Newsprint
Pacemakers
Paint rollers
Panoramic cameras
Pictionary
Portable high chairs
Radio compasses
Screw propellers
Ski-bindings
Snowblowers
Snowmobiles
Rotary snowplows
Steam foghorns
Standard time
Walkie talkies
Washing machines
Table hockey
Trivial Pursuit
Smarties
Crispy Crunch & Coffee Crisp
Superman
& more...
And unless someone has recently out-done us, last I heard we also had the world's largest...
-Mall (West Edmonton Mall)
And the world's tallest...
-Self-supporting structure (CN Tower)
And the world's longest...
-Bridge (P.E.I. to the mainiland)
-Street (Yonge St., Toronto to somewhere near Manitoba)
Ah, Canada. Always wanted to live there. But I'm stuck in America until i can run away with my cousin and twin to Canada.
3: I'm American, yet I hate America. Go figure. America always has presidents who are male and are war-driven. We need a woman in charge around here. To keep the peace.
Alright, couple of questions:
1. Has Canada ever had a woman in charge?
2. Do you all have those cute little Canadian accents?
3. Does putting a baby mouse into a beer bottle REALLY get you free beer?
4. Do you think Americans are weird?
5. Rick Moranis - a big star in Canada?
:thumbsup:
3: I'm American, yet I hate America. Go figure. America always has presidents who are male and are war-driven. We need a woman in charge around here. To keep the peace.
Alright, couple of questions:
1. Has Canada ever had a woman in charge?
2. Do you all have those cute little Canadian accents?
3. Does putting a baby mouse into a beer bottle REALLY get you free beer?
4. Do you think Americans are weird?
5. Rick Moranis - a big star in Canada?
:thumbsup:
Actually http://www3.sympatico.ca/taniah/Canada/things/ is a list of Canadian inventions... a few surprising things on it actually... lol
Our first woman (and only female Prime Minister) was Kim Campbell. Although we have had a few female Governor Generals before that. Technically we have had a female head of state since the 50's when Elizabeth II became Queen.
There are different accents across Canada just like there is in different States.
Yes you can get a free case of beer if you FIND a mouse in a bottle of beer, however they do prefer the cap to be in place when you try to return it. Subsequenly if you drink the whole bottle and try to get away with it... well there are tests they can do to find out if it was in there in the first place
Never thought American were weird... misplaces in their perceptions maybe
Probably as big a star in Canada as he is in the States
There are different accents across Canada just like there is in different States.
Yes you can get a free case of beer if you FIND a mouse in a bottle of beer, however they do prefer the cap to be in place when you try to return it. Subsequenly if you drink the whole bottle and try to get away with it... well there are tests they can do to find out if it was in there in the first place
Never thought American were weird... misplaces in their perceptions maybe
Probably as big a star in Canada as he is in the States
Although I do have a question of the Americans...
why do we non-American have to follow and abide by your laws and ethics (morals?) when posting on here? Not trying to be difficult but the standards we all have follow are American, there are prohibitions when discussing things that are perfectly legal and accepted in Canada and other countries around the globe? And I am referring to more than the issue that has already been brought up.
why do we non-American have to follow and abide by your laws and ethics (morals?) when posting on here? Not trying to be difficult but the standards we all have follow are American, there are prohibitions when discussing things that are perfectly legal and accepted in Canada and other countries around the globe? And I am referring to more than the issue that has already been brought up.
Interesting website - I was browsing around it and found these amusing bits of slang
AWL: Absent without leave (comparable to AWOL in the States)
Caisse populaire: Type of bank (mostly in Quebec)
Click: kilometre
Forty: 40 ounce bottle of booze (also known as a 'forty pounder')
Hoser: an insult (was popular thanks to Bob and Doug!)
Humidex: result of humidity and temperature
Loony: Dollar (or loonie; plural = loonies)
Mickey: 13 ounce bottle of booze
Pogey: welfare or employment insurance
Poutine: fries, gravy and lots of cheese!
Toonie: 2 dollar coin
Twenty-sixer: 26 ounce bottle of booze (aka twixer)
Two-four: case of 24 beers (may also be pronounce 'two-fer')
Tuque: winter cap
The Rock
Chinook
Two-Four
Breath In, Breath Oat
Deck Al
The Basketweave
Monsoons
Hogtown
Cookie
2,4 Uh Blue
The Peg
Kay Beck
Seein' the Governor
Loonies & 2 Knees
Choad
Zed
5 point 0
Skull Cramp
Sowester
Die Wrecked
Oil Cloths
Puck
The Leafs
Tronno
How Zit Goan, Eh?
With Oat a Doat
Organ EYE Zay Shun
AWL: Absent without leave (comparable to AWOL in the States)
Caisse populaire: Type of bank (mostly in Quebec)
Click: kilometre
Forty: 40 ounce bottle of booze (also known as a 'forty pounder')
Hoser: an insult (was popular thanks to Bob and Doug!)
Humidex: result of humidity and temperature
Loony: Dollar (or loonie; plural = loonies)
Mickey: 13 ounce bottle of booze
Pogey: welfare or employment insurance
Poutine: fries, gravy and lots of cheese!
Toonie: 2 dollar coin
Twenty-sixer: 26 ounce bottle of booze (aka twixer)
Two-four: case of 24 beers (may also be pronounce 'two-fer')
Tuque: winter cap
The Rock
- The Island of Newfoundland
- Winter storm system that causes warm weather
- A case of real beer
- What we do (And a cool song)
- What Americans call DEE Kal
- Highway 401 across Toronto
- Vancouver weather from Oct to April
- Toronto nickname
- Crazy
- A case of Labatts blue, please
- Winnipeg
- Quebec
- Drinking rum
- Canadian dollar and 2 dollar pieces
- So bad it's good
- The letter after Y
- Minimum beer alcohol level
- Headache
- Storm from a certain direction
- Opposite of indirect
- Raingear to Americans
- Hockey players girlfriend
- Our beloved hockey team
- Toronto
- How are you?
- Without a doubt
- Organization
Go on up there. No matter what you think of the current events, you should be proud of where you're from, and the oppertunities it offers you. :irked:
Ah Revival, you are young yet... hopefully pride of country will come as you age. You are at the age where anywhere else seems far more romantic, exciting, or cool...
Do you guys listen to the same music as us and how do you guys keep your fish from dieing of the cold do put lil' sweaters on them?
