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229 years ago we told the British to fuck off and created the greatest country ever in existence. I love you America. I'd write something more eloquent but Ben said it for me.
posted by Clupbert @ 5:38 PM
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Several things I have learned, as a Canadian, never to say to an American, especially on Independence Day.
1. Apple Pie is a Canadian invention.
2. As are Basketball, Lacrosse, Hockey and Baseball.
3. Canada won the war of 1812. And they burned the White House.
4. Mr. Dress-up could kick Mr. Rogers' ass.
5. Tim Horton's > Dunkin' Donuts.
6. A Canadian invented superman.
7. A Canadian invented the telephone.
But you can have Celine Dion. :P
I know, I know, all the Loyalists to the Crown, along with the French, fled north to Canada in the end.
Happy July 4th everyone. Watchin some American TV programming about the troops overseas and may even head down to the liquor store to get some Pabst.
1. I looked this up and several places say that it was invented in england in the 14th century.
2. Basketball- the guy was in America, Lacrosse was invented by natives (Some say New York ones), no one cares about hockey, baseball was invented by Alexander Cartwright who was born in New York.
3. It's funny because America ended up getting more land through the war of 1812. I think losing a war and getting more territory don't really go hand-in-hand. And it wouldn't be Canada anyway, it'd be Britain.
4. Mr. Dress-up is possibly the fruitiest name ever.
5. Dunkin' Donuts has better coffee and it should be more like McDonalds vs. Tim Horton's because those are our two biggest fast food places. And McDonalds is the most successful food chain in the history of the universe.
6. Jerry Siegel invented superman, and he was born in Ohio. Sometimes deemed his co-creator, Toronto-born Joseph Shuster helped him revise the character a year after Siegel invented him. Also Shuster lived in America since he was 10.
7. Alexander Graham Bell was born in Scotland, and everyone here knows he copied Elisha Gray's actual design to make the first telephone. Of course Gray was born in America, and of course Bell filed for the patent in which country again? He like died in Canada and moved to Canada for like a year before coming to the US.
America has invented pretty much everything else like the light bulb, motion projector, airplane, nuclear warhead, and others.
Also doesn't like 90% of Canada's population live within some distance of the US border? And what kind of country comes up with a bunch of facts to fly in the face of another country or makes part of its national identity that it is not "some country"? One that needs to prove itself against the other one...
It ended WW2 and there have been no major wars since their creation and probably never will be because of the threat they pose. Nuclear technology is also responsible for the vast majority of clean energy production. If we ever need to blow up an asteroid headed this way, you will like nukes also.
Clupbert: That's what I was getting at: It all depends in which country your history books were published in. Funny how biased history books can be.
I think that German Scientists had the leg up on a lot of nuclear technology. I mean names like Oppenheimer are not inherently American.
It's probably true that 90% of the Canadian population lives within 100 miles of the border, and that's because it's cheaper in terms of transported goods and it's warmer.
It seems that a lot of Americans choose to live south or seaside. Driving down from Alberta across the border into Montana, you definitely notice a difference. Not many Americans seem to live near the US border, probably because they want to get away from Canadians, hehe. Nah, it's probably because once you come into Canada, the temperatures automatically drop 50 degrees :P
It seems like there are far fewer people per square mile in Montana than in Alberta. Then there's Wyoming. Nice state if you hate seeing people. Yellowstone is the coolest place.
Well no one is inherently American. I just think our system is the best one to invent things in. Foreigners come here, and regardless of generation, something here drives them to invent things. We are the biggest capitalist market in the world and I just think it shows how powerful capitalism is.
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