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Old May 3rd 05, 04:57 PM
uncle arnie
 
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raoul wrote:

In article . com, RHF
wrote:

RAOUL,
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So give us a LIST of all these 'good things'
"Every American should Know about Canada".
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Keep it short : "The Top One Hundred Things that
Every American should Know about Canada"
should do for a start.
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# 1 . Canada is not our 51st State
# 2 . Canada is our Northern Neighbor {Mexico is to the South}
# 3 . Many Canadians speak English (Canadian)
# 4 . Some Canadians speak French
# 5 . Canada's Currency is the Canadian Dollar
- - - please continue the list - - -


#6 The majority of our oil and gas comes from Alberta.
#7 The majority of our computer professionals (or at least the one who
aren't in Indai) are from McGill University.
#8 Canada is our #1 world trading partner.


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waiting, Waiting. WAITING ! ~ RHF
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Don't shout! Here's a few.

-Canada is the second largest country in the world.
-Most of Canada is forest. Much of it frozen.
-Canada and the US share the longest undefended border in the world.
-Canada has the longest ocean coastline in the world.
-Canada has 1/5 of the world's fresh water.
-Length is measured in kilometres and you say it kill-awm-eaters, or just
"clicks", except a person's height and in football.
-football has three downs and backfield motion is allowed before the
snap.The field is 110 yards long.
-temperature is in degrees Celcius.
-the winningest professional sports franchise anywhere is the Montreal
Canadiens.
-They are called Inuit, not Eskimos.
-There are only two Inuit words for snow.
-They are called First Nations and they live on reserves, not reservations.
-You are in grade one, not in first grade.
-No-one lives in an igloo, nor goes to school in one.
-Police don't point a gun at you when they stop you.
-it is harder to have a drive by knifing than a drive by shooting.
-a 'two-four' is a big case of beer.
-If you say "you-all", a Canadian will look behind him or herself.
-Talking louder will not make a French-speaking person understand you.
-A francophone is a french-speaking person, an anglophone speaks English.
-There are 10 provinces and 3 territories in Canada.
-You can get Cuban cigars here.
-American beer appears to Canadians to be like making love in a canoe. It's
f---ing close to water.