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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 08:24 AM
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what are you grateful to canada for?
i thank canada for:

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miss_american_pie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 08:28 AM
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1. hockey
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zanne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 08:29 AM
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2. poutin nt
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querelle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 08:57 AM
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4. Poutine
It's feminine dammit! Spell it right!

Q
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zanne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 10:57 AM
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26. My family always called it "poutin"...
But then, it could be that the artery-clogging gravy went to our heads.
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 05:48 PM
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79. But that's not Canadian, it's Quebecois
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 02:47 AM
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100. Actually real poutine is Acadian
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 03:16 AM
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103. Doesn't matter who created it, it's digusting.
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zanne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 08:22 AM
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117. It's only disgusting if you don't like french fries...
covered in gravy. And who can resist?
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Crazy Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 08:53 AM
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3. During the 9/11 crisis...
...when nobody could fly and all the planes were grounded unless you were from Saudi Arabia, (Al Gore couldn't even get on a plane!), many Canadians took total strangers who were stranded into their homes and took care of them until they could resume their travels.
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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 03:07 PM
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70. That's true!
I called the Red Cross that day to offer my home in Vancouver, and they said that there was nobody left in need of accommodation!
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wildhorses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 09:01 AM
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5. isn't Neil Young from Canada? also Gordon Lightfoot?
I am thankful for both of them
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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 09:02 AM
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6. i believe you are right
good choices.
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wildhorses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 09:08 AM
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8. YAY!!
:thumbsup:
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speedoo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 12:52 PM
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48. Joni Mitchell, KD Lang, Ian & Sylvia, and Leonard Cohen as well.
Plus a couple of members of The Band.

Probably a whole bunch of others.

I'm thankful for all of them.
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bearfan454 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 09:08 AM
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7. good fishing, eh ? nt
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auntAgonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 09:31 AM
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9. Canada was my home from 1966-2000
I'm thankful for so much. My education, my parents for having had the foresight to move from Scotland to Canada for a better life for their children. So much to be thankful for.


Thanks Canada for kd lang too!


aA
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auntAgonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 09:32 AM
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10. let's NOT forget RED GREEN!
Keep yer stick on the ice.

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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 09:58 AM
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23. If the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy.
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RevCheesehead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 09:34 AM
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11. SHATNER!!
Oh, and that Jim Carrey fella. He's pretty funny.
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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 09:36 AM
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12. picture . . . yourself . . . on a . . . boat . . . on . . . a river
i LOVE "the transformed man" album!!!!!!!!

what a glorious document!!!
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Omphaloskepsis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 09:36 AM
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13. Celine Marie Claudette Dion
Thank god our lovely neighbors to the north blessed us with musical bliss. Primate1 is cool too. For a hippie.
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Benfea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 09:24 AM
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123. No, we overlook and forgive them for Celine. -NT
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crim son Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 09:38 AM
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14. My pleasant childhood.
The ability to spell. My mother, her parents and her sisters. Nanaimo bars.
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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 09:39 AM
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15. the candy selection
in canada puts the U.S. to shame.

STRAWBERRY flavored kit kats!!!!
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crim son Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 09:44 AM
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16. Well NOW I think so.
But my father is american and every so often we'd travel to the States. We kids always insisted on stopping to get american candy because we thought it was exotic. The grass is always greener I guess!
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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 09:46 AM
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17. you sure are right about that.
i remember when i was in montreal one time and getting some kind of honeycomb air-injected toffee.

man, i still lust for that.
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crim son Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 09:50 AM
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20. I wonder if that was "sponge toffee."
It's my all-time favorite candy. Sort of a goldenish color? Sometimes covered in chocolate? If it's the same stuff, you can make it at home. It isn't hard to do :)
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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 09:51 AM
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21. YES YES YES!!!!!
love the kind covered in chocolate.
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crim son Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 09:55 AM
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22. Here's a basic recipe but if you google it
Edited on Mon Sep-04-06 09:56 AM by crim son
you will find hundreds. To cover with chocolate, use melted chocolate that you've "tempered". There's probably a recipe out there for that too! -Lisa

http://www.kidsturncentral.com/holidays/christmas/recipes/candy1.htm

My soon-to-be-ex husband was in Canada last weekend. I asked him to bring me back some "Crunchie" bars which are sponge toffee covered in chocolate. There weren't any! I hope they're not discontinued.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 03:18 AM
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104. Don't think they're discontinued.
I've eaten a few over the summer.
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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 07:00 PM
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89. Isn't that what we call "sea foam" candy here in the States?
:shrug:

It's sort of like a Cadbury violet bar, no?
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auntAgonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 11:53 AM
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30. omg sponge toffee! haven't thought about that in years
also smarties, aero chocolate bars (haven't seen either in the USA).

HP sauce.
Shirriff lemon pie filling
Bisto
cadbury flake

so many good things to eat, all across the border :(

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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 12:08 PM
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38. hp sauce and heinz baked beans with eggs!!!!
hard to find in the U.S.
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crim son Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 01:16 PM
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51. Do they still have milk in bags?
I don't remember seeing that any more.
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auntAgonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 02:22 PM
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59. I loved getting milk in bags ..
It stayed SO much fresher that way!

aA
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PeterPuck Donating Member (65 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 12:42 PM
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129. that is a Canadian thing...
lol... I always get my milk in bags. I did not realize they didn't have that in the USA
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crim son Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 01:15 PM
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50. The border is only four hours from where I live.
Aero bars, oh yeah! But even better, Aero Mint & Chocolate. What about "The White Spot"? Did they have that where you were? We got the kids meals that came in a cardboard ship with a chocolate "coin" for treasure.

I think I'm a misfit here because I'm still Canadian. Then I go there and realize I'm half&half, Canadian/American. That's okay... maybe I'm well-rounded.
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auntAgonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 02:24 PM
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61. I'm a couple of hours west of Detroit/Windsor
I just never seem to cross unless I'm going home to the Elmira area.
Aero mint and chocolate to die for!!!

We didn't have "The White Spot" but we did have "The Red Barn" they've gone out of business now though.

I'm a misfit for sure. I miss so much about Canada and things from Canada, but I'm here in the USA and making the best of it.

aA
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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 03:13 PM
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72. What the US lacks in candy culture, you have in cereal culture.
It used to be a pilgrimage to get the freakishly sugary American kids' cereals. We have most of them, but not nearly as many, and never with cool prizes anymore.

I hadn't had Quisp until I was 25. How's that for a deprived childhood?

Also.... McDonalds Canada never offered the Shamrock Shake (at St. Patrick's Day) or the Arctic Orange Shake. We used to drive to Buffalo when I was a kid just to get those unnatural "milk" shakes.
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crim son Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 07:11 AM
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111. OHO, no. They had Shamrock Shakes
in Vancouver when I was a girl! I'd forgotten all about them until I read your post...
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qnr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 09:48 AM
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18. Off-hand, nothing. However, the same would probably apply no matter
what country you asked about; United States, France, Chile, Liechtenstein. Doesn't imply that I don't appreciate many things about them, just that my brain is mush.
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 09:48 AM
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19. The lovely southerly breezes in January.
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nuxvomica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 10:03 AM
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24. My grandmother and...
Dan Aykroyd
The Band
Samantha Bee
Ben Blue
Geneviève Bujold
Canadian Bacon
John Candy
Len Cariou
Jim Carrey
Kim Cattrall
Tommy Chong
Leonard Cohen
David Cronenberg
Burton Cummings
Elisha Cuthbert
Robertson Davies
Yvonne De Carlo
James Doohan
Marie Dressler
Douglass Dumbrille
Maynard Ferguson
Joe Flaherty
Michael J. Fox
Ryan Gosling
Lorne Greene
The Guess Who
Natasha Henstridge
Peter Jennings
Norman Jewison
Sue Johanson
Margot Kidder
Naomi Klein
Eugene Levy
Gordon Lightfoot
Evangeline Lilly
Robert MacNeil
Louis B. Mayer
Raymond Massey
Lorne Michaels
Joni Mitchell
Rick Moranis
Montreal
Alanis Morissette
Carrie-Anne Moss
Anne Murray
Mike Myers
Leslie Nielsen
Mary Pickford
Christopher Plummer
Morley Safer
Mack Sennett
William Shatner
Norma Shearer
Martin Short
Donald Sutherland
Kiefer Sutherland
Shania Twain
Fay Wray
Neil Young
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martymar64 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 12:35 PM
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127. You forgot Pamela Anderson!
Proof they grow them well up in Vancouver!

Great list, though!
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nuxvomica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 01:03 PM
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130. Oh gosh! That was a huge oversight along with Walter Pidgeon
I can't believe I left out Pamela Anderson who actually has (had?) a pretty good sitcom called "Stacked".
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Joey Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 10:22 AM
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25. Hockey and great looking broads n/t
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sendero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 11:05 AM
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27. I'm grateful..
... that Canada gives Canadians a place to live :) Joni Mitchell and Neil Young aren't half bad either :)
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 11:09 AM
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28. Hmmmm...Maple Syrup, A place to get Cubans, Whistler...
Canadian Women, BC Bud, SCTV and lots of other things.
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Seabiscuit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 11:14 AM
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29. For not imitating our political/cultural excesses
Edited on Mon Sep-04-06 11:14 AM by Seabiscuit
The best kind of neighbor to have.
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 11:57 AM
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31. My boyfriend
Thank YOU, Canada! :thumbsup:

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Ikonoklast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 11:59 AM
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32. Molsen's
Great beer, eh?:beer:
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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 12:02 PM
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34. that and labatt's
i can drink the shit out of that stuff. always good.
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Ikonoklast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 12:15 PM
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39. I almost forgot to mention
Nadia L.
She was the billing clerk at the warehouse I used to deliver to every day when I ran auto parts to Windsor.

Picture Natalie Portman. Real close. Absolute sweetheart to all the drivers.

Hubba-hubba!:loveya:
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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 12:15 PM
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40. sounds nice
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qnr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 12:01 PM
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33. holding us down. We've an abundance of airheads here. Whether it
Edited on Mon Sep-04-06 12:01 PM by qnr
is due to even thinking, or loads of ice, it's good to have such a mass above us so that we don't drift off into space.
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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 12:03 PM
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35. i wonder sometimes if i am . . .
oh never mind.

yes, this country gets more and more confusing.

i truly resent that 40 is the new 20 nowadays. it shows.
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Tikki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 12:03 PM
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36. Canada is clean and beautiful and if we are naming...
names of Canadian bands....I'm thankful for this band
from Canada.......

FUN TIMES


Tikki
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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 12:04 PM
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37. god i haven't thought about that band in years
whoa.
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philosophie_en_rose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 12:18 PM
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41. Liquor by the Liter at the duty free store.
And the Kids in the Hall.
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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 12:19 PM
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42. liquor by the liter?
is it drive thru?
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philosophie_en_rose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 07:00 PM
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90. Not quite, but close.
:)

Darn border patrol enforces the two bottle no-customs limit, though.

I remember the good old days of many, many bottles of alcohol for low, low prices. All duty-free.

:)
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libnnc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 12:34 PM
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43. So many things...





that's just a start.
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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 12:34 PM
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44. ANNE MURRAY!!!!
YAY!!!!
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auntAgonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 12:36 PM
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45. little k little d little l a n g kd lang!!
tremendous voice and talent.

aA
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Heidi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 12:37 PM
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46. Leonard Cohen. (nt)
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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 12:43 PM
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47. good one
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name not needed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 01:09 PM
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49. Death From Above 1979
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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 03:09 PM
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71. Not anymore!
You'll just have to enjoy their present catalogue... they've split-up.
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WeRQ4U Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 05:47 PM
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78. And the avatar to match...
Didn't know they were from Canada. Interesting.
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Book Lover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 01:17 PM
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52. Bill Shatner, Dave Foley, Peaches
DaVinci's Inquest / DaVinci's Town Hall, the Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies, and Canadian bacon. Oh ye gods, yummy bacon.......
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 01:37 PM
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53. querelle, HEy-HEy, yvrs
and a fair few others too whom I cannot now remember.
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 02:48 AM
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101. Aww, thanks!
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Dulcinea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 02:02 PM
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54. Hockey and really good beer!
And the Canadian side of Niagara Falls is very pretty, too.
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ElboRuum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 02:10 PM
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55. Nothing much...
Then again, I'm not really thankful for much of anything.
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SalmonChantedEvening Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 02:18 PM
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56. Bernard Marcel Parent and Neil Peart
Beauty playin', eh

:D
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Benfea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 09:33 AM
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124. Neal Peart < Buddy Rich > God -NT
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democracyindanger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 02:20 PM
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57. What about Bob and Doug, eh?
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Susang Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 02:21 PM
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58. Back-bacon
That and bilingual traffic signage! :-)
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LaurenG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 02:22 PM
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60. My sister-in-law
She turned my republican brother into a caring, grass roots organizing, health care for all, decent human being. She is thinking of joining us as a citizen. The world could sure use more of her no matter what her citizenship!
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auntAgonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 02:33 PM
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62. Jan Arden, The Stampeders, Nickelback, Dianna Krall
Chilliwack
Five Alarm Funk
Susan Aglukark
Loreena McKennitt
Randy Bachman
Bachman Turner Overdrive
Buffalo Springfield
Crash Test dummies
The Guess Who
Aselin Debison
The Rankin Family
Ashley MacIsaac
Rita McNeil
Helix
Avril Lavigne
Barenaked Ladies
Ian Tyson
Ian & Sylvia
Sylvia and the Great Speckled Bird


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martymar64 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 12:37 PM
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128. You forgot Loverboy!!!
The kiiiiiidddd is hot tonight . . . .. .
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FuzzySlippers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 02:43 PM
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63. John Kenneth Galbraith n/t
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Richard Steele Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 02:47 PM
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64. Kids in the Hall, SCTV....
And not just comedy; the list of Canadian actors
and singers who are popular down here is just endless...

And Canadian bacon is just darn tasty stuff!
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auntAgonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 02:51 PM
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65. does anyone like Trailer Park Boys ..?
I guess they are funny (?) I've never seen the show. My son loves it.


aA
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 03:47 AM
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105. Hilarious show.
Edited on Tue Sep-05-06 03:58 AM by primate1
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Montauk6 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 02:55 PM
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66. Windsor Film Theatre & great Chinese restaurants
Edited on Mon Sep-04-06 02:55 PM by Montauk6
(That's my Detroiter's perspective)
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NewWaveChick1981 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 02:58 PM
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67. All of the great actors and comedians that have come from Canada.
:hi:
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 03:06 PM
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68. primate1
:thumbsup:
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 06:07 PM
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85. Sounds about right.
:P
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elocs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 03:06 PM
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69. I am thankful for Canada for being Canada,
and for not being a U.S. clone. I knew a guy who said when he travelled overseas he always said he was Canadian because everybody loves them.
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NNadir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 03:15 PM
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73. Joni Mitchell: The Greatest Rock Poet ever.
She is simply heads and shoulders above the rest in concentrated talent.
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u4ic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 06:00 PM
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83. Agreed!
:thumbsup:
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Critters2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 03:19 PM
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74. Kids in the Hall nt
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 04:46 PM
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75. Canadian Smarties and Gordon Lightfoot.
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CBHagman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 05:40 PM
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76. Well, just for starters...
Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko (God rest his soul), Garth Hudson, and Richard Manuel (God rest his soul) of the Band. Yeah, I know I forgot Levon, but he's from Arkansas.

Actor Walter Pidgeon.

Actress Kate Nelligan.

The late news anchor Peter Jennings. Both my father and a friend of mine actually met the guy and liked him very much.

Cartoonist Lynn Johnston.

I used to listen to Canadian radio and watch Canadian TV while living in western New York. I was very taken with an evening radio program called "Lights Out" (Imagine the Canadian pronunciation on that one).

And whoever is in charge of the George Bernard Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake.
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Broken_Hero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 05:43 PM
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77. two things
Will Shatner, Sarah Mclachlan...
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 05:48 PM
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80. HEyHEY and the legends of the FLQ
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 02:48 AM
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102. We're one in the same...
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WeRQ4U Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 05:49 PM
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81. The drinking age...
At least when I was in College. Now I could care less.

I suppose the Macintosh Toffee is OK.
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greatauntoftriplets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 05:57 PM
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82. Beautiful Quebec City and my Quebecois ancestors....
who were part of the Wild Geese diaspora from Ireland in the late 17th century and who emigrated to France before moving on to Canada and then to the Midwest.

I am *NOT* grateful for the Alberta Clippers that occasionally turn Chicago into a deep freeze during the winter. PLEASE keep them up North, willya guys? Thanks! I know you'll do this, now that you know I object to them so strenuously.

:D
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Darth_Kitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 06:03 PM
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84. Nothing............
I wanna get out of here.


Just for a few weeks, but I'm too broke. I wanna see the world. :(
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 06:08 PM
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86. Me.
And Alexisonfire.
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 06:14 PM
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87. Stan Rogers
She went down last October in the pouring, driving rain.
The skipper he’d been drinking and the mate he felt no pain.
Too close to Three Mile Rock and she was dealt her mortal blow
And the Marry Ellen Carter sitting low.

There was just us five aboard her when she finally was a-wash.
We worked like hell to save her all heedless of the cost.
And the groan she gave as she went down, it caused us to proclaim
That the Mary Ellen Carter’d rise again.

Rise again, rise again,
Let her name not be lost to the knowledge of men
For those who loved her best and were with her to the end,
We’ll make the Mary Ellen Cater, rise again.

Well, the owners wrote her off, not a nickel would they spend.
"She gave twenty years of service, boys, and met her sorry end.
But insurance paid the loss to us, so let her rest below,"
They laughed at us and said we’d have to go.

But we talked of her all winter, some days around the clock,
She’s worth a quarter million, a-floating at the dock.
And with every jar that hit the bar we swore we would remain
And watch the Mary Ellen Carter rise again.

Rise again, rise again,
Let her name not be lost to the knowledge of men
For those who loved her best and were with her to the end,
We’ll make the Mary Ellen Cater, rise again.

All spring, now, we’ve been with her on a barge lent by a friend.
Three dives a day in a hard hat suit and twice I’ve had the bends.
Thank God it’s only sixty feet and the currents here are slow
Or I’d never have the strength to go below.

But we’ve patched her rents, and stopped her vents,
dogged hatch and porthole down
Put cables to her fore and aft and girded her around;
And tomorrow, noon, we hit the air and then take up the strain
And watch the Mary Ellen Carter rise again.

Rise again, rise again,
Let her name not be lost to the knowledge of men
For those who loved her best and were with her to the end,
We’ll make the Mary Ellen Cater, rise again.


For we couldn’t leave her there, you see, to crumble into scale.
She’d saved our lives so many times, living through the gale;
And the laughing, drunken rats who left her to a sorry grave,
They won’t be laughing in another day.

And you, to whom adversity has dealt that final blow,
With smiling bastards lying to you everywhere you go
Turn to and put out all your strength of arm and heart and brain
And like the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again!

Rise again, rise again,
Thou your heart, it be broken, your life about to end,
No matter what you’ve lost, be it a home, a love, a friend,
Be like the Mary Ellen Carter and rise again.
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u4ic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 06:42 PM
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88. Now there's a name
I didn't think I'd ever hear an American say.

I know plenty of Canucks who haven't heard of him, either.

:toast:
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 11:44 PM
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94. He died so young because Heaven wanted his voice
O8)
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u4ic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 01:04 AM
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95. What a sweet sentiment n/t
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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 07:04 PM
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91. Martin Short, Mike Myers, all the amazing Canadian comedic talent.
:applause:
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jakefrep Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 07:56 PM
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92. Lemme see...
1) Hockey
2) Labatt's
3) Molson
4) The CBC
5) Did I mention hockey?
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Kat45 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 09:05 PM
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93. Hockey, Molson, SCTV
and some Canadian friends of mine.
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 01:45 AM
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96. Colin Mochrie
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tuvor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 01:56 AM
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97. Not getting suckered into bush's war of choice.
To quote Jean Chretien, who wanted (I believe) proof of the existence of WMDs in Iraq before committing any Canadian troops: "...a proof is a proof. What kind of a proof? It's a proof. A proof is a proof, and when you have a good proof, it's because it's proven."
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InkAddict Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 02:23 AM
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98. For something pretty to see in the mind's eye at the horizon across
Lake Erie, sort of "On a clear day--a rare thing in Cleveland in the old days--you can even see(Canada)forever." When you're a kid, anything's possible.
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 02:45 AM
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99. You are absolutely right. You've been right all along. You're absolutely
right, and I'm wrong. I'm wrong. I'm wrong.

One of my favorite songs, but now totally forgotten - until you!

I saw the Five Man Electrical Band in concert at Magic Mountain (the amusement park in Valenica, California) in the early 1970s.
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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 05:51 AM
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109. you put up a fence to keep me out
try to keep mother nature in
if god was here he'd tell ya to your face
man you're some kind of sinner

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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 08:48 AM
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119. It's a brilliant slam against conservatives and the Establishment:
V1
And the sign said long haired freaky people need not apply
So I tucked my hair up under my hat and I went in to ask him why
He said you look like a fine upstanding young man, I think you'll do
So I took off my hat I said imagine that, huh, me working for you

woah!

Chorus:

Sign Sign everywhere a sign
Blocking out the scenery breaking my mind
Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign

V2
And the sign said anybody caught trespassing would be shot on sight
So I jumped on the fence and yelled at the house, Hey! what gives you the right
To put up a fence to keep me out or to keep mother nature in
If God was here, he'd tell you to your face, man you're some kinda sinner

Repeat Chorus:

Bridge:

Now, hey you Mister! can't you read, you got to have a shirt and tie to get a seat
You can't even watch, no you can't eat, you ain't suppose to be here
Sign said you got to have a membership card to get inside Uh!

V3
And the sign said everybody welcome, come in, kneel down and pray
But when they passed around the plate at the end of it all,
I didn't have a penny to pay, so I got me a pen and a paper and I made up my own little sign
I said thank you Lord for thinking about me, I'm alive and doing fine

Repeat Chorus
Repeat Chorus
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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 09:21 AM
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122. that song is pretty rad
i have it in almost continual rotation this morning.
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Broken_Hero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 03:48 AM
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106. I forgot one, Hockey...thanks Canada...:) nt
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Guava Jelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 03:55 AM
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107. My buddy U4ic
:)
And Dorothy Stratten Playmate 1980

(u4ic's twin sister) :rofl:

Question: Does Celine Dion Cancel out Dorothy Stratten???
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fudge stripe cookays Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 05:19 AM
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108. My amazing hubby, reprehensor!
Edited on Tue Sep-05-06 05:20 AM by fudge stripe cookays
:loveya:

In addition:

- My in-laws
- Forbidden Dimension (band from Calgary)
- DILL PICKLE DIP!! (I stuff myself with it when we go up)
- our buddies in Calgary, who are the coolest people I know
- McNally Robinson Bookstore
- Fair's Fair Bookstore
- The Rocky mountains
- My newfound family there
- The "Caesar" (it's a drink people, not a salad!) ;-)
- And as many folks have already stated, Neil, Joni, The guys in The Band, yadda yadda....
- CanuckAmock and HEYHEY
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Bridget Burke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 07:04 AM
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110. Due South....
The TV show that featured so much fine Canadian talent. It led me to follow the other projects of the actors & writers. Thanks to the Polite Mountie, I've gone on the road with Joe Dick, visited the Planet of the Cats & worked at the Trout Farm.

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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 07:22 AM
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112. i thank canada for:
yvr girl and GIC...

:loveya:

RL
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meegbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 07:30 AM
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113. Men Without Hats ...
we'd never know how fucking lame 80's music was to be until they appeared.

Safety Dance my Aunt Fannie.
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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 07:33 AM
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114. they're from canada?
i thought they were australian.

i like homer simpson's version better: safety dance, safety dance, everybody look at your pants!
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meegbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 07:50 AM
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116. Yes, they're the band that put Canada on the map ...
They're from Quebec.
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 08:51 AM
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120. Their song "I Like" is great listening, though.
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 07:34 AM
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115. All of our wonderful Canadian DUers...
...and Degrassi! :hi:
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RedStateShame Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 08:28 AM
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118. Sloan
Please, please, pleaseplay more shows in the States, Sloan, and we'll apologize for ever allowing Our Lady Peace to cross the border!!
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fudge stripe cookays Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 01:03 PM
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131. No, that would be bad.
It would send reprehensor into a homicidal rage (he hates Sloan). That would be unpleasant.
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bettyellen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 08:58 AM
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121. Sniffa, Yver G and not much eLse.....
Edited on Tue Sep-05-06 08:59 AM by bettyellen
maybe One Eyed Jacks.
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RedCloud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 11:59 AM
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125. Keeping the north pole so far away from us
Just imagine how cold it would be if those brave Canadians did not buffet us from the cold north wind.
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GoneOffShore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 12:23 PM
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126. My friend Meri from Ottawa,
Stan Rogers, The Newsroom, Gordon Lighfoot, BareNaked Ladies, Neil Young.

And Canadian journalists who come here and end up on network TV.

And William Shatner
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 03:46 PM
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132. There used to be this sport called hockey
alas, one man's greed and venality has destroyed that for me forever. Fortunately, there's lots of other stuff:

Insulin
The Frantics ("Boot to the head!")
UN peacekeepers (when was the last time Canada invaded another country?!)
Margaret Atwood
Steve Nash
Certain B.C. agricultural products, for those of you into that sort of thing :smoke:
The CBC (broadcasting truthiness to the northern tier of states inside Bushovia)
Terminus of the Underground Railroad (after the damnable Fugitive Slave Act ruled out the North)
doubtless lots more; overall, quite an impressive showing for a country with roughly the population of California! :yourock:
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 03:48 PM
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133. The CBC
We live close to the border and get it on the radio just fine.
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Love Bug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 04:10 PM
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134. My Dad, Meme, Pepe, and that whole side of the family
And all those good times I had in Windsor as a kid.
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KurtNYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 04:26 PM
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135. Pierre Trudeau
Henri Bourassa
Wayne Gretzky
Tourtiere
BC bud

and to Quebec for keeping the lights on for me during the August 2003 east coast blackout.
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