In celebration of Canada Day, here's an e-mail I got that I'm passing along :)

Here's to my fellow Canadians! :)

WHAT DO CANADIANS HAVE TO BE PROUD OF?

1. Smarties

2. Crispy Crunch, Coffee Crisp

3. The size of our footballs fields and one less down

4. Baseball is Canadian

5. Lacrosse is Canadian

6. Hockey is Canadian

7. Basketball is Canadian

8. Apple pie is Canadian

9. Mr. Dress-up kicks Mr. Rogers ass

10. Tim Hortons kicks Dunkin' Donuts' ass

11. In the war of 1812, started by America, Canadians pushed
the Americans back...past their 'White House'. Then we burned
it...and most of Washington, under the command of William
Lyon McKenzie King who was insane and hammered all the time.
We got bored because they ran away, so we came home
and partied...Go figure..

12. Canada has the largest French population that never
surrendered to Germany.

13. We have the largest English population that never ever
surrendered or withdrew during any war to
anyone. anywhere. EVER.

14. Our civil war was fought in a bar and it lasted a
little over an hour.

15. The only person who was arrested in our civil war was
an American mercenary, who slept in and missed the whole thing...
but showed up just in time to get caught.

16. We knew plaid was cool far before Seattle caught on.

17. The Hudsons Bay Company once owned over 10% of the
earth's surface and is still around as the world's oldest company.

18. The average dog sled team can kill and devour a full
grown human in under 3 minutes.

19. We still know what to do with all the parts of a buffalo.

20. We don't marry our kin-folk.

21. We invented ski-doos, jet-skis, velcro, zippers, insulin,
penicillin, zambonis, the telephone and short wave radios
that save countless lives each year.

22. We ALL have frozen our tongues to something metal and
lived to tell about it.

23. A Canadian invented Superman.

24. We have coloured money.

25. Our beer advertisements kick ass

BUT MOST IMPORTANT!

26. The handles on our beer cases are big enough to fit
your hands with mitts on.

OOOoohhhhh Canada!!

27. And we don't bomb our allies.

28. oh yeah... and our elections only take one day.