knitgal
07-01-2008, 09:33 AM
I just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Canada Day! YAHOOO!!!!
Here's a few links about Canada in case anyone is interested:
History (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Canada)
About Canada Day (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_Day)
Why should you be proud to be Canadian? Or why should you be happy we're here?
- Insulin was discovered here
-The first wireless message was received here by Marconi
- A Canadian developed the first artificial heart
- A Canadian was the first female jet-fighter pilot
- We're the second largest country in the world
- We have two official languages
- Canadian inventions: basketball, the electric lightbulb, the electric range, standard time, the television, the telephone and the zipper
- Also invented by Canadiana: 5 pin bowling, the garbage bag, the goalie mask, IMax movies, the odometer, snowblowers and snowmobile (for obvious reasons), wireless radio and Trivial Pursuit.
- A few distinctly Canadian things: toque, poutine, chesterfield, butter tarts, Tim Horton's, "eh", "zed" not "zee", Winnie the Pooh, a Caesar, loonies, toonies, pop not soda, British spellings- like colour
Those are just a few things that make Canada and Canadians great!
Here's a few links about Canada in case anyone is interested:
History (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Canada)
About Canada Day (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_Day)
Why should you be proud to be Canadian? Or why should you be happy we're here?
- Insulin was discovered here
-The first wireless message was received here by Marconi
- A Canadian developed the first artificial heart
- A Canadian was the first female jet-fighter pilot
- We're the second largest country in the world
- We have two official languages
- Canadian inventions: basketball, the electric lightbulb, the electric range, standard time, the television, the telephone and the zipper
- Also invented by Canadiana: 5 pin bowling, the garbage bag, the goalie mask, IMax movies, the odometer, snowblowers and snowmobile (for obvious reasons), wireless radio and Trivial Pursuit.
- A few distinctly Canadian things: toque, poutine, chesterfield, butter tarts, Tim Horton's, "eh", "zed" not "zee", Winnie the Pooh, a Caesar, loonies, toonies, pop not soda, British spellings- like colour
Those are just a few things that make Canada and Canadians great!