Golden Valley by ecstaticist
Saskatchewan needed some love.
Canadian Things
Submit a Canadian thing!
Choses canadiennes
Choses qui sont canadiennes. Depuis le 22 mai, 2009. ;)
Soumettez une chose canadienne !
(photo by 4BlueEyes Pete Williamson)
Canadian
I got this in an email forward, but some of them apply to me, and are actually kind of funny…
Forget Rednecks, Here is what Jeff Foxworthy has to say about Canucks.
If your local Dairy Queen is closed from
September through May,
You may live in Canada .
If someone in a Home Depot store
Offers you assistance and they don’t work there,
You may live in Canada .
If you’ve worn shorts and a parka at the same time,
You may live in Canada .
If you’ve had a lengthy telephone conversation
With someone who dialed a wrong number,
You may live in Canada .
If ‘Vacation’ means going anywhere
South of Detroit for the weekend,
You may live in Canada .
If you measure distance in hours,
You may live in Canada .
If you know several people
Who have hit a deer more than once,
You may live in Canada .
If you have switched from ‘heat’ to ‘A/C’
In the same day and back again,
You may live in Canada .
If you can drive 90 km/hr through 2 feet of snow
During a raging blizzard without flinching,
You may live in Canada.If you know what a ‘Wind Chill’ is and you still
love to be outdoors,
You may live in Canada.
If you install security lights on your house and garage,
But leave both unlocked,
You may live in Canada .
If you carry jumper cables in your car
And your wife knows how to use them,
You may live in Canada .
If you design your kid’s Halloween costume
To fit over a snowsuit,
You may live in Canada .
If the speed limit on the highway is 80 km —
You’re going 90 and everybody is passing you,
You may live in Canada .
If driving is better in the winter
Because the potholes are filled with snow,
You may live in Canada .
If you know all 4 seasons:
Almost winter, winter, still winter,
And road construction,
You may live in Canada .
If you have more miles
On your snow blower than your car,
You may live in Canada .
If you find 2 degrees ‘a little chilly’,
You may live in Canada .If you actually understand these jokes,
And forward them to all
Your Canadian friends & others,
You definitely live in Canada .
(via beatonna)
Oh Canada….
I want this necklace.
I think that the maple leaf with the little heart in it would make for a cute tattoo, I’m Canadian and my major is Geography so it’s an idea.
What do you guys think? I’m thinking after I get my degree, so two more years and we’ll see if I still love this idea.
Thanks for the submission lizbee!
In remembrance of the 133 Canadians who have lost their lives in Afghanistan, a businessman in Dundurn, Saskatchewan erected 133 flags in their honor.
Today is Remembrance Day. Take two minutes at 11:00 am to commemorate the sacrifices of our Veterans and current members of our armed forces. Far too many of our fellow Canadians have fought and died for us to ever forget their sacrifices. The last line of our national anthem reads “O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.” Our Veterans and current armed forces have honoured that line by their actions. You can honour the Veterans by attending your local Remembrance Day ceremony and wearing a poppy in your lapel. If you are unable to attend, take two minutes out of your day to stand in silence and reflect on the sacrifices they made for you.
In Flanders Fields
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
— Lt.-Col. John McCrae (1872 - 1918)
(photo by striatic)
A hockey game at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec (1901)
