Top 10 Greatest Achievements of Canada

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  1. Didymus Doppelgänger

    Didymus Doppelgänger Misfit Lover

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    I love you too, Luna.
     
  2. rambleON

    rambleON Coup

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    1. Gretzky
     
  3. hayduke_lives5447

    hayduke_lives5447 Sancho

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    1. Gretzky
    2. Whistler, B.C.
    3. Tommy Chong
    4. Dan Akroyd
    5. Tom Green
    6. Samantha Bee
    7. Vancouver
    8. Elisha Cuthbert
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    I can't think of anything for the last two.
     
  4. GLENGLEN

    GLENGLEN Banned

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    (1)....Um..?

    (2)....Well,There Was..?

    (3)....Maybe Not..!!

    (4)....They Could Have...Nuh No Chance..

    (5)....They Invented The What Was It..:confused:.

    (6)....They Were The World Leaders In..:eek:.

    (7)....They Seriously Considered..?

    (8)....Everything That Ever....?

    (9)....It's Cold.

    (10)...........AND.......WAIT FOR IT FOLKS.....

    DRUMROLL PLEASE.....

    CANADAS ONE SHINING CLAIM TO FAME IS......"BBAD"..(eeeek) :eek:.

    YEP, THAT'S WHERE OUR VERY OWN "BBAD" WAS BBORN AND BBRED.

    AND IF THE REST OF THE WORLD EVER NEEDED A REASON TO "BBOMB"

    CANADA.......THIS HAS TO BBE IT...........:D.



    Cheers Glen.
     
  5. ChronicTom

    ChronicTom Banned

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    order them how you will;

    Discovery of insulin for the treatment of diabetes

    Mapping the visual cortex of the brain

    Development of site-based mutagenesis

    Characterization of free radicals

    Invention of the CCD chip for camcorders and telescopes

    Development of computerized weather forcasting systems now used worldwide

    Development of the Ricker curve used worldwide to determine sustainable fisheries catches

    Theory of plate tectonics

    Discovery of the t-cell receptor, a key to the understanding of the human immune system

    Ellucidation of the geometry of higher dimensions

    Modern Peacekeeping -In 1957, Canadian diplomat (and future Prime Minister) Lester Bowles Pearson suggested that the United Nations station a peacekeeping force in the Suez in order to ensure that the ceasefire was honored by both sides.

    Hydrofoil

    Stubbies - short necked beer bottles

    Toque

    NHL

    The first Thanksgiving was celebrated in Canada (1576)

    The world's first wireless message was received by G. Marconi

    Canada is the first country in the world to propose an international treaty to ban the use of land mines, a cause later taken up by Princes Diana.

    With the launching of ANIK A1 in 1972, Canada became the first country in the world to have a commercial geostationary communications satellite network.

    The world's first park north of the Arctic Circle is Auyuittuq (NT)

    The world's first steam-driven Westminster clock is located in 'Gastown", a downtown Vancouver (BC) tourist shopping area.

    Canada has the world's first fully-simulated Mars base. Located in northern Canada, the station was built to study equipment and strategies that would be used during a mission to the Red Planet. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flashline_Mars_Arctic_Research_Station (this one actually surprised me)

    A Canadian was the first man in the world to create an artificial heart.

    A Canadian was the first in the world to discover light-activated drugs.

    Canada trained the worlds first female jet-fighter pilots.

    There's more, but at least that is a good start....
     
  6. sarahrei

    sarahrei ~Lover~

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    :cheers2:
     
  7. FunHogg

    FunHogg Senior Member

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    Neil Young
    Trailer Park Boys
    Norm MacDonald
     
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    strange brew..
     
  9. ChronicTom

    ChronicTom Banned

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    shit.... sorry CC... lol
     
  10. NotDeadYet

    NotDeadYet Not even close.

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    9. Shania Twain
    10. They never elected George Bush
     
  11. noela

    noela Members

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    1. free hospital clinic,

    2. 18/19 is the drinking age

    3. hockey

    4. maple syurp.

    5. variety of seasons

    6. we're polite, and we know our surroundings and what other countries surround us.

    7. one of the top education systems.

    8. clean cities, big beautiful highways.

    9. 2nd biggest country in the world, and has the largest bridge, (Prince Edward Island Bridge) and worlds largest street (Yonge)

    10. most drinkable water than any country in the world.

    .. wow.. we're badass.
     
  12. Didymus Doppelgänger

    Didymus Doppelgänger Misfit Lover

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    Yes, you are. This post was just my reaction to luna's ten coolest things about america post.
     
  13. fitzy21

    fitzy21 Worst RT Mod EVAH!!!!

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    great BJ from canadian stripper

    thats about it in my mind
     
  14. IamnotaMan

    IamnotaMan I am Thor. On sabba-tickle. Still available via us

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    Hmm.
    Tricia Helfer
    Linda Evangelista
    The Canadian girls here.
    Snow
    Not being fat
    Those hats with mousse antlers.
    And having Americans hate them because they can't invade Canada.:cool::p
     
  15. lode

    lode Banned

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    Canada's adorable. :cool:
     
  16. SpacemanSpiff

    SpacemanSpiff Visitor

    we saved Europe from the German Empire
     
  17. NotDeadYet

    NotDeadYet Not even close.

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    That reminds me, I almost forgot to give Canada credit for making Crown Royal. :)

    :confused: Explain?
     
  18. SpacemanSpiff

    SpacemanSpiff Visitor

    Its a well known fact (by the rest of the world...except Americans) that Canadian troops were the best of the best

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_history_of_Canada_during_the_Second_World_War
     
  19. Didymus Doppelgänger

    Didymus Doppelgänger Misfit Lover

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    If America doesn't recognize it, it must not be true.
     
  20. SpacemanSpiff

    SpacemanSpiff Visitor

    America is blinded by its own ego
     

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