All this disaster talk got me thinking again about Canada. What's the deal with them? Why are they up there, never really causing any trouble or doing anything particularly noteworthy, never having any major catastrophes, rarely making the news, changing the name of the Queen of England when she visits, etc? What are they planning? When will they strike? Are our borders safe from the red-leaf menace?
Do they have something to do with the hurricane? Look at the direction the hurricane went... it certainly wasn't going toward Mexico.
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Chance Abattoir
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09-01-2005 17:49
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elka Lehane
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09-01-2005 18:24
We are peacefull. We just like to party, and when people need help we help them because we are fortunate that AT THE MOMENT *me knocks on wood* nothing bad happens.
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Icon Serpentine
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09-01-2005 18:37
It's true. We're currently sending down our army and disaster recovery teams to help you folks down there out. We're even trying to get emergency workers and power engineers to help out.
Plus, we focus on our internal issues -- feeding our hungry, dealing with our power-hungry snakes, building low-cost housing where we can, relieving disasters around the world, selling our pot, drinking beers, and.. stuff. _____________________
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Torley Linden
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09-01-2005 18:43
We in Canada have our own share of major problems but they don't get on the news as much. Canada.com will say more, however. Oh geez wait, a good chunk of the news on that page is from the US.
But actually, I lived not too far from like the 2nd worst mass murder in Canada, where one of my friends was killed  , and it hardly made a blip on the US news—or even the Canadian news, in retrospect!_____________________
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Garoad Kuroda
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09-01-2005 19:44
They already live in an almost barren wasteland with nothing but ice, moose, and polar bears... no need to rub it in...
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Keknehv Psaltery
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09-01-2005 20:17
I have a relative in Sweden who ran into a moose. Her car got mangled, not to mention herself.
But they DO taste pretty good ( See cookie thread ) It's Canada. They had gold in parts, but the Americans swarmed it. Now they have meese and ice. _____________________
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Tikki Kerensky
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09-01-2005 20:38
We in Canada have our own share of major problems but they don't get on the news as much. You're Canadian too, Tor? More proof that we rock. _____________________
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Torley Linden
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09-01-2005 20:40
Born and raised!
 Infact, I'm so Canadian I live in a forest with grizzly bears. _____________________
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Icon Serpentine
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09-01-2005 21:49
I live in streets with meese.
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Chance Abattoir
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09-01-2005 23:35
Flappy heads!
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blaze Spinnaker
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09-02-2005 01:48
Yeah, Canada is pretty wealthy at the moment with a low population and all our oil & gas.
We should probably try spreading the wealth a bit more, I think. _____________________
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Kris Ritter
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09-02-2005 01:52
the Canadians are being quiet because they're preparing for an all out strike on Denmark.
What? It's true! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4175446.stm |
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Pratyeka Muromachi
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09-02-2005 04:39
YEs, we just don't want to share all that ice with anyone!
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Zuzu Fassbinder
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09-02-2005 04:52
Oh sure, Like Canadians aren't still mad at the US for that time they sent cruise missles into Toronto to stop the SARS virus outbreak. At least I think thats what we did. Isn't it our policy to bomb everything we don't like?
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Kris Ritter
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09-02-2005 04:58
Born and raised! Infact, I'm so Canadian I live in a forest with grizzly bears. Ok. Now I have this image of some kind of watermelon decorated fairytale cottage in a glade, with Torley serenading a pack of bears on her keyboard. |
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Eos Zander
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Ice Storm of 1998
09-02-2005 05:27
Although Canada is inundated with American news stories, Canadian news rarely makes it to the U.S. of A. How many from countries other than Canada are familiar with the devestating ice storm of 1998?
http://www.msc-smc.ec.gc.ca/media/icestorm98/icestorm98_the_worst_e.cfm http://canadaonline.about.com/cs/weather/p/icestorm.htm |