HAPPY . . .

CANADA DAY!



Remember to thank your Father of Confederation! And Drink Canadian Beer! And play hockey!

yay happy Canada day yesturday

Running With Scissors wrote:yay happy Canada day yesturday

It's Canada Day today, if you noticed he posted that just after midnight.

Proud to be Canadian eh!

RD how did u spend the day? Fireworks? out to dinner? etc

lamest version of independence day ever.

Running in the heat, fireworks downtown this evening.

You?

why did canada make their day right before ours.....

To steal your thunder.

runner_dude wrote:To steal your thunder.

ye ye Why do we do half the stuff we do?..to confuse the Americans..not like that's very difficult

Spent the morning at a race (took 3rd u19) the Afternoon at a shitty Amusement Park (came with the race reg.) and then out to dinner with the family.

Just Because wrote:

runner_dude wrote:To steal your thunder.

ye ye Why do we do half the stuff we do?..to confuse the Americans..not like that's very difficult

hahahaha I wonder who would be laughing if Canada and the US got in a war?

oh yeah stupid question

Canada
Canada currently employs a professional, volunteer military force of about 64,000 regular and 26,000 reserve personnel. The unified Canadian Forces (CF) comprise the army, navy, and air force. Major CF equipment deployed includes 1,400 armoured fighting vehicles, 34 combat vessels, and 861 aircraft.

USA
In 2005, the military had 1.38 million personnel on active duty, along with several hundred thousand each in the Reserves and the National Guard for a total of 2.3 million troops. The Department of Defense also employs approximately 700,000 civilians, disregarding contractors.

Running With Scissors wrote:Canada
Canada currently employs a professional, volunteer military force of about 64,000 regular and 26,000 reserve personnel. The unified Canadian Forces (CF) comprise the army, navy, and air force. Major CF equipment deployed includes 1,400 armoured fighting vehicles, 34 combat vessels, and 861 aircraft.

USA
In 2005, the military had 1.38 million personnel on active duty, along with several hundred thousand each in the Reserves and the National Guard for a total of 2.3 million troops. The Department of Defense also employs approximately 700,000 civilians, disregarding contractors.

You spend billions of dollars on your military every year so you can't really compare.

However, Americans are hated around the world. In fact, many Americans say they are Canadian when travelling overseas.

Just Because wrote:
However, Americans are hated around the world. In fact, many Americans say they are Canadian when travelling overseas.

as true as that is, canadians get made fun of around the world. i think it has to do with putting milk in bags... jk

alex-likes-running wrote:

Just Because wrote:
However, Americans are hated around the world. In fact, many Americans say they are Canadian when travelling overseas.

as true as that is, canadians get made fun of around the world. i think it has to do with putting milk in bags... jk

Everyone gets made fun of. I rather be laughed at then asked to spend the night then being hated anyday.

Don't make us send the polar bears...

not the polar bears!! i take it back!

TnF_T wrote:Don't make us send the polar bears...

I have one named Fluffy...he eats people

Don't make me stick my pet moose on you - he's 2 metric tons of pure ass kicking. AND our prime minister owns a dragon. He keeps it in his shed. And our old prime minister was a wise guru The truth about proofs.

runner_dude wrote:Don't make me stick my pet moose on you - he's 2 metric tons of pure ass kicking. AND our prime minister owns a dragon. He keeps it in his shed. And our old prime minister was a wise guru The truth about proofs.

Awsome video

I posted that because I was mad because you made a generalization about Americans.