The Doctor Posted July 1, 2006 Share Posted July 1, 2006 It's July 1st, my fellow Canadians! Today we celebrate the 139th anniversary of Confederation! What sorts of plans do you Canucks have for the day? Mine include lounging around at home with my family until sunset, when we're getting together with some family friends for some good old fashioned fireworks. After that, the real fun begins - getting together with my friends for some good old fashioned 'fireworks'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hallucination Posted July 1, 2006 Share Posted July 1, 2006 Today I celebrate the fact that, while it is July first for you, I still have to wait about two hours and 45 minutes until Canada Day. I'll be playing WoW and hanging around with my family for the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDJOHNNYMIKE Posted July 1, 2006 Share Posted July 1, 2006 *French kisses Canada* Love ya baby:hearteye: WHAT!!!!! You told me you were only 29:eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samnmax221 Posted July 1, 2006 Share Posted July 1, 2006 Well I guess I'm far enough north to celebrate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedHawke Posted July 1, 2006 Share Posted July 1, 2006 May your fireworks diaplays be grand, and your rooftops not flammable! Or Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jae Onasi Posted July 1, 2006 Share Posted July 1, 2006 Just remember, don't hold bottle rockets in your hand, and don't light the 6m tall fountain fireworks under a tree where the lowest hanging branches are only 2m above the ground. Otherwise, have a great Canada Day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth InSidious Posted July 1, 2006 Share Posted July 1, 2006 Have fun, and don't forget to annoy some Newfies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDJOHNNYMIKE Posted July 1, 2006 Share Posted July 1, 2006 Awww, come on Jae, mommies get to take holidays off:lol: Unless they have some awesome secret recipe, then there's a couple mandatory hours of mommyness, but after that you have to take the day off and just let everyone blow their hands up or jump off a bridge or somethin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Posted July 1, 2006 Share Posted July 1, 2006 We are heading to downtown Ottawa, where the biggest Canada Day party is held! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jae Onasi Posted July 1, 2006 Share Posted July 1, 2006 Awww, come on Jae, mommies get to take holidays off:lol: Unless they have some awesome secret recipe, then there's a couple mandatory hours of mommyness, but after that you have to take the day off and just let everyone blow their hands up or jump off a bridge or somethin. Heh, moms get the day off, but medical people don't. Fortunately, I'm not on call this whole weekend, so I don't have to worry too much, unless one of our neighbors does something crazy and they come find me. Come Wed I'll probably have someone in my office telling me they did something to their eye with a firework on Tues. Of course, I'm 'required' to make dessert so I'll have the mandatory homemade brownies (not the grassy kind, thank you) and ice cream, which is my shot at mommyness for the day. And shooting off our very exciting (yeah, that's the adjective to use, not illegal) fireworks. Hope all our Northern neighbors have a great day today, too. @Prime--that is a sweet flying formation. We have the Blue Angels here--what does Canada call theirs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted July 1, 2006 Author Share Posted July 1, 2006 My friend is up in Ottawa... and to think, if Musicfest had been a few weeks later, I could be there too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Lion54 Posted July 1, 2006 Share Posted July 1, 2006 Happy Canada Day from the Bayou! AHEEEEEEEEE!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnderWiggin Posted July 1, 2006 Share Posted July 1, 2006 Happy Canada Day to all those involved! I'm not a Canadian myself, but it's a beautiful place... Was just recently standing where Prime's picture was taken from in Ottawa. Have fun! _EW_ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hallucination Posted July 1, 2006 Share Posted July 1, 2006 We have the Blue Angels here--what does Canada call theirs? The Snow Birds. Yay, 'tis officially Canada Day! Time to celebrate our red and white flag's awesome! Now all we need is smoked salmon, maple syrup, tourtiere, and poutine. @Prime: All the good stuff happens on the centre of the universe, eh? Canada's national animal, the Timbit ( ): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted July 1, 2006 Author Share Posted July 1, 2006 You know what Blue Angels are here? Good times... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jae Onasi Posted July 1, 2006 Share Posted July 1, 2006 Humor mode way on: Oh, I forgot it was one of my lifegoals to keep up with the alternate names in other countries for ladies of the evening. Snow Birds are the names we give the older folks who have their homes in the North but move south to Florida or Arizona for the winter. The Canadian/American Cultural Exchange for the day. Tourtiere--good stuff. I actually made one the other day, but my kids kind of turned up their noses at a meat pie with cinnamon and allspice in it. Ah well, their loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted July 1, 2006 Author Share Posted July 1, 2006 Actually, I was referring to the act of flatulating across a butane lighter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jae Onasi Posted July 1, 2006 Share Posted July 1, 2006 I _really_ learn something new every day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hallucination Posted July 1, 2006 Share Posted July 1, 2006 Tourtiere--good stuff. I actually made one the other day, but my kids kind of turned up their noses at a meat pie with cinnamon and allspice in it. Ah well, their loss. You should tell them that their souls are charred and black. You should see some of the cooking things that happen here. One time my mom (who is usually a very good cook) made a Quebecoise tarte au sucre (sugar pie for the non-french speakers) for a party, but burnt the sugar. The pie started with the filling up to the top of the crust, but over the course of the night deflated. By the time we left the pie was just a crust with a very dark brown coating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Jimmy Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 Maybe a little late, but Happy Birthday/Belated Birthday Canada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Obi-Wan Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 Yeah. Canada was yesterday. And I went to the fireworks. And they sucked ass. And I....watched King Kong. I never really celebrated it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimic666 Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 Hope you Canadianss had a mess of fun (by fun I don't mean by blowing off your digits). Happy late Canada Day! [O/T]PS: When do those British Chaps Celebrate Such a day?[/OT] POSTS: 187 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pavlos Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 We don't . Being British our Civil War resulted in us saying sorry to Charles II and reinstating the monarchy. For a while we had a Republic but it wasn't really democratic; in a way the solution to the problem was the problem itself, as the nation was becoming more and more unstable... so we needed a figure head. At least we got rid of the divine right of Kings. On Topic: Happy belated Canada Day, you Canadian fellows! Hope you all had a good day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igyman Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 It's five days too late but still happy Canada Day!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Char Ell Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 Now that the Canucks have celebrated their country and the Yanks theirs, can we get down to the business of discussing terms for merging our two great countries? Conquering Canada would be so uncivilized and passé not to mention just plain wrong. But we have to face the realities of the rising European Union, China, and India. Companies merge to better compete. Why not countries? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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