As always, your friends from the ACME Corp would like to salute our friends in Canada on Canada Day.
Canada is the second-largest nation in the world. It is not part of the United States – (it’s the U.S.‘ nicer sister, not dissing Mexico, the U.S.’ feistier sister.)
A little jewel sitting at the top of the continent.
In the 157 years of their nationhood, Canadians have given the world paint rollers, snowmobiles, electric organs, green ink, toboggans, snow blowers, plexiglass, and the push-up bra.
Canada has about the same population as California, but fewer Scientologists.
Residents of Churchill, Canada, leave their cars unlocked to offer an escape for pedestrians who might encounter Polar Bears.
Today is the 45th anniversary of the Canadian national anthem, ‘Like America, But Colder.’
Canada’s leading export to the United States is Canadians. Dan Aykroyd, who happens to have been born exactly 73 years ago today, is one.
Pamela Anderson is another, and was also born today, although she’s younger (most of her is north of 40, but some parts are significantly younger). Not to give away here age but she was born on the 100th anniversary of the creation of the Canadian nation. Local news reports referred to her as a “Centennial Baby“, at the time.
Other Canadian exports: Bryan Adams, Paul Anka, Alexander Graham Bell, Raymond Burr (of nipple rouge fame), John Candy, Jim Carrey, Celine Dion, Michael J. Fox, John Kenneth Galbraith, Lorne Greene, Peter Jennings, kd lang, Marshall McLuhan, Joni Mitchell (I believe that she’s doing better), Alice Munro, Catherine O’Hara,
Mike Myers, Oscar Peterson, William Shatner, Alex Trebek, Shania Twain, Neil Young and of course everyone’s favorite Canadian Zen Buddhist, the late Leonard Cohen.
So bunkies remember, when your neighbor has a party, you don’t ask why, you pick up a case of Labatt Blue’s and a couple of rib-eye steaks.
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