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Thread: Heaven: Dear, Sweet Canada! Please save us!!!
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jedijudy
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Originally posted by les@BALM:
For those States who wished to join the Kingdom of Canada, get used to an earlier Thanksgiving.
Why not have two Thanksgivings? ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
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daviddrinkell
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Posted
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Originally posted by jedijudy:
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Originally posted by les@BALM:
For those States who wished to join the Kingdom of Canada, get used to an earlier Thanksgiving.
Why not have two Thanksgivings?
Hmmm - not sure my digestion would stand it.....
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Sober Preacher's Kid
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Cranberry Sauce a little hard on you, David?
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Uncle Pete
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The thought of three holidays where one is forced to eat turkey if in company makes me ![[Projectile]](graemlins/puke2.gif) Not to mention if marshmallowed yams ever got imported.
Perhaps this is David meant.
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Loquacious beachcomber
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Originally posted by PeteC:
The thought of three holidays where one is forced to eat turkey if in company makes me Not to mention if marshmallowed yams ever got imported.
Perhaps this is David meant.
So eat roast goose at Christmas, and freshly killed pheasants which have peeled off certain Shipmates' windows for American Thanksgiving.
Easy-peasy, PeteC.
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Sober Preacher's Kid
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Originally posted by PeteC:
The thought of three holidays where one is forced to eat turkey if in company makes me Not to mention if marshmallowed yams ever got imported.
Perhaps this is David meant.
What do you have against Turkey, the Bird of Heaven?
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jedijudy
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I wonder if it had become the symbol of the US, would it have been illegal to eat it?
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sharkshooter
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Posted
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Originally posted by jedijudy:
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Originally posted by les@BALM:
For those States who wished to join the Kingdom of Canada, get used to an earlier Thanksgiving.
Why not have two Thanksgivings?
Sure!! Since ours is on a Sunday, you can still watch football!
[ 13. October 2010, 11:53: Message edited by: sharkshooter ]
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Christian Agnostic
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For one of the Thangsgivings you could have a turducken for a change of pace,
much shortened link to a turducken
[ 13. October 2010, 12:36: Message edited by: Firenze ]
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les@BALM
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The nearest thing to a real turkey dinner for most Americans is a McChicken Value Meal Combo ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
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Loquacious beachcomber
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Posted
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Originally posted by sharkshooter:
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Originally posted by jedijudy:
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Originally posted by les@BALM:
For those States who wished to join the Kingdom of Canada, get used to an earlier Thanksgiving.
Why not have two Thanksgivings?
Sure!! Since ours is on a Sunday, you can still watch football!
Actually, I'm pretty sure ours is on Monday Sharkshooter.
That's the day Wally the Worker gets statutory holiday pay for, anyhow.
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sharkshooter
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Originally posted by Silver Faux:
...Actually, I'm pretty sure ours is on Monday Sharkshooter.
That's the day Wally the Worker gets statutory holiday pay for, anyhow.
We always celebrate it (including ht eturkey) on Sunday. Even if you do that on Monday, there is still football in the evening.
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Saul the Apostle
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Originally posted by Christian Agnostic:
Hordes of Right-wingnut Republican Barbarians are at the gates. We are DOOMED! Please join the U.S. You would be the largest state in land mass, but more importantly, the 2nd largest (after California) in population. Please help us, the fate of western civilization lies in your hands ![[Help]](graemlins/help.gif)
Having just returned from a 3 week holiday in BC and Alberta walking across the Canadian Rockies in fact............Christian Agnostic get your little pig trotters off a noble land.
Leave Canada to the Canadians....and Moose, and forests, and coyotes, and bear and well errrr nature.
One question, could George W. Bush have ever come from Canada?
Anyway you mention California, so you've got The Terminator, as Governor of the state, maybe he could sort out those pesky folk in the Republican party you don't like?
I rest my case
Saul ![[Devil]](graemlins/devil.gif)
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Sir Kevin
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Originally posted by Imaginary Friend:
They're coming to town today. I'm tempted to head down and watch. ![[Two face]](graemlins/scot_twoface.gif)
I wouldn't be!
Oh, to be in England!
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les@BALM
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Originally posted by Saul the Apostle:
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Originally posted by Christian Agnostic:
Hordes of Right-wingnut Republican Barbarians are at the gates. We are DOOMED! Please join the U.S. You would be the largest state in land mass, but more importantly, the 2nd largest (after California) in population. Please help us, the fate of western civilization lies in your hands
Having just returned from a 3 week holiday in BC and Alberta walking across the Canadian Rockies in fact............Christian Agnostic get your little pig trotters off a noble land.
Leave Canada to the Canadians....and Moose, and forests, and coyotes, and bear and well errrr nature.
One question, could George W. Bush have ever come from Canada?
Anyway you mention California, so you've got The Terminator, as Governor of the state, maybe he could sort out those pesky folk in the Republican party you don't like?
I rest my case
Saul
Perhaps Christian Agnositc should apply for residency in Canada, to live in a sane society.
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Sober Preacher's Kid
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Originally posted by Christian Agnostic:
For one of the Thangsgivings you could have a turducken for a change of pace,
much shortened link to a turducken
They have been known to cause food poisoning due to the layering of different meats and consequent undercooking of the inner meat.
They are a holiday menace second only to home deep fryers for danger.
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cliffdweller
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Posted
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Originally posted by jedijudy:
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Originally posted by les@BALM:
For those States who wished to join the Kingdom of Canada, get used to an earlier Thanksgiving.
Why not have two Thanksgivings?
Since we are bi-national, we have always had two. I always try to add some "Canadian content" to the October holiday, which usually amounts to simply adding a smoked salmon appetizer and some maple syrup to the yams. If I'm really industrious I might add some Nanaimo bars to the desert options.
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sharkshooter
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Originally posted by Sober Preacher's Kid:
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Originally posted by Christian Agnostic:
For one of the Thangsgivings you could have a turducken for a change of pace,
much shortened link to a turducken
They have been known to cause food poisoning due to the layering of different meats and consequent undercooking of the inner meat.
They are a holiday menace second only to home deep fryers for danger.
Perhaps you should deep-fry the turducken?
I have had deep-fried turkey before. It is awesome!!
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LA Dave
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Hmmmm . . . .
Tim Horton's; Thanksgiving in October; the CBC;
Chili's; Thanksgiving in November; Fox;
Three Downs;
Four Downs;
Well, I was OK with this until we got to football.
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sharkshooter
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Originally posted by LA Dave:
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Three Downs;
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Well, I was OK with this until we got to football.
Some of us just call it "Run, Pass, Punt" and flip to the NFL.
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fausto
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Originally posted by sharkshooter:
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Three Downs;
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Well, I was OK with this until we got to football.
Some of us just call it "Run, Pass, Punt" and flip to the NFL.
I have a sneaking suspicion that if we Yanks played our cards right in the negotiations, the Canucks would be pretty quick to concede to a demand for an extra down. Not only would it make their own football a lot more interesting, but also it would make it less likely they would ever be under any pressure to annex Texas the way we had to.
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PaulBC
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Originally posted by les@BALM:
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Originally posted by Campbellite:
If/When Charlie ascends the throne, IIRC, he may choose any of his Christian names as his Throne name. It is possible that he could be King Arthur.
My money says he will choose to be King George VI, assuming he outlives mummy.
King George VI died in 1952, so he would become George VII, though Charles III is more likely.
Probably Charles III ![[Smile]](smile.gif) ![[Angel]](graemlins/angel.gif)
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PaulBC
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Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
Would the members of GOP, NRA and Westboro Baptist Church all fit on Ellesmere Island?
Sorry I wouldn't want to inflict them on the locals well maybe WBC who will turn on each ither in mind winter darkness.
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Horseman Bree
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They (WBC) could also be put on one of the remaining ice floes, which would then melt, solving the problem.
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Christian Agnostic
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Originally posted by cliffdweller:
Since we are bi-national, we have always had two. I always try to add some "Canadian content" to the October holiday..... If I'm really industrious I might add some Nanaimo bars to the desert options.
My wife's Gram was a Canuck from B.C. and she made wonderful Nanaimo bars ![[Overused]](graemlins/notworthy.gif) . These might be the best things to come out of Canada! ![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
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cliffdweller
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they are at that (sigh). Sadly, hubby (the Canadian half of our bi-national family) was out of the country on 10/11 this year, so I didn't get to them. : (
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fausto
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In my wife's Canadian family, the Nanaimo bars have a mint creme filling and come out the week before Christmas, along with the thimble cookies, date squares and gingerbread.
However, my wife insists that the best thing to come out of Canada is butter tarts.
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ToujoursDan
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Coffee Crisps are quite good too.
I was excited when they made an appearance in New York, but then gutted that they (like most American candy) are made with high fructose corn syrup instead of sugar (Damn you U.S. corn lobby!).
![[Waterworks]](graemlins/bawling.gif)
Still you can find the "real" ones at some of the British shops.
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cliffdweller
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Originally posted by fausto:
In my wife's Canadian family, the Nanaimo bars have a mint creme filling.
Brilliant! I may have to steal that notion...
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Sober Preacher's Kid
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Originally posted by ToujoursDan:
Coffee Crisps are quite good too.
I was excited when they made an appearance in New York, but then gutted that they (like most American candy) are made with high fructose corn syrup instead of sugar (Damn you U.S. corn lobby!).
Still you can find the "real" ones at some of the British shops.
It's not the corn lobby, it's the sugar lobby. The US levies heavy sugar tariffs to protect its sugar producers which drive up the price. Canada doesn't produce much sugar and happily imports cane to supplement our domestic sugar beet production.
Though it's really academic for me, I'm diabetic and thus Aspartame is the sweetener of Heaven for me.
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cliffdweller
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Trust me, it's the corn lobby.
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Christian Agnostic
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Originally posted by Saul the Apostle:
Having just returned from a 3 week holiday in BC and Alberta walking across the Canadian Rockies in fact............Christian Agnostic get your little pig trotters off a noble land.
One question, could George W. Bush have ever come from Canada?
Saul
Saul,
Well, if Texas had seceded and became a Canadian Province. ![[Ultra confused]](graemlins/confused2.gif)
BTW, you're a lucky man, I LOVE the Canadian Rockies. ![[Yipee]](graemlins/spin.gif)
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Christian Agnostic
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Originally posted by Saul the Apostle:
One question, could George W. Bush have ever come from Canada?
Saul
Saul,
On further reflection, maybe the same place Stephen Harp(ing)er came from.
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les@BALM
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Posted
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Originally posted by Christian Agnostic:
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Originally posted by Saul the Apostle:
One question, could George W. Bush have ever come from Canada?
Saul
Saul,
On further reflection, maybe the same place Stephen Harp(ing)er came from.
Even in Harperland there is still Medicare, and Rick Mercer
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sharkshooter
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Posted
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Originally posted by Christian Agnostic:
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Originally posted by Saul the Apostle:
One question, could George W. Bush have ever come from Canada?
Saul
Saul,
On further reflection, maybe the same place Stephen Harp(ing)er came from.
Toronto?
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ToujoursDan
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<shrugs>
GW Bush is from New Haven Connecticut, so that isn't all that different than Toronto.
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