Saturday, January 22, 2005

Geeks in Moncton

So after kurt, ian, kel, doug and i spent 20 mins listing every Canadian Heritage Moment commercial we could think of... exactly 50 of them... and quoting them every step of the way... we go online to try to find out if we missed any, and find a list:

You know you're too Canadian IF:

13. You have memorized the Heritage Foundation's Heritage Moments, including your favourites, "Burnt Toast!", "You know I cannot read a word...", and "Kanata".

so yea.. we're officially way too canadian.. and pretty bored.

So- for your enjoyment- our list, in the order we rememebred them:

1- burnt toast
2- irish orphans
3- luis riel
4- indian tree of peace
5- life blood of the farm
6- french prison... note in the pie
7- inukshuk ["now the people will know we were here"]
8- canadian flag design
9- kanata ["i think he means those houses- the village"]
10- french impressionist
11- laura secord
12- general fippes ["ah, fippes, oui!"]
13- responsible government ["it's a canadian idea"]
14- jewish guy.. MP
15- prison torture ["Is THIS normal!?"]
16- pacific railroad
17- standard time
18- "Nice women don't want the vote."
19- "This is what I use to teach the children to read."
20- halifax explosion
21- canadian rowing team
22- basketball / peach baskets ["but i need thses baskets back!"]
23- bluenose ["just one more- then ye can rest."]
24- goalie mask / puck to the face
25- rocket richard
26- emily carr
27- vikings
28- woman pilot in fog
29- praries and the grass house
30- alexander graham bell
31- marconi
32- China / Lake michigan ["i'll meet them wearing this"]
33- Pine st. becomes valour rd.
34- NWT mountie and the yank with the gun
35- Walsh / McLeod ["they never lied to us"]
36- first public hospital
37- midwife in the snow
38- underground railroad ["paw ain't gonna make it!"]
39- fires in quebec
40- human rights commission
41- medium is the message
42- female doctor
43- guy going into igloo
44- montreal world expos
45- maple syrup ["this sweet gift"]
46- cod fish ["cod so thick, they stayed the progress of the ship."]
47- st. lawrence seaway
48- winnie and christopher robbin["i don't know- just winnie..the..pooh."]
49- superman ["take it, it's a gift.."]
50- dinosaurs

2 Comments:

Blogger Suzanne Zappia said...

after much hunting doug found a full listing online. [but it was surprisingly hard to find] appearently there are a total of 65.

1:06 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

You missed the Peacekeepers!

"Go home!"

And that dude who wrote that charter for the UN...I don't think I saw that on there

6:38 PM  

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