During an IRC chat today I was presented with the following question by an American chatter:

Rick: I do think we need a Memorial Day-ish holiday, though. The only day we have to remember those that died for our country is Remembrance Day, and it's not even a holiday.
American: you know, i'm sure you guys are gonna take offense to this
American: but who really died for canada?

Uh-huh. These people do live, breathe, and walk amongst us. So, in answer, allow me to present a list of things Canadians have to be proud of:

1. Smarties, Crispy Crunch, and Coffee Crisp
2. The size of our football fields and one less down (not to mention having bigger balls!)
3. Lacrosse is Canadian
4. Hockey is Canadian
5. Basketball is Canadian
6. Mr. Dress-Up can kick Mr. Roger's a$$
7. Tim Horton's kicks Dunkin' Donuts a$$
8. We knew plaid was cool far before Seattle caught on.
9. The Hudsons Bay Company once owned over 10% of the earths surface and is still around as the World's oldest Company.
10. The average dog sled team can kill and devour a full grown human in under 3 minutes.
11. We don't marry our kin-folk.
12. The handles on our beer cases are big enough to fit your hands with mitts on.
13. We invented ski-doos, jet-skis, velcro, zippers, zambonis, Robertson screwdrivers, long distance, and short wave radios that save countless lives each year.
14. Our Elections only take one day.
15. Canada has the largest French population that never surrendered to Germany.
16. We have the largest English population that never surrendered or withdrew during any war.
17. Our civil war was a big bar fight that lasted a little over an hour.
18. The only person who was arrested in our civil war was an American mercenary, who slept in and missed the whole thing, but showed up just in time to get caught.
19. In the war of 1812, Canadians pushed the Americans far back, past their 'White House'. We burned it and most of Washington, under the command of William Lyon McKenzie who was insane and hammered all the time. We got bored because they ran away so we came home and partied. Go figure.

Cheers,
Rick Jessup