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Facts / Myths about Canadians

Fri Nov 13, 2009, 1:39 PM
Facts + Myths about the life in canada.

1: Quebec = <3 French forever
2: PROVINCES, Not States
3: PRIME-MINISTERS, Not Presidents
4: Democratic Society? Yes.
5: METRIC SYSTEM.. Celcius. Meters. Pounds (lbs).
6: [link]
7: Be Proud to Say Eh? ! If you're in Canada.
8: colo-U-r, not color
9: No Igloos. Only for fun.
10: No free health care.
11: Most of the population needs to have learned french to get a job.
12: Applying for an education is BY LAW, so, free, unless you get into some fancy school.
13: Subway, is a place where you can have a sandwhich. It's not like [link] , It's something like [link] .
14: Only 20% of the Canadian population is Statistically fat; Statistically;
15: Not too many immigrants, but welcome to have some. (Legally, of course)
16: BB-Gunning in your back yard is Illegal.
17: Smoking indoors is Illegal.
18: No Drugs, Absolutely NO DRUGS, EVER. That's a serious offence.
19: Your snow blower can go more kilometers than how much your car does (Sarcastically)
20: The only eventful thing that we've done to the world is help out with the "Canadarm" in space. We dont like fighting. I dont anyway.
21: We drive on the right side of the road.
22: This is harsh, but we talk "Normally" - not slurred or with a bunch of made up words.
23: You can only fail a grade 3 times.
24: In Quebec, the mathematical education given is at a higher level than Ontario's education.
25: I can't remember the last time I've actually seen terrorism in canada. Possibly, Never, had terrorism here. Correct me if i'm wrong.
26: NO weapons of mass destruction
27: There's literally only one french school in Halifax as far as I know; fully french anyway.
28: No crazy ads for whatever, and no subliminal messages.
29: The CN tower is located in Toronto.
30: Canada = Country + Province + City / Town

This one is a bonus. Our postal codes are the easiest in the world, Letter + Number + Letter + (space) + Number + Letter + Number

Here's a SAMPLE of the canadian metric system:
Milimeters (mm), Centimeters (cm / 100 mm), Decimeters (10 cm), Meters (m / 100 cm)
Pounds (lbs)
Celcius / Centigrate

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