I don’t even know what street Canada is on. – Al Capone

1 07 2006

Its Canada Day!

Originally called Dominion Day, the name was changed to Canada Day on October 27th 1982.

This year we are celebrating our 139th birthday.

We just got back from the waterfront fireworks show. It was awesome :)

In honour of this special day here are some quotes about Canada -

 

-In any world menu, Canada must be considered the vichyssoise of nations, it’s cold, half-French, and difficult to stir. – Stuart Keate

-What is a Canadian? A Canadian is a fellow wearing English tweeds, a Hong Kong shirt and Spanish shoes, who sips Brazilian coffee sweetened with Philippine sugar from a Bavarian cup while nibbling Swiss cheese, sitting at a Danish desk over a Persian rug, after coming home in a German car from an Italian movie… and then writes his Member of Parliament with a Japanese ballpoint pen on French paper, demanding that he do something about foreigners taking away our Canadian jobs. – Anonymous

-Canadians have been so busy explaining to the Americans that we aren’t British, and to the British that we aren’t Americans that we haven’t had time to become Canadians. – Helen Gordon McPherson

-I’m not an American! I am a Canadian. I come from a “nice”, thoroughly unrealistic country. – Matthew Fisher

-We Canadians live in a blind spot about our identity. We have very strong feelings about who we aren’t but only weak ones about who we are. We’re passionate about what we don’t want to become but oddly passive about what we should be. – John Cruickshank (in McLean’s Magazine)

-The huge advantage of Canada is its backwardness. – Marshall McLuhan





Happy Canada Day!

1 07 2006

 

 

Today I am playing Saturday Photo Hunt.

Theme – Automobiles.
My father loves antique cars so whenever I see one I take a picture . I don’t know why I do this because I never give them to him or even show him any!

So in honour of Canada Day, SPH, and my Father who will never see this, I present a Red Car.

I have no idea what kind of car this is, anybody out there have a clue?

Did you play? Check out the other wonderful players.

And to all my fellow Canadians, have a Great Canada Day, eh!