kimmy Posted June 30, 2005 Report Posted June 30, 2005 To all my friends in Quebec, "Happy Moving Day!" And to the rest, "Happy Long Weekend!" Whether you are celebrating by ingesting large quantities of alcohol with friends, blowing shit up with low-grade explosives, smoking cannabis on Parliament Hill, breaking windows downtown, or just staying home and watching third-rate performers on CBC, remember to play safe, everyone! -kimmy {proud and free} Quote (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ Friendly forum facilitator! ┬──┬◡ﾉ(° -°ﾉ)
Newfie Canadian Posted July 1, 2005 Report Posted July 1, 2005 Well kimmy, I call July 1 Canada Day, so I will say to everyone Happy Canada day! Like kimmy said, party, but party safe. Quote "If you don't believe your country should come before yourself, you can better serve your country by livin' someplace else." Stompin' Tom Connors
theloniusfleabag Posted July 1, 2005 Report Posted July 1, 2005 Happy Canada Day! Whether you are celebrating by ingesting large quantities of alcohol with friends,kimmy, I thought this was compulsory....blowing shit up with low-grade explosivesI thought the 'exploding latrine gag' went out with M*A*SH*...smoking cannabis on Parliament Hill,glad to see you included our MP's in the celebration! It's too far for me to go, though...breaking windows downtownthat is just wrong...I'll stick to just 'breaking wind' downtown...Thanks for the encouragement...no finer place than Canada! Quote Would the Special Olympics Committee disqualify kids born with flippers from the swimming events?
PocketRocket Posted July 1, 2005 Report Posted July 1, 2005 Nothing I can say here that hasn't already been said better...... So, y'all have the best day possible. Looks like rain here in Sudbury, but that's okay, we REALLY REALLY need it. The cannibis works as well indoors as out. Here's to another 138 years of being the True North, Strong and Free. (NEWFIE: Love the Stompin' Tom quote in your signature. Especially suitable today) Quote I need another coffee
theloniusfleabag Posted July 1, 2005 Report Posted July 1, 2005 Dear PocketRocket, NEWFIE: Love the Stompin' Tom quote in your signature. Especially suitable today)Indeed, Stompin Tom was our 'multi-cultural ambassador', with the song "Sudbury Saturday Night"...'The girls are off to bingo, and the boys are gettin' stinko....there's happy German Fritzie, and ol' Frenchie's gettin' tipsy.... Quote Would the Special Olympics Committee disqualify kids born with flippers from the swimming events?
Argus Posted July 1, 2005 Report Posted July 1, 2005 To all my friends in Quebec, "Happy Moving Day!"And to the rest, "Happy Long Weekend!" Whether you are celebrating by ingesting large quantities of alcohol with friends, blowing shit up with low-grade explosives, smoking cannabis on Parliament Hill, breaking windows downtown, or just staying home and watching third-rate performers on CBC, remember to play safe, everyone! -kimmy {proud and free} <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You are such a truly Canadian cynic, Kimmy. It's hard to imagine you standing around on parliment hill with your face painted eagerly listening to fiddles playing while French Canadian girls dance around in circles. Happy Dominion Day - a truly Canadian holiday in which nobody really did much except sleep in, drink, and maybe set off some fireworks. Nobody painted their faces, wrapped themselves in the flag, or made a big deal of it. That kind of thing was for the silly yanks. Quote "A liberal is someone who claims to be open to all points of view — and then is surprised and offended to find there are other points of view.” William F Buckley
August1991 Posted July 1, 2005 Report Posted July 1, 2005 I walked into a meeting this morning and, out of the blue, decided to say that today was Canada's national day. A guy in the corner said, "Congratulations!" Everyone laughed. Canada is a good country, and I'm particularly thankful that Macdonald chose to have the BNA Act take force on a summer day. Quote
Riverwind Posted July 1, 2005 Report Posted July 1, 2005 Canada is a good country, and I'm particularly thankful that Macdonald chose to have the BNA Act take force on a summer day. Actually, it would have been in May sometime if John A. had not gone a bender in Bytown and missed the boat to England Something to think about as you consume the cool beverage of your choice today. Quote To fly a plane, you need both a left wing and a right wing.
Leader Circle Posted July 1, 2005 Report Posted July 1, 2005 In the words of Bruce Hutton, "100 years is enough". Maybe Alberta will heed his advice. As far as happy, I can't say that I am in the state this country is in! Quote Why pay money to have your family tree traced; go into politics and your opponents will do it for you. ~Author Unknown
Canuck E Stan Posted July 1, 2005 Report Posted July 1, 2005 And on this glorious day we got from Paul Martin (the ultimate Canadian cheerleader): "The flag is an enduring presence. It's in our lives wherever we go," said Martin. "It's why we pin it on our lapels, it's why we sew it on our backpacks. It's why, including one of my own sons, tattoo it on ourselves." Maybe Paul should tattoo a flag on one of his ships to show how proud a Canadian he is. Paul's philosophy: Do as I say and not as I do. Quote "Any man under 30 who is not a liberal has no heart, and any man over 30 who is not a conservative has no brains." — Winston Churchill
Chungwawema Posted July 1, 2005 Report Posted July 1, 2005 And on this glorious day we got from Paul Martin (the ultimate Canadian cheerleader):"The flag is an enduring presence. It's in our lives wherever we go," said Martin. "It's why we pin it on our lapels, it's why we sew it on our backpacks. It's why, including one of my own sons, tattoo it on ourselves." Maybe Paul should tattoo a flag on one of his ships to show how proud a Canadian he is. Paul's philosophy: Do as I say and not as I do. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> *sigh* Was it foolish of me to think we would have ONE thread where we would all get a long and just say, "have a good day!" or something similiar? At any rate, have a great Canada Day, and a long weekend - even if we all disagree we can still have good times Quote
newbie Posted July 1, 2005 Report Posted July 1, 2005 I agree Chungwawema. Of all days we should perhaps set aside our personal partisan rhetoric and celebrate this wonderful country. I would not live anywhere else. Quote
Canuck E Stan Posted July 1, 2005 Report Posted July 1, 2005 I am proud to be Canadian and today is special,but so is everyday living in this great country, but reality does bite, even on Canada's biggest moving day. Quote "Any man under 30 who is not a liberal has no heart, and any man over 30 who is not a conservative has no brains." — Winston Churchill
Bakunin Posted July 1, 2005 Report Posted July 1, 2005 Happy sponsorship sc... hmm Canada day ! Quote
Riverwind Posted July 1, 2005 Report Posted July 1, 2005 I am proud to be Canadian and today is special,but so is everyday living in this great country, but reality does bite, even on Canada's biggest moving day. Can anyone explain to me why the Quebec gov't does not pass a law to require landlords to allow tenets who have lived in in a place for more than 12 months to leave with 1 months notice like the rest of the country - this would greatly reduce the JUly 1 chaos. Quote To fly a plane, you need both a left wing and a right wing.
Canuck E Stan Posted July 2, 2005 Report Posted July 2, 2005 Canada's Top Ten http://www.edmontonsun.com/Comment/Comment...30/1112621.html Quote "Any man under 30 who is not a liberal has no heart, and any man over 30 who is not a conservative has no brains." — Winston Churchill
Bakunin Posted July 2, 2005 Report Posted July 2, 2005 I am proud to be Canadian and today is special,but so is everyday living in this great country, but reality does bite, even on Canada's biggest moving day. Can anyone explain to me why the Quebec gov't does not pass a law to require landlords to allow tenets who have lived in in a place for more than 12 months to leave with 1 months notice like the rest of the country - this would greatly reduce the JUly 1 chaos. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> More than half of the Inhabitants of Quebec move on July 1. However, for the few last years, the moving have been spread from June to September. Before 1974, it was in May that the majority of people moved. Then, at January 1 of this same year, a provincial law came into effect to standardize and determine the periods of the "bail". This law was never obligatory but it made it possible to the children to finish their school year in the same school before moving... and to the parents to move during the summer. Quote
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