From the history of Canada

[LukkyKnight]

"The people of Halifax invented the trampoline. During the Victorian period the tripe-dressers of Halifax stretched tripe across a large wooden frame and jumped up and down on it to `tender and dress' it. The tripoline, as they called it, degenerated into becoming the apparatus for a spectator sport. The people of Halifax also invented the harmonium, a device for castrating pigs during Sunday service."

Mike Harding, "The Armchair Anarchist's Almanac"

 

[Mensa]

The people of Halifax also invented the harmonium, a device for castrating pigs during Sunday service."

And all this time I thought it was the soprano section of the choir hitting those high notes.

 

[LukkyKnight]

Another little known fact

If all the salmon caught in Canada in one year were laid end to end across the Sahara Desert, the smell would be absolutely awful.

 

[Isabella Thorne]

Boinga ... boinga ... boinga ...

now that sounds pretty fishy to me, eh Sir?

 

[Jimi]

Re: Libyan Crotch-Rot

If all the salmon caught in Canada in one year were laid end to end across the Sahara Desert, the smell would be absolutely awful.

To paraprase "King Arthur" - Is that an Atlantic (NB) Salmon swallow, or a Pacific (BC) Salmon swallow?

Maybe, Canada now has a new "weapon of mass destruction" - STINK Moammar to Death!

 

[dangergirl]

A Canadian is also credited with the invention of basketball.

 

[Jimi]

Dr. Naismith, I presume...?

A Canadian is also credited with the invention of basketball.

Dr. James Naismith, actually. He was a Phys. Ed prof. at either Harvard or Yale, I believe...

His birthplace is about 30 Km. from my house, in the small town of Almonte, ON.

 

[LukkyKnight]

Naismith is a high point... there are some lesser known Candians, too.

Some of you think the stupidest people in North America are in your neighborhood. Some of you think they're in Alabama. Many of you think they're in Utah. Consider this from the great white north...

In Victoriaville (a Canadian city) James Hannigan was arguably the world's most meticulous drug dealer. He charged his customers sales tax - on crack. This led one of his (dare I say: stupid?) clients to complain to the police about the practice. The police had no trouble tracking down the perpetrator: Hannigan gave his customers signed receipts!