Author Topic: Happy (Canadian) Thanksgiving! (Read 5985 times)

iago · « **on:** October 12, 2008, 11:10:06 am »

Time to celebrate the conquering and destruction of another civilization by eating defenseless birds! Woo!

Blaze · « **Reply #1 on:** October 12, 2008, 12:06:35 pm »

Sidoh · « **Reply #2 on:** October 12, 2008, 12:57:15 pm »

Quote from: iago on October 12, 2008, 11:10:06 am

Time to celebrate the conquering and destruction of another civilization by eating delicious defenseless birds! Woo!

Rule · « **Reply #3 on:** October 12, 2008, 02:05:09 pm »

I think the spirit of thanksgiving is pretty decent.

rabbit · « **Reply #4 on:** October 13, 2008, 09:12:34 am »

Sidoh · « **Reply #5 on:** October 13, 2008, 10:44:13 am »

lol, I was about to post that. Damn you.

MyndFyre · « **Reply #6 on:** October 13, 2008, 10:54:45 am »

LOL

Though, I'm not sure that Canadia's Thanksgiving is really any different than our own.

iago · « **Reply #7 on:** October 13, 2008, 12:13:47 pm »

Yeah, that comic doesn't make sense.

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The history of Thanksgiving in Canada goes back to an explorer, Martin Frobisher, who had been trying to find a northern passage to the Orient. In the year 1578, he held a formal ceremony, in what is now the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, to give thanks for surviving the long journey.

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The first recorded Thanksgiving ceremony was on September 8, 1565 in what is now Saint Augustine, Florida. Six hundred Spaniard settlers under the leadership of Pedro Menéndez de Avilés landed at what would become the city and immediately held a Mass of Thanksgiving for their safe delivery to the New World, followed by a feast and celebration.

They were initially created by different people for different reasons.

<edit> -- and incidentally, it was celebrated long before our countries even existed!

Plus, ours is a simple holiday to eat food and celebrate, not a insanely commercialized shopping day!

Lead · « **Reply #8 on:** October 13, 2008, 12:43:28 pm »

Quote from: iago on October 13, 2008, 12:13:47 pm

Yeah, that comic doesn't make sense.

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The history of Thanksgiving in Canada goes back to an explorer, Martin Frobisher, who had been trying to find a northern passage to the Orient. In the year 1578, he held a formal ceremony, in what is now the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, to give thanks for surviving the long journey.

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The first recorded Thanksgiving ceremony was on September 8, 1565 in what is now Saint Augustine, Florida. Six hundred Spaniard settlers under the leadership of Pedro Menéndez de Avilés landed at what would become the city and immediately held a Mass of Thanksgiving for their safe delivery to the New World, followed by a feast and celebration.

They were initially created by different people for different reasons.

<edit> -- and incidentally, it was celebrated long before our countries even existed!

Plus, ours is a simple holiday to eat food and celebrate, not a insanely commercialized shopping day!

The insane shopping day is the day after thanksgiving, which is black friday. I will never go out on this day again.

Camel · « **Reply #9 on:** October 13, 2008, 01:12:33 pm »

Incidentally, I just finished my Christmas shopping!

Additionally, this is the first time I've ever started before mid-December, lol.

Sidoh · « **Reply #10 on:** October 13, 2008, 01:25:44 pm »

Quote from: iago on October 13, 2008, 12:13:47 pm

Yeah, that comic doesn't make sense.

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The history of Thanksgiving in Canada goes back to an explorer, Martin Frobisher, who had been trying to find a northern passage to the Orient. In the year 1578, he held a formal ceremony, in what is now the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, to give thanks for surviving the long journey.

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The first recorded Thanksgiving ceremony was on September 8, 1565 in what is now Saint Augustine, Florida. Six hundred Spaniard settlers under the leadership of Pedro Menéndez de Avilés landed at what would become the city and immediately held a Mass of Thanksgiving for their safe delivery to the New World, followed by a feast and celebration.

They were initially created by different people for different reasons.

<edit> -- and incidentally, it was celebrated long before our countries even existed!

Plus, ours is a simple holiday to eat food and celebrate, not a insanely commercialized shopping day!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joke

Lead · « **Reply #11 on:** October 13, 2008, 01:31:31 pm »

Quote from: Sidoh on October 13, 2008, 01:25:44 pm

Quote from: iago on October 13, 2008, 12:13:47 pm
Yeah, that comic doesn't make sense.

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The history of Thanksgiving in Canada goes back to an explorer, Martin Frobisher, who had been trying to find a northern passage to the Orient. In the year 1578, he held a formal ceremony, in what is now the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, to give thanks for surviving the long journey.

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The first recorded Thanksgiving ceremony was on September 8, 1565 in what is now Saint Augustine, Florida. Six hundred Spaniard settlers under the leadership of Pedro Menéndez de Avilés landed at what would become the city and immediately held a Mass of Thanksgiving for their safe delivery to the New World, followed by a feast and celebration.

They were initially created by different people for different reasons.

<edit> -- and incidentally, it was celebrated long before our countries even existed!

Plus, ours is a simple holiday to eat food and celebrate, not a insanely commercialized shopping day!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joke

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death

Sidoh · « **Reply #12 on:** October 13, 2008, 01:39:46 pm »

Quote from: Lead on October 13, 2008, 01:31:31 pm

Quote from: Sidoh on October 13, 2008, 01:25:44 pm
Quote from: iago on October 13, 2008, 12:13:47 pm
Yeah, that comic doesn't make sense.

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The history of Thanksgiving in Canada goes back to an explorer, Martin Frobisher, who had been trying to find a northern passage to the Orient. In the year 1578, he held a formal ceremony, in what is now the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, to give thanks for surviving the long journey.

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The first recorded Thanksgiving ceremony was on September 8, 1565 in what is now Saint Augustine, Florida. Six hundred Spaniard settlers under the leadership of Pedro Menéndez de Avilés landed at what would become the city and immediately held a Mass of Thanksgiving for their safe delivery to the New World, followed by a feast and celebration.

They were initially created by different people for different reasons.

<edit> -- and incidentally, it was celebrated long before our countries even existed!

Plus, ours is a simple holiday to eat food and celebrate, not a insanely commercialized shopping day!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joke

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIAF_Lead

iago · « **Reply #13 on:** October 13, 2008, 01:48:31 pm »

Quote from: Sidoh on October 13, 2008, 01:25:44 pm

Quote from: iago on October 13, 2008, 12:13:47 pm
Yeah, that comic doesn't make sense.

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The history of Thanksgiving in Canada goes back to an explorer, Martin Frobisher, who had been trying to find a northern passage to the Orient. In the year 1578, he held a formal ceremony, in what is now the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, to give thanks for surviving the long journey.

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The first recorded Thanksgiving ceremony was on September 8, 1565 in what is now Saint Augustine, Florida. Six hundred Spaniard settlers under the leadership of Pedro Menéndez de Avilés landed at what would become the city and immediately held a Mass of Thanksgiving for their safe delivery to the New World, followed by a feast and celebration.

They were initially created by different people for different reasons.

<edit> -- and incidentally, it was celebrated long before our countries even existed!

Plus, ours is a simple holiday to eat food and celebrate, not a insanely commercialized shopping day!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joke

This is one of those times that keeping the nested quote would have been beneficial, since you were referencing both it and my post.

Anyways, it may be a joke, but it's a joke at the expense of my country for something that isn't even true. I can't just let that slide!

Sidoh · « **Reply #14 on:** October 13, 2008, 02:13:54 pm »

Quote from: iago on October 13, 2008, 01:48:31 pm

Quote from: Sidoh on October 13, 2008, 01:25:44 pm
Quote from: iago on October 13, 2008, 12:13:47 pm
Yeah, that comic doesn't make sense.

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The history of Thanksgiving in Canada goes back to an explorer, Martin Frobisher, who had been trying to find a northern passage to the Orient. In the year 1578, he held a formal ceremony, in what is now the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, to give thanks for surviving the long journey.

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The first recorded Thanksgiving ceremony was on September 8, 1565 in what is now Saint Augustine, Florida. Six hundred Spaniard settlers under the leadership of Pedro Menéndez de Avilés landed at what would become the city and immediately held a Mass of Thanksgiving for their safe delivery to the New World, followed by a feast and celebration.

They were initially created by different people for different reasons.

<edit> -- and incidentally, it was celebrated long before our countries even existed!

Plus, ours is a simple holiday to eat food and celebrate, not a insanely commercialized shopping day!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joke
This is one of those times that keeping the nested quote would have been beneficial, since you were referencing both it and my post.

Anyways, it may be a joke, but it's a joke at the expense of my country for something that isn't even true. I can't just let that slide!

Whatever, you crazy Canuck!

dark_drake · « **Reply #15 on:** October 13, 2008, 02:34:00 pm »

Quote from: iago on October 13, 2008, 01:48:31 pm

Anyways, it may be a joke, but it's a joke at the expense of my country for something that isn't even true. I can't just let that slide!

Take off, eh?

Armin · « **Reply #16 on:** October 13, 2008, 02:53:41 pm »

The worst part is the guy in the comic isn't even Canadian. Everyone knows a Canadian's mouth is a horizontal line spanning the width of their face, and their eyes are large, oval shaped, black pupils.

iago · « **Reply #17 on:** October 13, 2008, 03:24:17 pm »

Quote from: Metal Militia on October 13, 2008, 02:53:41 pm

The worst part is the guy in the comic isn't even Canadian. Everyone knows a Canadian's mouth is a horizontal line spanning the width of their face, and their eyes are large, oval shaped, black pupils.

Good point!

Blaze · « **Reply #18 on:** October 13, 2008, 04:09:42 pm »

Quote from: Metal Militia on October 13, 2008, 02:53:41 pm

The worst part is the guy in the comic isn't even Canadian. Everyone knows a Canadian's mouth is a horizontal line spanning the width of their face, and their eyes are large, oval shaped, black pupils.

Whadda you mean, buddah?

Armin · « **Reply #19 on:** October 13, 2008, 07:18:18 pm »

Don't pretend you don't look like that!

Sidoh · « **Reply #20 on:** October 13, 2008, 07:27:00 pm »

Quote from: Blaze on October 13, 2008, 04:09:42 pm

Quote from: Metal Militia on October 13, 2008, 02:53:41 pm
The worst part is the guy in the comic isn't even Canadian. Everyone knows a Canadian's mouth is a horizontal line spanning the width of their face, and their eyes are large, oval shaped, black pupils.

Whadda you mean, buddah?

I'm not your buddah, friend!

Blaze · « **Reply #21 on:** October 13, 2008, 07:31:51 pm »

I'm not your friend, guy.

Sidoh · « **Reply #22 on:** October 13, 2008, 08:03:42 pm »

Quote from: Blaze on October 13, 2008, 07:31:51 pm

I'm not your friend, guy.

Wtf?

rabbit · « **Reply #23 on:** October 14, 2008, 09:42:06 am »

Quote from: Blaze on October 13, 2008, 07:31:51 pm

I'm not your friend, guy.

He's not your guy, buddah!

Lead · « **Reply #24 on:** October 14, 2008, 09:50:12 am »

What's this thread all aboot?

Camel · « **Reply #25 on:** October 14, 2008, 05:49:38 pm »

Quote from: Lead on October 14, 2008, 09:50:12 am

What's this thread all aboot?

The World Canadian Bureau - the WGA.

Kaleeko · « **Reply #26 on:** October 14, 2008, 06:01:50 pm »

Quote from: iago on October 13, 2008, 12:13:47 pm

Yeah, that comic doesn't make sense.

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The history of Thanksgiving in Canada goes back to an explorer, Martin Frobisher, who had been trying to find a northern passage to the Orient. In the year 1578, he held a formal ceremony, in what is now the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, to give thanks for surviving the long journey.

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The first recorded Thanksgiving ceremony was on September 8, 1565 in what is now Saint Augustine, Florida. Six hundred Spaniard settlers under the leadership of Pedro Menéndez de Avilés landed at what would become the city and immediately held a Mass of Thanksgiving for their safe delivery to the New World, followed by a feast and celebration.

They were initially created by different people for different reasons.

<edit> -- and incidentally, it was celebrated long before our countries even existed!

Plus, ours is a simple holiday to eat food and celebrate, not a insanely commercialized shopping day!

Belatedly, I realized this when we went shopping last week. All Halloween stuff everywhere, no turkeys or pilgrim stuff or anything! I have to say, I'm pretty happy about having two Thanksgiving dinners. Turkey, mmmm.

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Author Topic: Happy (Canadian) Thanksgiving! (Read 5985 times)