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Once upon a time in the Kingdom of Heaven, God went missing for six days. Eventually, Michael the archangel found him, resting on the seventh day.

He inquired of God, "Where have you been?"

God sighed a deep sigh of satisfaction and proudly pointed downwards through the clouds, "Look Michael, look what I've made."

Archangel Michael looked puzzled and said, "What is it?"

"It's a planet," replied God, "and I've put LIFE on it. I'm going to call it Earth and it's going to be a place of great balance."

"Balance?" inquired Michael, still confused.

God explained, pointing to different parts of Earth, "For example, Northern Europe will be a place of great opportunity and wealth while Southern Europe is going to be poor; the Middle East over there will be a hot spot. Over there I've placed a continent of white people and over there is a continent of black people," God continued, pointing to different countries. "This one will be extremely hot and arid while this one will be very cold and covered in ice."

The Archangel, impressed by Gods work, then pointed to a large landmass in the top corner and asked, "What's that one?"

"Ah," said God. "That's Canada, the most glorious place on Earth. There are beautiful mountains, lakes, rivers, streams and an exquisite coastline. The people from Canada are going to be modest, intelligent and humorous and they're going to be found travelling the world. They'll be extremely sociable, hard working and high achieving, and they will be known throughout the world as diplomats and carriers of peace. I'm also going to give them super-human, undefeatable ice hockey players who will be admired and feared by all who come across them."

Michael gasped in wonder and admiration but then proclaimed; "What about balance, God? You said there will be BALANCE!"

God replied wisely. "Wait until you see the loud-mouth, pushy SOB's I'm putting next to them...."

Marc :jester:
 
You shouldn't talk about Quebec that way, is it because they speak French?:wacko:

Caymaniac
 
FLL Diver once bubbled...
"Ah," said God. "That's Canada, the most glorious place on Earth. There are beautiful mountains, lakes, rivers, streams and an exquisite coastline. The people from Canada are going to be modest, intelligent and humorous and they're going to be found travelling the world. They'll be extremely sociable, hard working and high achieving, and they will be known throughout the world as diplomats and carriers of peace. I'm also going to give them super-human, undefeatable ice hockey players who will be admired and feared by all who come across them."

...voted by the UN as the best place on Earth to live, 4 out of the last 5 years I think - one of the only times I'm in agreement with that wacky institution.

Considering that the US and Canada have servicemen & woman heading into harm's way - both were on the ground in Afghanistan, 25 Canadians died on 9/11 as well - let's try and keep the Cnda-USA baiting at a playful level...
 
Where else in the world can we travel as freely, as easily and as safely as we do in both Canada and the US, all the while speaking the same language? Well OK, almost the same language! The best part is we share the same humor.
 
This would be much simpler if we had simply bought Canada from the France, along with Louisiana.

Edited with the following after thought:

We could have gotten a good deal if the let us pay in Canadian dollars.
 
But then you wouldn't be able to enjoy hockey, maple syrup and real beer!
 
mexman once bubbled...
But then you wouldn't be able to enjoy hockey, maple syrup and real beer!

We make maple syrup (though it isn't as good) and we can import beer from Europe. As for the hockey.... ok,... I guess we do need you guys. :D =-) :D
 
We also have the CFL in Canada..... you know bigger field, fewer players and bigger balls!

OK, so most of the players are from the US, but is fun to watch them play in snow for the first time!:D
 
Canada's Other Official National Sport! It's not hockey folks....In 1994 legislation was passed that offically recognized Lacrosse as Canada's Official Summer Sport and Hockey as our Official Winter sport! In the 1800s, Lacrosse was the unifying sport of our country, in the 1900s hockey began to displace this. Finding a usually Canadian compromise solution, we now have two official sports - gotta love it.

The History lesson is over class, let's go diving...
 
My only input is to say that they should have made the US/Canadian boundary in a north/south direction instead of the current east/west. :wink: I feel more at home in Calgary than I do in Washington D.C. :D
 

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