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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-13-06 10:55 PM
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Which is the best CANADIAN INVENTION?
I didn't know all these things were invented by Canadians.

http://www.cbc.ca/inventions/inventions.html
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Catshrink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-13-06 11:10 PM
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1. Dan Akroyd, Martin Short
I know there are more...
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-13-06 11:19 PM
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2. Dov Charney...
if you don't know who he is, Google him. You will be either amused or appalled.
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-13-06 11:20 PM
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3. *Ahem* My dear yvr girl.........
You are, sweetie!


:loveya:

:hug:
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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-13-06 11:26 PM
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6. Am I an invention?
I think I'm more of a creation.

But thanks... :loveya:
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mark414 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-13-06 11:22 PM
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4. retractable beer carton handle gets my vote!
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qnr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-13-06 11:24 PM
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5. Too many to choose from. I'm totally confused. (Actually, I'm *always*
totally confused, but I thought this was a good opportunity for an excuse). If someone were to hit me with an answer bat, I'd probably say zipper, and then, since my head would still be vibrating, I'd add radio voice transmission.
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Omphaloskepsis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-13-06 11:30 PM
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7. Green garbage bag? WTF?
We have white and black ones. Do the green ones biodegrade properly? Are raccoons scared of green things? Props for the zipper. I imagine sex in public places was awkward before that gem worked its way into the scene.
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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-13-06 11:36 PM
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9. Here's a little more info
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blGarbageBag.htm

I think they just mean disposable garbage bags.
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Omphaloskepsis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-14-06 12:52 AM
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15. Like anything good has ever came out of...
Manitoba..
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-13-06 11:31 PM
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8. beaver hats
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baldguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-14-06 07:18 AM
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20. The beavers didn't think so.
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Tyo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-13-06 11:37 PM
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10. Vancouver n/t
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speedoo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-14-06 12:00 AM
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13. second Vancouver.
My favorite city, period.

Props also to The Band, who were/are mostly Canadians.
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-13-06 11:54 PM
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11. I'd have to go for insulin...
It's changed so many lives...those who suffer from diabetes, and their families.

To my Northern neighbors, I say :yourock:
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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-13-06 11:57 PM
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12. Joey Jeremiah

Jr. High School Cad
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lutefisk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-14-06 12:43 AM
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14. Poutine
I wouldn't eat it every day, though.
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Omphaloskepsis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-14-06 12:55 AM
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16. I have waited years to use this line...
Are you fucking crazy? ick
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Monk06 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-14-06 02:56 AM
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17. The wonder bra, zipper and automatic lubricator... and they say we aren't
Edited on Thu Sep-14-06 02:57 AM by gbrooks
SEXXXXXXXXXY.


Also, "Jerry Sizzler and my brother Jerry...
Sizzler who is often mistaken for an incredibly

........ insane person."
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mikeytherat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-14-06 07:43 AM
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21. We don't need a piano player! Sizzler and Sizzler is an a capella act!
"...and now the whole damn bus is cheering, and I can't believe I see...
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10.......................a hundred, yes, a hundred, yes, a hundred yellow ribbons!
SING, YOU PRICKS!"

mikey_the_rat
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mduffy31 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-14-06 04:21 AM
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18. Molson and Labatt
That is what I say



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meegbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-14-06 07:08 AM
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19. The JAVA programming language?!?!
Fah! Must have been Americans staying in Canada when it was created.
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CBGLuthier Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-14-06 08:05 AM
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22. I know which one is the worst
the Java programming language. :-)

Telephone is probably the most important. I remember an old Jack Webb anti-communist propoganda film that claimed an american invented the phone. Teachers didn't like it when I pointed out that "mistake".
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Lautremont Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-14-06 11:15 AM
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23. The water-powered engine.
I'm not kidding. A guy in Manitoba invented it, and it subsequently "disappeared." I'll try to dig up more infor, but the story of it can be found in a great book called "Famous and Fascinating Manitobans."
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