Canada Day

[ggw]

Originally posted by Stuart Ransom Miller:
 Telephone - Invented by Alexander Graham Bell, Canadian.
 

You sure he was Canadian?
 
 

Bell was born on March 3, 1847, in Edinburgh, Scotland, and educated at the universities of Edinburgh and London. He immigrated to Canada in 1870 and to the United States in 1871...He became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1882.

http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/bell.htm

[vansmack]

Originally posted by Dupek Chopra:
 
 Can anyone name even one Canadian that's truly world famous?

This guy was world famous for aboot a month:
 
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[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
   

Originally posted by Stuart Ransom Miller:
 Telephone - Invented by Alexander Graham Bell, Canadian.
 

You sure he was Canadian?
 
   

Bell was born on March 3, 1847, in Edinburgh, Scotland, and educated at the universities of Edinburgh and London. He immigrated to Canada in 1870 and to the United States in 1871...He became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1882.

http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/bell.htm [/b]

who the hell ever thought bell was Canadian?  dumbass.

[thirsty moore]

My Grandfather!
 
 BTW, he did not think Bell was a Canadian.

[redsock]

As me real name might suggest, I too had a set of grandparents from Canada, Quebec to be exact. Maybe that's whay i always feel at home there.

[poorlulu]

Originally posted by Stuart Ransom Miller:
  What are the two things most people use most every day?
 
 Telephone - Invented by Alexander Graham Bell, Canadian.
 
 Television - Invented by Reginald A. Fesseden, Canadain.

that's the scottish you have to thank on both counts and you are welcome.............
 
 why does canada get a day by the way?

[vansmack]

Originally posted by poorlulu:
 
 why does canada get a day by the way?

Just to remind us that they're there.....

Originally posted by loopzlp:
  *blush* -- I wore red and white today for the occasion...
 
 some famous canadians:
 margaret atwood -- author
 Billy BishoP -- WWI figher pilot -- shot down 72 enemy planes (the red baron had 80, who was taken out by a canadian)
 Sanford Fleming -- standard time zone inventor
 Emily Carr -- Painter
 Charles Best - Codiscoverer of insulin
 Gideon Sundback -- zipper inventor

At best, Atwood is a Jeopardy question.  Who are those others, eh?   Never heard of 'em.   "Time Zone Inventor"???   You're really scraping bottom, aren't you?

Originally posted by Bollocks:
  I'm not sure there's too many Canucks who died shitfaced in the streets of Baltimore.....Canadians can hold their ale.
 
 Here's some others though.
 
 Maude Abbot
 Wilfred G. Bigelow
 Reginald Fessenden
 Abraham Gesner
 Dr. James Naismsith (B-ball dude)
 Joseph B. Tyrell

Who?  Never heard of 'em.  Not exactly world famous, are they?
 
 BTW, Poe died of rabies.  And yes, they have heard of him in China.  I'm quite sure you can shout Reginald Fessenden's name from the tallest tower until you pass out and you'll get only strange looks.

[ggw]

What about The Anti-Elvis?  He's Canadian isn't he?
 
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
  What about The Anti-Elvis?  He's Canadian isn't he?
 
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I'm afraid he's just another Jeopardy question 30 years from now.  The KEY word, I believe, is historical.

[ratioci nation]

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[vansmack]

Originally posted by pollard:
 The Great One

I thought about him, but Africa, Asia and Latin America could care less about hockey.
 
 He is the most popular Canadian though.

[ggw]

Originally posted by Dupek Chopra:
  I'm afraid he's just another Jeopardy question 30 years from now.

Alex Trebek!
 
 Everyone knows who Alex Trebex is.

Originally posted by pollard:
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I'm afraid that's as good as it gets.
 
 Maybe Shatner..?