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From: Zagadka
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 00:00

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AcK! <krup...@yahoospa.com> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:05:34 -0700, while the poster chased a family of
Lemmings�
> around the house with a Kalishnakov, "Zagadka" <b...@pagecaster.com>'s
$2000
> glass typewriter was taken over by 99 monkeys who wrote the following:
>
> >> >DON'T remind me of our part in your history... we traded New York for
> >> >Suriname... Oh my God... :o(
> >>
> >> Heh, heh, and France traded Canada to Britain for a few sugar-producing
> >islands,
> >
> >Well, they DID have somewhat of a gun pointed to their heads...
literally...
>
> Except that the French freely decided that they'd rather have the islands
> instead of Canada. ie, they could've given Britain the islands to hold on
to
> Canada. Phew, good thing they didn't. ;)

Canada wasn't worth as much then. It was a fur trading-based economy in a
time when furs weren't trading. They also didn't want to defend it...

> >> Voltaire said Canada's nothing more than a few mere acres of snow.
Smart
> >guy,
> >> eh? ;)
> >
> >Yea, what a dunce. Its snow AND trees!
> >
> >:-)
>
> Don't forget Curling rinks.

How could I ever forget...

I have 2 fond memories of Canada:

1) Playing street hockey
2) My sister falling into a pond, where a duck proceeded to attacker her
(she had been feeding it). Well, that one isn't so fond, as I like my
sister...

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From: "Zagadka" <b...@pagecaster.com>
Subject: Re: D'oh!
Date: 1999/04/13
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