Happy Canada Day Everyone! - Off-Topic

#1 Posted by Hockeymask27 (3486 posts) - 11 months, 18 days ago

Would just like to wish all the Canucks of the Giant Bomb Community a Happy Canada Day! To All the American duders see you in 3 days.

#2 Posted by Jolt92 (1493 posts) - 11 months, 18 days ago

Happy Canada day to all canadians! :)

#3 Posted by FateOfNever (1675 posts) - 11 months, 18 days ago

Happy Canada day everyone! Even to you non-Canadians!

#4 Posted by JCTango (1309 posts) - 11 months, 18 days ago

Happy Canuck Day!

#5 Posted by mosespippy (2702 posts) - 11 months, 18 days ago

And a sombre Memorial Day to the people of Newfoundland.

#6 Posted by Rotnac (379 posts) - 11 months, 18 days ago

Woot! Happy Canada Day!

#7 Edited by BadSniper52 (566 posts) - 11 months, 18 days ago

Yay Happy Canada Day, and im american!

#8 Posted by Juicebox (485 posts) - 11 months, 18 days ago

USA USA

#9 Posted by green_sky (49 posts) - 11 months, 18 days ago

Happy Canada Day!!!! Canada Hellz Yea :D

#10 Posted by mandude (2588 posts) - 11 months, 18 days ago

Fuck. I scheduled my trip to Canada for tomorrow. Oh well. Happy Canaday!

#11 Posted by AlisterCat (5070 posts) - 11 months, 18 days ago

I would love to visit Canada, probably even live there. Happy... Day!

#12 Posted by Pikawai (135 posts) - 11 months, 18 days ago

Happy Canada day! <3

#13 Posted by DeanoXD (584 posts) - 11 months, 18 days ago

Happy Canada Day All

#14 Posted by AhmadMetallic (18957 posts) - 11 months, 18 days ago

Why does Canada have a day?

#15 Edited by JCTango (1309 posts) - 11 months, 18 days ago

@AhmadMetallic said:

Why does Canada have a day?

Celebrating when the Canada essentially became a country on its own right. Before it was a country it was basically a bunch of British colonies with the province of Canada. Before that, it belonged to the Natives (the buying/negotiating/taking of their land... I'm not too happy about)!

#16 Posted by AhmadMetallic (18957 posts) - 11 months, 18 days ago

@JCTango said:

@AhmadMetallic said:
Why does Canada have a day?
Celebrating when the British colonies and the other provinces joined together to form a country.

So it's the equivalent of having an independence day? .....Fine, I'll let it slide.

#17 Posted by Demoskinos (9517 posts) - 11 months, 18 days ago

Canada, I still love you even if you are responsible for Tom Green, Celine Dion , Nickleback and Justin Beiber.

#18 Posted by JCTango (1309 posts) - 11 months, 18 days ago

@AhmadMetallic said:

@JCTango said:
@AhmadMetallic said:
Why does Canada have a day?
Celebrating when the British colonies and the other provinces joined together to form a country.
So it's the equivalent of having an independence day? .....Fine, I'll let it slide.

Kinda, I edited it a bit to describe it a bit more.

Frankly I'm surprised 1812 isn't celebrated a bit more - it would irk a lot of Americans for sure, but as a country, there's something to be said about being able to work together to defend itself as a nation.

#19 Posted by Skyfire543 (459 posts) - 11 months, 18 days ago

Happy Canada Day, my fellow Canadian Duders!

#20 Posted by La_raga (30 posts) - 11 months, 18 days ago

Happy Canada Day to every Canadian in the world

#21 Edited by SmilingPig (1286 posts) - 11 months, 18 days ago

A sad Canada day this year because we lost the penny.

#22 Posted by RockinKemosabe (618 posts) - 11 months, 18 days ago

Happy Canada Day!

@SmilingPig: No, fuck the penny!

#23 Posted by TheDudeOfGaming (5901 posts) - 11 months, 18 days ago

*drinks maple syrup* Canada, fuck yeah!

#24 Posted by laserbolts (5155 posts) - 11 months, 18 days ago

@SmilingPig: Penny was a waste of space. Happy Canada Day!

#25 Posted by EXTomar (2572 posts) - 11 months, 18 days ago

Happy North American Holiday week!

#26 Posted by ssj4raditz (1113 posts) - 11 months, 18 days ago

What's the most appropriate way to celebrate Canada Day?

#27 Posted by Antikythera (55 posts) - 11 months, 18 days ago

Happy Canada Day my fellow Canuckateers!

#28 Posted by LiquidS (961 posts) - 11 months, 18 days ago

@ssj4raditz: Getting drunk, like any other day off from work.

Heading to the Bar at 10am to get primed for the Euro 2012 Final with a bunch of foreigners like myself, best way to spend Canada Day.

#29 Posted by deox (208 posts) - 11 months, 18 days ago

Happy Canada Day All!

Long weekend wooo!

#30 Edited by MikkaQ (9754 posts) - 11 months, 18 days ago

@AhmadMetallic said:

Why does Canada have a day?

Does your country not? All three countries I'm a citizen in have days like that. Bastille day or Independence day for example.

#31 Posted by AlmostSwedish (478 posts) - 11 months, 18 days ago

Congratulations to the hat of America.

#32 Posted by msavo (7363 posts) - 11 months, 18 days ago

Yup Happy Canada day to all my fellow Canadian bombers. So glad I don't have work today so I can actually enjoy it with some friends.

#33 Posted by AhmadMetallic (18957 posts) - 11 months, 18 days ago

@MikkaQ said:

@AhmadMetallic said:
Why does Canada have a day?
Does your country not? All three countries I'm a citizen in have days like that. Bastille day or Independence day for example.

Yeah, JCTango explained it's like an independence day. We have that.
You're a citizen in three different countries? Are you a spy?

#34 Posted by Phatmac (5293 posts) - 11 months, 18 days ago

Happy America's Hat Day! :D

#35 Posted by killacam (1186 posts) - 11 months, 18 days ago

yeah baby

#36 Posted by PokeIkzai (385 posts) - 11 months, 18 days ago

Canada you always seem so chill. Hope you guys have a terrific day.

#37 Posted by Hizang (8534 posts) - 11 months, 18 days ago

Happy Canada Day!

#38 Posted by the_OFFICIAL_jAPanese_teaBAG (4278 posts) - 11 months, 18 days ago

Happy Canada day everyone!

#39 Posted by MikkaQ (9754 posts) - 11 months, 18 days ago

@AhmadMetallic said:

@MikkaQ said:
@AhmadMetallic said:
Why does Canada have a day?
Does your country not? All three countries I'm a citizen in have days like that. Bastille day or Independence day for example.
Yeah, JCTango explained it's like an independence day. We have that.
You're a citizen in three different countries? Are you a spy?

...are you not? (Man, I think I've watched too much Archer lately)

Yeah it was a matter of being born and raised in a country that my parents aren't from, and then they're each from their own corner of the world, and I kinda just lucked out.

Between today, the 4th of July and Bastille day on the 14th, July is always a very celebratory month for me.

#40 Posted by Anupsis (252 posts) - 11 months, 18 days ago

@Demoskinos said:

Canada, I still love you even if you are responsible for Tom Green, Celine Dion , Nickleback and Justin Beiber.

As a Canadian let me just say, I am VERY sorry about Justin Beiber.

Happy Canada Day!

#41 Posted by RollingZeppelin (1487 posts) - 11 months, 18 days ago

@Demoskinos said:

Canada, I still love you even if you are responsible for Tom Green, Celine Dion , Nickleback and Justin Beiber.

We're also responsible for:

Dan Aykroyd

Michael J. Fox

Micheal Cera

Nathan Fillion (aka nerdom's most favourite celebrity)

Leslie Nielsen

Ellen Page

William Shatner (aka The Shat)

John Candy

Eugene Levy

Seth Rogen

Elisha Cuthbert

Brendan Fraser

Rush

Arcade Fire

the Tragically Hip

Neil Young

BTO and The Guess Who

Joni Mitchell

Oscar Peterson

and a shit ton of lesser known but still kickass bands that you can discover from thing like the Polaris Music Prize.

And that's a small fraction of the awesome actors and musicians from Canada.

#42 Posted by TheKing (733 posts) - 11 months, 18 days ago

Happy Canada day GB Canadians!

#43 Posted by Rasgueado (678 posts) - 11 months, 18 days ago

Happy Canada Day everyone! If you want some stereotypical ways to celebrate, at some point today why not grab some beer that's at least 7% alcohol, have some poutine, perhaps cook some "back bacon" for breakfast, or have some nice and dirty Kraft Dinner original. I might consider starting to even have the conversation about apologizing for pop icons when people from the states want to apologize for Barry Mannilow, Britney Spears, and Fred Durst. ;P

#44 Posted by mosespippy (2702 posts) - 11 months, 18 days ago

@AhmadMetallic said:

@JCTango said:
@AhmadMetallic said:
Why does Canada have a day?
Celebrating when the British colonies and the other provinces joined together to form a country.
So it's the equivalent of having an independence day? .....Fine, I'll let it slide.

The key difference being that America started a war to leave Britain, while Canada just asked the Queen to sign a piece of paper saying we were leaving. Which is why the British Monarch is still technically the head of Canada when they is in the country. Canada exists because of a British law.