Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Video of the Day Lunchtime Quickie
Posted by Kelly O on Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 12:15 PM
O Canada!
Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all thy sons command.
With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!
From far and wide, O Canada,
We stand on guard for thee.
God keep our land glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all thy sons command.
With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!
From far and wide, O Canada,
We stand on guard for thee.
God keep our land glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
I love our Canadian brothers forever and ever and ever...
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Thank you. Mind you, we change the lyrics to the national anthem about every four or five years, but the French version usually has the same words.
If you ever want to have an authentic Canada Day celebration complete with fireworks and all, check out Nelson BC on Canada Day.
If you ever want to have an authentic Canada Day celebration complete with fireworks and all, check out Nelson BC on Canada Day.
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Oh, that's the Canadian anthem. Huh. I always seem to forget some part of it.
Could be 'cause it's just lame or I was never made to sing it enough growing up. And when I did have to sing it in school (last century), we sang the bilingual version.
Well, at least with us kids the only technicality we had to remember about drawing the flag was three points per leaf section and one point for that weird thing under the sections. Waaaay easier than drawing in 13 stripes and 50 stars, man.
We also don't stress about medical coverage and we seem to accept more taxes = better standard of living for all. *The* big WTF culture clashorama I have when chatting with my American friends.
Americans are so weirdly exotic, though, and sexier men, overall. Oh, yeah.
Could be 'cause it's just lame or I was never made to sing it enough growing up. And when I did have to sing it in school (last century), we sang the bilingual version.
Well, at least with us kids the only technicality we had to remember about drawing the flag was three points per leaf section and one point for that weird thing under the sections. Waaaay easier than drawing in 13 stripes and 50 stars, man.
We also don't stress about medical coverage and we seem to accept more taxes = better standard of living for all. *The* big WTF culture clashorama I have when chatting with my American friends.
Americans are so weirdly exotic, though, and sexier men, overall. Oh, yeah.
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Don't forget the two other official versions:
Ô Canada!
Terre de nos aïeux,
Ton front est ceint de fleurons glorieux!
Car ton bras sait porter l'épée,
Il sait porter la croix!
Ton histoire est une épopée
Des plus brillants exploits.
Et ta valeur, de foi trempée,
Protégera nos foyers et nos droits
Protégera nos foyers et nos droits.
ᐆ ᑲᓇᑕ! ᓇᖕᒥᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ!
ᐱᖁᔭᑏ ᓇᓚᑦᑎᐊᖅᐸᕗᑦ.
ᐊᖏᒡᓕᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᑎ,
ᓴᙱᔪᓗᑎᓪᓗ.
ᓇᖏᖅᐳᒍ, ᐆ ᑲᓇᑕ,
ᒥᐊᓂᕆᑉᓗᑎ.
ᐆ ᑲᓇᑕ! ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊ!
ᓇᖏᖅᐳᒍ ᒥᐊᓂᕆᑉᓗᑎ,
ᐆ ᑲᓇᑕ, ᓴᓚᒋᔭᐅᖁᓇ!
Ô Canada!
Terre de nos aïeux,
Ton front est ceint de fleurons glorieux!
Car ton bras sait porter l'épée,
Il sait porter la croix!
Ton histoire est une épopée
Des plus brillants exploits.
Et ta valeur, de foi trempée,
Protégera nos foyers et nos droits
Protégera nos foyers et nos droits.
ᐆ ᑲᓇᑕ! ᓇᖕᒥᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ!
ᐱᖁᔭᑏ ᓇᓚᑦᑎᐊᖅᐸᕗᑦ.
ᐊᖏᒡᓕᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᑎ,
ᓴᙱᔪᓗᑎᓪᓗ.
ᓇᖏᖅᐳᒍ, ᐆ ᑲᓇᑕ,
ᒥᐊᓂᕆᑉᓗᑎ.
ᐆ ᑲᓇᑕ! ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊ!
ᓇᖏᖅᐳᒍ ᒥᐊᓂᕆᑉᓗᑎ,
ᐆ ᑲᓇᑕ, ᓴᓚᒋᔭᐅᖁᓇ!
12
Holy fuck, indeed.
I'm pretty sure there are two kinds of people: people who watch that and think, "that's fucking stupid", and people who think, "that's fucking stupid and OMG I TOTALLY WANNA DO THAT!". I am one of the latter.
I'm pretty sure there are two kinds of people: people who watch that and think, "that's fucking stupid", and people who think, "that's fucking stupid and OMG I TOTALLY WANNA DO THAT!". I am one of the latter.
15
@4: Yeah, but heaven help you if you cross the border at Kettle Falls on your way there. Those border guards are bored shitless, and they nearly subjected me to an anal probe last time through. Sloggers beware. They will find your pot.
16
Going from Detroit to Windsor once, the border guards found a giant stash of bottle rockets in my car. They proceeded to rip apart the rest of my car in such a fever, that they also found the remains of an accidently spilled box of X-Acto knife blades - found them sticking out of the ends of their finger tips.
I thought I was going to jail.
I thought I was going to jail.
17
Canada, eh? I always figured anybody who actually wanted to freeze their ass off nine months out of the year had to be at least a little bit off.
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