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Old Sep 27, 2011, 8:06 pm
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Canada is the second largest country in the world..Say what?
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Old Sep 27, 2011, 8:22 pm
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Yup, been that way for a while actually.

https://www.cia.gov/library/publicat...=noa&rank=2#ca
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Old Sep 28, 2011, 8:12 am
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Originally Posted by sillypainter
Canada is the second largest country in the world..Say what?
And your point is...
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Old Sep 28, 2011, 7:16 pm
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Originally Posted by sillypainter
Canada is the second largest country in the world..Say what?
Second in Land area, first in hockey!
That is all that matters to Canadians.

This what Canadian is all about:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXtVrDPhHBg
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Old Sep 29, 2011, 3:42 pm
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Originally Posted by tentseller
This what Canadian is all about:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXtVrDPhHBg
Actually, this is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV_041oYDjg

"Tom Brokaw Explains Canada To Americans"
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Old Sep 29, 2011, 5:59 pm
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Originally Posted by gglave
Actually, this is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV_041oYDjg

"Tom Brokaw Explains Canada To Americans"
Yes now I remember that more serious clip catering to Americans.

Notice at about 5:15 they show the friendly post gold medal game photo-op from 1998 SLC Olympics with the Gold medals around Yzerman and Shanahan - Irony!
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Old Sep 29, 2011, 11:40 pm
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Yes now I remember that more serious clip catering to Americans.

Notice at about 5:15 they show the friendly post gold medal game photo-op from 1998 SLC Olympics with the Gold medals around Yzerman and Shanahan - Irony!
That would be 2002. 1998 in Nagano was less than succesful for the men's hockey team.
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Old Sep 30, 2011, 5:47 am
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Originally Posted by sillypainter
Canada is the second largest country in the world..Say what?
Very sharp observation: You obviously are aware that it's secretly the largest country in the world but we don't like to brag so the prime minister got FT and the CIA to change the claim to second place.
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Old Sep 30, 2011, 6:06 am
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That would be 2002. 1998 in Nagano was less than succesful for the men's hockey team.
Oooop ME BAD!
1998 fiasco we would like to forget.
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Old Oct 2, 2011, 7:43 pm
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I knew there was a reason we talked the Newfies into joining Confederation -- to edge past the Americans in terms of geographic size and into second largest country ranking in the world.
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