boB - Canadian - EH?

What use is a Canadian… and how can they be recognized?

 

 

Well they are cute, cuddly little things, non-assuming, humble, placid and oh so polite … visitors from another planet who came to earth with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men. Canadians, who can change the course of mighty rivers, bend steel with their bare hands, and who, disguised as the average man mild-mannered, and cute (Paul Gross-like) fights a never-ending battle for truth, justice, and the North American way.

 

A few Canadian Actors…

 

Jim Carey, Ryan Gosling, Tom Green, Pam Anderson, Will Arnet, Dan Aykroyd, Justin Bieber, Raymond Burr, Neve Campbell, John Candy, Tom Cavanagh, Michael Cera, Tommy Chong, Michael J. Fox, Nathan Fillion, Lorne Green, Graham Green, Paul Gross, Phillip Hartman, Jill Hennessy, Corey Haim, Natasha Henstridge, Michael Ironside, Margot Kidder, Taylor Kitsch, Eugene Levy, Evangeline Lily, Rachel McAdams, Eric McCormack, Dean McDermott, Norm MacDonald, Howie Mandel, Leslie Neilson, Mike Myers, Carrie-Anne Moss, Rick Moranis,Catherine O'Hara, Sandra Oh, Ellen Page, Anna Paquin, Mary Pickford, Christopher Plummer, Sarah Polley, Jason, Priestly, Ryan Reynolds, Caroline Rhea, Seth Rogen, Will Sasso, Willaim Shatner, Martin Short, Donald Sutherland, Alan Thicke, Brendan Fraser

 

Some Canadian Musicians…

 

The Tragically Hip, Rush, Helix, I Mother Earth, Sloan, Our Lady Peace, Nickelback, The Guess Who, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, A Simple Plan, Theory of a Dead Man, Triumph, Lighthouse, the Stampeders, Chilliwack, Thor, VoiVod, BTO, April Wine, Teenage Head, Goddo, Moxy, The Killer Dwarfs, Saga, Red Rider, Honeymoon Suite, 54-50, the Arcade Fire, and of course, let's not forget Anvil! How about Alanis Morissette, Avril Lavigne, Glass Tiger, Frozen Ghost, Sheriff, Soul Attorneys, Gordon Lightfoot, Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush, Never Ending White Lights, Moxy, Five Man Electrical Band,Loverboy, Helix, Steppenwolf, Barenaked Ladies, Crash Test Dummies, Aldo Nova, Headpins,

 

And other Canadian inventions of note …

 

Manure spreader

Canola,

McIntosh Red apple

Peanut Butter, Instant mashed potatoes

Pablum

Canada Dry Ginger Ale

Poutine

Nanaimo Bar

Butter tarts

 

Walkie-Talkie

telivision camera

Standard Time

atomic clock

Java programming language

Black Berry

Pager

56k modem

telephone

Bruton compass

IMax movie system

Radio telephony

Fathometer (sonar)

computerized Braille

 

 

separable baggage check

hyfrofoil

first commercial jetliner

electric street car

Canadarm

variable pitch proipeller

snowmobile

crash position indicator

the parclo - partial cloverleaf

uno motorcycle

bixi

JACO- robotic arm for wheelchair

power knee - robotic leg device

TM4  MФTIVE

Quasiturbine

birch bark canoe

electric wheelchair

prosthetic hand

compound steam engine

electric car

 

snow blower

foghorn

rotary snowplow

 

gas mask

G-suit

canadiian pipe mine

SONAR

ASDIC

the Beartrap (helicopter device)

CADPAT

 

table hockey game

basketball

goalie mask

multi-dynamic image technique

DigiSync

Five pin bowling

Lacrosse

Ice hockey

instant replay

Abdominizer

Trivial Pursuit

 

Insulin

Cobalt-60 cancer treatment

electron microscope

Explosives Vapour Detector

A process to extract Bromine

Bone Marrow Compatibility Test

process for producing Calcium Carbide

invented the process of Acetylene production

 

Plexiglas

Easy-Off Oven

The garbage bag .

The jolly jumper

Caesar (cocktail)

Bi-pin connector

Wonderbra

Cardiac pacemaker

Alkaline battery

Automatic Lubricating Cup

Caulking gun

Electric Oven

WEEVAC 6

Egg carton

 

A process for distilling Kerosene

A process for making pulped wood paper

The paint roller .

The Robertson screw

Ardox Spiral Nail .

The Marrette wire connector

The rotary vane pump

 

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Now boB wants to lay claim to a few of these but he really has no proof …

 

I mean do You believe that he created the first Wonderbra when trying to catch his pet Raccoon Willomenia during the Great Mississippi River Flood of 1927 ?

 

Really boB?

 

And of course we KNOW (chuckle) that he was a’courtin’ Memphis Minnie when she wrote the famous "When the Levee Breaks" which was then reworked by Led Zeppelin, and became one of that group's most famous songs…

 

Dream on bobby " boy…dream on….EH?

Author's Note

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Reviews

[CecilA]

Thank God for Canadians! The list of Canadian inventions and famous people and their contributions to our lives is amazing. Then when you add boB's contributions to the list, the rest of the world is fill with awe.

I wonder what a Wonderbra is and if I want to know about how one catches a raccoon with one. Was Jerry Seinfeld involved with this creation? Oh yea, that was the Manzier created by Cosmo Kramer. Sometimes 'Show and Tell' is scary.

I love your contributions; they not only entertain but illuminate.

[Gray Witch]

I try ...

[Claire Twinn]

Well you Canadian are quite useful folk really. Now I can picture Will Shatner riding his compost spreader, talking on his blackberry, which he is holding with his prosthetic arm, as he listens to Rush on his radio (what's a telephony?) on his way to a trivial pursuit game.

[Gray Witch]

ROTFLMAO...I wrote this in response to an american who said all we have given the world is Saturday Night Live and bacon (bg)... all be it tongue in cheek... LOL

[Gray Witch]

Telkephony: The transmission of sound between distant stations, especially by radio or telephone......

[Coyote Poetry]

I like Canada. Even better now. A lot of great folks did good things. I enjoyed the set-up and the education given in this story. Thank you for the outstanding story about Canada.
Coyote