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And I always thought basketball was invented in Boston.
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the Robertson screw...far superior to any other screw type. I believe it is not yet accepted in the U.S.? Crazy Canadians...imagine, a square hole in a screw head! 
Well the Robertson screw is deinitely superior to the Phillips screw, it's just that at the time of the invention of the Phillips head, it was compatible with the assembly line tools in the automotive plants where it was first put to use.
I have seen Robertson screws in the US. I bought a set of bits by Makita, and there was about 3 different sizes of square bits in it. You usually see them used for building wooden decks onto houses.
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And I always thought basketball was invented in Boston.
Yeah I always thought Larry Bird invented the game too.
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That list of inventions is pretty impressive - some things you never think about like zippers. Others are debatable like the telephone and lightbulb. I like the wonderbra the best.
But since this thread drifted towards canadian 'exports'...
RUSH gets my vote as best.
Celine Dion as the worst.
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Didn't Canada also invent the wheel? No wait... that was Howard Stern. Hoo Hoo Tell Em Fred. O+A Party Rock!
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Gee, according to a Russian friend of mine THEY invented everything on the list!!
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They also invented "Wrenchie". (thats short for a wanna be french person) 
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Wojo,
I heard the Jake (compression) brake was invented in Canada. Of course there are signs entering little towns all over the land banning their use.
Didn't Canada invent snow also?
JH
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And I always thought basketball was invented in Boston.
Yeah I always thought Larry Bird invented the game too.
It was invented in Springfield, MA by James Naismith a Canadian Phys Ed instructor. Yet another debatable Canadian invention. He was instructed to come up with a new indoor game by the Athletic Director at Springfield College.
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Yeah so maybe the list should say "Things invented by Canadians" instead of "IN Canada".
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RUSH gets my vote as best.
I'd have to give my vote to Shania Twain. Can't say I like her music much, but there is a certain appeal to her. 
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I'd have to give my vote to Shania Twain. Can't say I like her music much, but there is a certain appeal to her.
Yes there is, isn't there? 
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I'd have to give my vote to Shania Twain. Can't say I like her music much, but there is a certain appeal to her.
It's her wonderbra!
Yes there is, isn't there?
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Yeah so maybe the list should say "Things invented by Canadians" instead of "IN Canada".
It never said anything about what was invented in the country it just says "Greatest Canadian Inventions". If I ever invented anything I would consider it a Canadian invention no matter where I was when I created it.
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It never said anything about what was invented in the country it just says "Greatest Canadian Inventions". If I ever invented anything I would consider it a Canadian invention no matter where I was when I created it.
Now THERE'S a proud Hoser, gentleman! 
Geez wojo! You must get all teary-eyed just LOOKIN' at a friggin' MAPLE LEAF, huh?! 
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My best and most favorite snack [well at least when my kids were going up] is "Pablum" Yum, yum good. Haven't had it years but I can say I can still taste it. Oh no, that was the Bud I had last night. [beer that is]. eh.
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And I always thought basketball was invented in Boston.
Springfield.
ah...somehow the thread turned to music/icians so:
Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Gordon Lightfoot, Robbie Robertson, Bruce Cockburn, The Guess Who, Jeff Healy, BTO...to name a handful or so. i could go on, but...
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Hold On Dwight, he couldn't hear ya. They were playing "Oh Canada" on the telly! I thought that was another kind of leaf... From your soon to be Nutmegger!
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Geez wojo! You must get all teary-eyed just LOOKIN' at a friggin' MAPLE LEAF, huh?!
Darn tootin'!
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It just dawned on me that we've never had a Canadian rally. Maybe we did and I missed it but that would be cool. I vote for Montreal or Toronto.
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Well John, The best thing I've seen come out of Canada was an empty bus. Just kidding. I do wish I could see at least one coming from Mexico.
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Can you guys give me some help here what do you think?
Aren't Canadian's pretty much solely responsible for inventing more Canadians? Nelson Ale might be a tie, but without above average Canadians in the first place we wouldn't have above average Ale
JH
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Men....You gotta love 'em!!! No votes for insulin or the pacemaker??? I'm moving to Canada, inventing a Wonderbra WITH a zipper, gonna make a gajillion dollars and retire early.
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Men....You gotta love 'em!!!
No votes for insulin or the pacemaker???
Here now, I was making a serious social observation and inquiry, as in "What came first, the invention or the Canadian?" A vote for the latter is a vote all the formers .
Plus, I live next to them and have to say nice things.
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The Wonderbra has got to be Canadas greatest invention! Just think of all the so so torsos that have been given the breath of new life by that magnificent gift from the frozen north. After that comes the zipper. Just think about how difficult it used to be to make it to the head on time. After an inventive Canajien put his noodle to the problem, men all over the world breathed a sigh of relief. A secondary benefit of the zipper was the even quicker access it afforded to the many feminine wonders encased in, that's right, the wonderbra! 
Now if they'd just invent a wonderbra with a zipper, that would be something.
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The wonderbra is false advertizing.
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