1. In Dawson City, Yukon, there's a "Sourtoe Cocktail Club." For just $10 (Cdn) you can join the club and have a shot of whiskey. Easy peasy, right? Not so quick! There has to be a pickled human toe in the drink! The club's motto? "You can drink it fast, you can drink it slow - but the lips have gotta touch the toe!" Zany, huh?
2. Apparently, we eat more macaroni and cheese than any other nation on earth. At least we don't usually eat human toes!
3. The only walled city left in the USA or Canada is Quebec City. The signs can tell unwanted visitors to keep out in French and in English!
4. Remember when Canada won the Olympic Gold Hockey in 2010 and beat the USA in overtime? It's not really a zany fact, but I thought I'd mention it anyway!
5. Canada has more donut shops per capita than the USA...except they're simply called Tim Horton's. And we LOVE to eat donut holes!6. IMAX was created in Canada. That means all those high-priced tickets are because of us. Sorry.
7. Canada ranks first in the use of the internet. We all need something to do during the hockey intermissions, so this shouldn't be too surprising.
8. Canada is made up of 6 different time zones. And in each time zone, the Vancouver Canucks have never won it, except way back in 1914/1915 when the team was called the Vancouver Millionaires. By the way, no sour toes, oops - I mean grapes, to the Boston Bruins for winning the cup this year!
9. Coffee Crisp chocolate bars are a Canadian creation and are rare in the USA. We love to eat our Coffee Crisps near American tourists really really slowly, pretending like it's the most amazing thing in the world!
10. The "Ogopogo" is BC's favourite mythological creature. Apparently, it got its name from a British song from 1924 called The Ogo-Pogo: The Funny FoxTrot. According to the lyrics, the Ogopogo loves to play a banjo that can charm other animals. Also, its mother was an earwig and its father was a whale. The mating ritual sounds like it'd be pretty zany!
Thanks to the zesty Mrs. Nesbitt, the creator of ABC Wednesday, and to the zealous Roger, our administrator for their zany efforts at keeping the fun going. A new round starts next week, so please encourage your friends, families, and even total strangers to try us out. Just remind them to read and follow the rules and guidelines on our home page! By the way, how do I look modelling casual clothes on the cover of the "StylZ" magazine? How many Zs can you see?
25 comments:
Tim Horton's are in western NY too. My wife fell in love when we ere in Niagara Falls.
Enjoyed that. And it seems you might beat my own Loch Ness Monster with a lake creature that plays hockey :-)
How inventive you are to send in this zany post. My eldest grandson, tye one in the header, is called Zayne, but he knows what zany means.
Very nice, Leslie!
Have a great week.
Wil, ABCW Team.
Love it! Here's to Canada!
Love Canada and all there is to see and do.
I think you did a great job of describing it.
Well done for the final letter of ABC Wednesday.
Fun post and zany is a great Z word.
Well I didn't think there were any people who ate more macaroni and cheese than my grandchildren!!!! Great facts to know--especially the hockey.
Ann
Here's to being Zany if it involves macaroni and cheese!
After sixty some years I have stopped looking for Ogopogo, but have met people who claim to have seen him/her
Love these facts - especially about the candy bars!
Love this zany perspective of Canada. Surprised about the macaroni and cheese story! When I visited Canada years ago, the very first eating out breakfast I had was at Tim Horton's! Great variety of choices and a beautiful light and bright place in Saskatchewan.
Enjoyed your post.Have a nice day!
-Murthy,ABCW Team
great post again.
well honestly I never associated hockey with Canada - I thought lacrosse was their game - if I think of Canada I think of the ice-roads to Prudhoe Bay, the wheatfields of Saskatchewan, the rockies around Calgary, Niagara Falls and Vancourver Island - but I've never been.
I like Canadians, because they still have some of the politeness of the Europeans, only they are not so rigid:) But ... I never could live there, now my blood runs thin from living too long in California, lol!
Cool info. The Ogopogo reminds me of the Loch Ness. I usually associate Canada with Anne Shirley of Green Gables, one of my fave books and films.
Hazel
Enjoyed reading all these facts :) Should visit one day.
Oh you Zany Candadians! Macaroni cheese must be your Scottish heritage, its always on the menu up there and also always with chips or should I say fries.
Yes, Tim Horton's has made their way south, but I still prefer Dunkin Donuts. (oops)
Our favorite Canadian Candy bar is the Aero Bar, but we like the mint ones and they're a little harder to find.
Wow, has Canada changed since I lived there -- except for the hockey!
I chose zany, too,...great minds....
Pickled toes? That is more than zany...enough to keep me from drinking, that's for sure!
That was fascinating!
I love macaroni cheese but don't think I'd want to taste toe!
Thanks to you I learned a new word and intresting things about Canada. I had never heard the word "zany" !
My aunty lives in Toronto and when I went to Montreal , they flew up to see me. She RAVED about Tim Horton's , she said I had never lived .. not sure what it is all about . We eat Macaroni Cheese here too , but I think I had it about two years ago or something like that . LOL
Just a question Leslie, you said the only walled city in the USA or Canada is Quebec , why do you say USA too,, as Quebec is in Canada. Little bit of confusion in my British head LOL As for the Loch Ness Monster ,, mmmm now that is Zany , take care xox
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