| Author | Message | ||
     Newfie_buell |
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT NEWFOUNDLAND CANADA & THE NEWFIES!!! If you're a Newfie, you should be proud! Here are a few tidbits of information that you may have never known before: WE WERE...... The first province to respond to the Titanic distress signal. The first to vaccinate for smallpox The first to host a transatlantic flight. The first to have wireless communication in the world. The first place to discover proof of the theory of continental drift WE HAVE..... The oldest street in North America. The oldest city in North America. The oldest rock in the world. The oldest continuous sporting event.(Regatta Day rules!) The largest university in Atlantic Canada. The most pubs per square foot in Canada.(George Street..St. John's) The longest running radio program in North America. Caught the world's largest invertebrate. (giant squid) WE ARE..... The funniest people in Canada. (ask anybody) The only province that has four identifiable flags. The only province able to land the space shuttle (Stephenville) The most giving people in Canada (Stats Canada) A NEWFOUNDLANDER...... Built the world's first artificial ice arena. Invented the gas mask. Was once governor of northern Rhodesia. Was with Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg WE ARE THE ONLY PROVINCE TO HAVE ITS OWN........ Encyclopedia. Dictionary. Pony. Dogs. Cultural publication. By reading this,you now know more about Newfoundland than well, almost everyone!! | ||
| Old_man |
And some very nice people. | ||
| Spiderman |
The funniest people in Canada. (ask anybody) Yep they are definatly up there  | ||
| Psyclonej |
A real Giant Squid? Cool... | ||
| Spiderman |
Yeah Newf still trys to show it to all the girls at hooters | ||
| Blackbelt |
BAM!! That was a scary site.. although we did get all of our drinks for free... lol | ||
| Drift |
Says who? Ha!! | ||
| Djkaplan |
The State of Georgia has the world's record for the largest peanut. We used to have the record for the largest cockroach, but Florida has it now. Those cheating bastards must have hand fed that monster for years... | ||
| Lootenantdan1203 |
Where is Brian Boitano from? | ||
| Newfie_buell |
Who cares he figure skates?!? | ||
| CJXB |
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| Lornce |
"The first province to respond to the Titanic distress signal." Ummn, Newfer.... the Titanic went down more than thirty years before Newfoundland became a province. Won't argue about East Coast comedians, though. | ||
| Newfie_buell |
Ha Ha Ha, You upper Canadian are funny? | ||
| Buellin_ri |
Has a bigger girl to guy ratio (can't remember the number). One heck of a town!! |
