Apparently the Canadian government is marking the bi-centenial as a national event. How are you going to celebrate?

http://www.visit1812.com/

What's it the bicentennial of?

Do we get a day off?

Tchaikosvky's most famous work?

War of 1812. I thought the date would have given it away. Apparently its going to be a fairly big deal in Canada. I doubt the US is going to celebrate it with such gusto. I'm going to have a picnic.

It looks like there was a hell of a lot of fighting in 1812, perhaps some London-stylee riots would be an appropriate way to mark the occasion.

Brits against Canadians... put your Union Jack shorts on and torch your local Tim Hortons.

Burn an effigy of a US soldier?

I might just get some sparklers.

Remember remember the 1812 battlember
gunpowder slaughter and plot

bonfire?

No, it's about beating the americans. Torch your local Macdonalds

do we get a day off though?

I wonder why? Were there lots of Arcadians along with Napoleon on the way to Moscow?

I have heard of the war, indeed I used to live with a reenactor of the war of 1812, but it stretched on for years. I thought there might be some specific event to be celebrated, not by Canadians, I don't think there were any Canadians involved, but by the British.

It's a Monday. Everybody takes Mondays off don't they?