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seanyg Mar 7th 2008 11:41 am

FAMOUS CANADIAN INVENTIONS
 
Following my recent thread of Famous Canadians, I thought I'd test our knowledge of Canadian inventions too. I've since come up with:-

1. The television
2. The telephone
3. The zip

I honestly didn't google any of those so please try and use google as a last resort cos it's more fun to try and rack our brains, n'est-ce pas?!

Anita :)

tobapaul Mar 7th 2008 11:47 am

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4. Insulin

scaffroche Mar 7th 2008 11:57 am

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Trivial pursuit because of being snowed in

scaffroche Mar 7th 2008 12:00 pm

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Of course the snowmobile ,gas mask , Greenpeace , the paintroller , Ghostbusters , the parka , cereal , ice hockey , basketball and Yogi Bear

Judy in Calgary Mar 7th 2008 12:00 pm

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The enclosed shopping mall.

For the same reason as stated in post #3. :p
x

scaffroche Mar 7th 2008 12:04 pm

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Originally Posted by seanyg (Post 6032709)
Following my recent thread of Famous Canadians, I thought I'd test our knowledge of Canadian inventions too. I've since come up with:-

1. The television
2. The telephone
3. The zip

I honestly didn't google any of those so please try and use google as a last resort cos it's more fun to try and rack our brains, n'est-ce pas?!

Anita :)

Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone . Was he Canadian ?

Elaine B. Mar 7th 2008 12:11 pm

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The Blackberry (no not the fruit;))

Novocastrian Mar 7th 2008 12:24 pm

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The Robinson screw (and driver).

BTW telephone and television are a more than bit dodgy.

cneldred Mar 7th 2008 12:24 pm

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Originally Posted by scaffroche (Post 6032753)
Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone . Was he Canadian ?

He was Scottish born but emigrated to Canada (Ontario), then later took US citizenship.

scaffroche Mar 7th 2008 12:26 pm

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Originally Posted by Novocastrian (Post 6032795)
The Robinson screw (and driver).

BTW telephone and television are a more than bit dodgy.

Whts the Robinson screw/driver ?:confused:

Elaine B. Mar 7th 2008 12:28 pm

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Originally Posted by cneldred (Post 6032797)
He was Scottish born but emigrated to Canada (Ontario), then later took US citizenship.

Basically then if you once farted in Canada you're considered Canadian:rofl:

Novocastrian Mar 7th 2008 12:32 pm

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Originally Posted by scaffroche (Post 6032804)
Whts the Robinson screw/driver ?:confused:

You're not in Canada yet, are you?

'Tis the square head thingy which is by far better than all the foreign muck.

scaffroche Mar 7th 2008 12:33 pm

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Originally Posted by Elaine B. (Post 6032813)
Basically then if you once farted in Canada you're considered Canadian:rofl:

That means Im Spanish,Irish,French,Americ...... O NO NOT AMERICAN !

MademoiselleMtl Mar 7th 2008 12:34 pm

Re: FAMOUS CANADIAN INVENTIONS
 
Blackberry Phones
The Telephone
Lacrosse
Baseball glove
Insulin treatment for diabetes
Java Programming language
lightbulb
Wonderbra
Birch Bark Canoes
Instant replay for sports in game replays
Pacemakers
Electric Wheelchairs
Electron Microscope

Elaine B. Mar 7th 2008 12:38 pm

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The FLQ:eek:


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