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Mar 8th 2008 | 12:35 pm

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Linda P

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[QUOTE=the davis family;6032781]I'm glad someone mentioned the Sutherlands (Kiefer and Donald)

Keifer was born in London....I only found out because I'm also a big fan of 24.

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Mar 8th 2008 | 12:57 pm

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Re: FAMOUS CANADIANS

Linda Evangelista
Corey Hart
William Shatner
Margaret Atwood
John Candy
Kids in the Hall
Anne Murray
Kd Lang
Rachel McAdams
Rush
Neil Young
Sean Paul
Nickleback
Cirque Du Soleil Founder
Alex Trebek
Karla Homolka/Paul Bernardo
Don Cherry "Hockey Night in Canada"
David Suzuki
Jean Chretien
Pierre Trudeau

Mar 9th 2008 | 8:34 am

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Originally Posted by Biiiiink

Born in Montreal - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Blair

Does he give you the Blair stare?!

wow - really didnt know that - always seems such an english gent!!!!

no blair stare just a soft shoe shuffle""""

Mar 9th 2008 | 8:44 am

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cos you had already mentioned her??

duh

ha yes but repetition of names seems to be a common thing here, and since the subject was authors...

oh never mind ;-)

Mar 9th 2008 | 8:47 am

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Originally Posted by Novocastrian

I'm wearing out my google trying to keep up with this thread.

<Of course I know who Elvis Stojko is, 'cos he comes from Richmond Hill, where it is a-snowing hard at the moment>

not to sound all school-mistressy (this is anita here not sean) but perhaps we should have stuck to numbering them to avoid said confusion!

hey ho.

Mar 9th 2008 | 8:58 am

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not to sound all school-mistressy (this is anita here not sean) but perhaps we should have stuck to numbering them to avoid said confusion!

hey ho.

I may be new here - but have noticed that you do like numerical order!!!

Mar 9th 2008 | 9:31 am

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I may be new here - but have noticed that you do like numerical order!!!

lol. well now i'm 'just' a house-wife i revert to secretarial mode every time i get near a computer, and this involves making lists and other pro-crastinational stuff!

nb - did i just invent a new word...?

Mar 9th 2008 | 9:34 am

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A secretary who doesn't use capital letters? You're fired.

Mar 9th 2008 | 10:15 am

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oooh never JUST a housewife!!!

I must adnit i do tend towards a bit of ocd with regard visible tidyness

Dust Under the sofa - no prob!!

Mar 9th 2008 | 10:42 am

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Steve Nash
Giles Villeneuve
Jacques Villeneuve
Diana Krall

Mar 10th 2008 | 3:30 am

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Originally Posted by BristolUK

That reminds me of an interview after he won his (later rescinded) medal.

He said something about records being beaten "but they can't take a medal away."

and on the subject of drugs and sport:

Dick Pound, head of the World Anti-Doping Agency

Mar 10th 2008 | 5:33 am

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A secretary who doesn't use capital letters? You're fired.

haha, yeah i'm a rebel on the forums - i sometimes even forget to spell-check! (i don't never use double negatives or bad grammatics though...)

;-)

Mar 10th 2008 | 5:36 am

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haha, yeah i'm a rebel on the forums - i sometimes even forget to spell-check! (i don't never use double negatives or bad grammatics though...)

;-)

Mar 10th 2008 | 7:10 am

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Re: FAMOUS CANADIANS

How about

Sandra Oh
Evangeline Lily
Kim Cattral
Jennifer Tilly
David James Elliot
Brendan Fraser,
Ryan Gosling
Catherine Ohara
Yvonne De Carlo
Deanna Durbin
Jason Priestly
Howie Mandel