1. Why do we have dumb blonde jokes, & not dumb brunette/red hair jokes?
2. Why do Canadians celebrate Victoria Day & not Elizabeth Day?
2. Why do Canadians celebrate Victoria Day & not Elizabeth Day?
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dragondick said:
Almost all dumb blondes have curtains that don't match the carpet.
Victoria Day has been a Canadian holiday since 1901. Queen Elizabeth's birthday is April 18, which is usually a shitty day to have off in most of Canada.
All Blondes...
Memorize this one:
Q: What's black, brown, blue red and lays in a gutter?
A: The next brunette that tells a blonde joke.
Memorize this one:
Q: What's black, brown, blue red and lays in a gutter?
A: The next brunette that tells a blonde joke.
dragondick said:
The same reason we have Newfie joke and not Manitoban jokes, or Polish jokes instead of German jokes
Why are blondes considered to be stupid by some people? What's the history behind this stereotype?
dragondick said:
In Canada, Victoria Day has become the holiday for celebrating Canada's monarchy. Traditionally the monarch's birthday, in the case of Queen Elizabeth II April 21, is the day for honouring the reigning monarch. Since 1953, however, the official birthday of Canada's monarch has been Victoria Day. Originally the holiday was set by vice-regal proclamation on the first Monday before May 24 of every year, but in 1957 the date of the national holiday was permanently fixed by statute.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_of_Canada
Victoria Day....
I guess they don't TEACH ANYTHING in school any more. Certainly NOT ABOUT CANADIAN HISTORY!
We celebrate Queen Victoria because it was she who granted the colonies of Upper and Lower Canada, DOMINION status, with our own parliament. Canadians finally started to run their own affairs, with London taking care of foreign affairs. It wasn't unit 1937 when Canada repatriated the BNA and affectly became an independent country.
I guess they don't TEACH ANYTHING in school any more. Certainly NOT ABOUT CANADIAN HISTORY!
We celebrate Queen Victoria because it was she who granted the colonies of Upper and Lower Canada, DOMINION status, with our own parliament. Canadians finally started to run their own affairs, with London taking care of foreign affairs. It wasn't unit 1937 when Canada repatriated the BNA and affectly became an independent country.
civic82 said:
My bad. I was reading an online article from the April 18 New York Times talking about Queen E's birthday. It didn't mention her dob in the first few paragraphs, so I assumed the two coincided. Still, the fourth Monday of May is a much better day to have off. April 21 is a little early in the year for cottage country.
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