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As the sun sets, and we await the traditional fireworks display, take a moment to remove your helmet and sing along: “Oh Canada“.
Your tips and alternative melodies in the comments.

32 Replies to “Reader Tips”

  1. alternate melodies?
    all I know is Amazing Grace fits perfectly to Gilligans Island.

  2. Bow down to your overlords and say a Hail Mary in preparation for urgently head-butting them in the chin:

    As Gary and Louise Lidington, from London, made final preparations for their wedding last weekend, they received an urgent telephone call from council registrars warning that they could not legally say the words “in sickness and in health”.

    Huh?

    Officials in Tower Hamlets, east London, said that the phrase, which is used around the world, was too “religious” for a civil ceremony.

    Could someone explain that to me please?

  3. Yeah, I remember that travesty, Kate.
    He shoulda known after about 2 1/2 seconds he was up Shitcreek without a paddle and the logical thing to do was bail. But no, the dolt persevered and spewed out possibly the worst rendition Ever of our National Anthem.
    This ended his singing career, I do sincerely hope…. didn’t it?

  4. Re: Canada Anthem.
    Mr. Bartholomew must not have read the notes.
    I was on a tour of Paris many years ago. We visited a wine cellar that had been turned into a restaurant. During the evening, a group of us were asked to sing ”La Marseillaise” while the French sang ”Oh Canada.” There were three Americans on our tour, thus another group of French sang ”The Star Spangled Banner.” The French piano player knew all three anthems and we had sheets to read from.
    It was an enlightening experience. After the singing was over, we were mingling up on the stage. A waiter tugged at my jacket and said, ”A lot of blood was spilled before any of those those words were ever heard.”
    Enjoy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=R3IvXo0W1YI

  5. No Kate you keep your helmet on; for that butchery of ‘Oh Canada’, cover your ears and wait for incoming artillery.
    On a good day’s drunk, I’m sure I could do better…
    Cheers
    Hans Rupprecht, Commander in Chief
    1st Saint Nicolaas Army
    Army Group “True North”

  8. Yes EBD, I can explain…its because notwithstanding that the Queen is a Christian monarch, the government wags have eschewed the notion of Christian marriage; as when you get bored with the current spouse you merely go boff another.
    I mean Henry VIII would make a better Defender of the Faith, than this useless rabble trying to concoct the secular version of ‘marriage’.
    Better to lose your head for love, than to submit to this secular ordeal, which has all the makings of politically correct clap trap.
    In short, these inept government wonks have no vision and have quite lost themselves in Sherwood Forest. Friar Tuck would make short work of these ‘marriage challenged’ oafs. Lastly, who would pay these snivel serpents for their abortive attempts at writing a ‘wedding vow’ for the privilege of receiving their official certificate?
    As the English are want to say: “BOLLOCKS!”
    Cheers
    Hans Rupprecht, Commander in Chief
    1st Saint Nicolaas Army
    Army Group “True North”

  12. I was shocked when I saw Alexis Normand mess that up. I`ve heard her perform live, and she`s fantastic! Must have been a bad hair day!

  15. “Marine Le Pen is spoiling for a fight. The leader of France’s Front National vows to smash the existing order of Europe and force the break-up of monetary union, if she wins the next election.
    “It is no longer an implausible prospect. ‘We cannot be seduced,’ she said, brimming with confidence after her party secured 46pc of the vote in a by-election earthquake a week ago. Her candidate trounced the ruling Socialists in their own bastion of Villeneuve-sur-Lot.
    “‘The euro ceases to exist the moment that France leaves, and that is our incredible strength. What are they going to do, send in tanks?….Europe is just a great bluff. One side there is the immense power of sovereign peoples, and on the other side are a few technocrats.'”

  16. Man I didn’t think that it was possible to butcher our national anthem that badly.

  19. Planiz; in my humble opinion this is what a National Anthem should sound like. March On; March On; We will till our fields with the enemies blood: or something to that effect.
    I’ll bet this anthem wasn’t chosen by appeasing Liberal politicians!

  20. Actually…..
    “Quand sang impure, abrieve nos sillions……”
    “Until the impure blood, overflows our furrows….”
    The Marseilaise is one big song of blood, gore and violence.

  22. Did some one say “alternative melody s”
    Headstones “Cut” inbound duck and cover.
    Hard but clean rock. I survived Canada Day without killing a single RCAF hating little prick.
    Small victory, and to the hockey player that threatened that a$$ with a dental bill caused by his knuckles.
    Thank you.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIxj-2rm1hk
    not allowed to do that after “wet work” tracking people down and killing them.
    I cant. Ever again.
    dwright

  24. HOLDER’S ANTI-GUN BRAINWASHING GOOSE-STEPS ON – 5YR.OLD INTERROGATED 2 HRS. OVER A TOY GUN WETS HIS PANTS.
    http://dprogram.net/2013/07/01/5-year-olds-suspension-over-toy-cap-gun-reversed/
    Note the soviet style of intimidation and corruption here – the teachers bribe other students to complain about the boy. Principle said if the toy cap gun was “loaded” it would be an “explosive device” and the child would be handed over to police and the parents investigated. The US gulag state has arrived and it is chewing up children first.

  25. AlMoh’s Association calling: Come ‘nd get it. Free!
    (grauniad)
    …-
    “C4’s daily call to prayer for Ramadan
    Station says broadcast is ‘deliberate provocation’ aimed at viewers who might associate Islam with extremism”
    “Suicide bombs rock Kabul compound
    Four guards and two civilians killed in Afghan capital after attackers strike with car bomb and small arms”

  26. O’butted: Kicking O’s butt by the Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger.
    O has lost Jagger, et al, & the left.
    “The audience laughed out loud because Barack Obama — the man who carried so much hope and was long believed to be a very European US president — has become the butt of jokes.”
    O’s sole legacy*: “the butt of jokes”.
    …-
    US President Barack Obama owes “his landslide re-election victory in part to “Big Data.””
    http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/editorial-obama-must-offer-answers-on-nsa-spying-in-eu-a-909019.html
    *O’s sole legacy:
    http://www.globalpolitician.com/default.asp?25109-barack-obama-elections/

  30. Bulletin: Media Party Newswire.
    H/T PET Cemetery Report.
    …-
    “Media seek search warrants linked to alleged Mayor Ford ‘crack video’
    The Province – ‎39 minutes ago‎”

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