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06/27/08

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A Few Acres Of Snow

Perhaps the most colossal understatement in all of history was made by one François-Marie Arouet, better remembered by his pen name Voltaire.

Voltaire 1694-1778

Voltaire was a famed French writer, and philosopher who on learning that Canada had been taken from France by those pesky British said it was no great loss, after all Canada was only......

"A Few Acres Of Snow"

I wonder what he would say now......

Happy Canada Day!

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