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To enter the Contest you, as of April 23 2007, (a) must be 13 years of age or older, (b) must have Internet access, access to a Personal Computer, and an email account, and (c) must be a resident of the United States (excluding Guam, Puerto Rico, U.S. territories, military installations and commonwealths) or Canada (excluding Quebec) (Canadian residents will be required to answer an additional mathematical question in order to claim their prizes). Employees of Sponsor and its parent company, affiliates, subsidiaries, representatives, advertising, promotion and publicity agencies and members of the immediate families (defined as parents, children, siblings and spouse, regardless of where they reside) or households of such employees are not eligible. You will be disqualified if anyone set forth in the previous sentence participates in the Contest for you. Contest is void where prohibited, restricted or taxed by law. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply.

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Why do American's make life for Canadians so hard.
 

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Posted by dantesparadigm (Member # 8756) on :
 
It's Canadian Law, it's your fault, not ours.
 

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Posted by pfresh85 (Member # 8085) on :
 
The Diabolical American Plan*
Phase 1: Irritate Canadians.
Phase 2: Irritated Canadians provoke US.
Phase 3: US reacts and invades Canada.
Phase 4: Canada is incorporated into US.

*Note: I have no idea what the real diabolical American plan is. It was just a fun thought.
 

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Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
 
Shhhh!! Don't spread that around, it's a SECRET Diabolical American Plan.
 

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Posted by brojack17 (Member # 9189) on :
 
Because they are Canadian. Duh.
 

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Posted by Phanto (Member # 5897) on :
 
Canadians! *squeals*
 

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Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
 
Im certain any attempted US invasion of Canada would fail the moment the first snow flakes fell.
 

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Posted by pfresh85 (Member # 8085) on :
 

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Originally posted by Lyrhawn:
Shhhh!! Don't spread that around, it's a SECRET Diabolical American Plan.

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Oops, me and my big mouth.
 

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Posted by xnera (Member # 187) on :
 
I thought it was common knowledge that Canadian law requires prize winners to do a simple math test. o_O I think other countries do, too, but I'm forgetting which, at the moment.
 

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Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
 

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Originally posted by Blayne Bradley:
Im certain any attempted US invasion of Canada would fail the moment the first snow flakes fell.

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I think between Alaska, Washington, Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine, we can take you.

All Americans want is oil anyways, so we'll be satisfied with Alberta
 

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Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
 
Wired on "Dumb Math Tests a Canadian Thing"

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Hi, xnera!
 

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Posted by Flaming Toad on a Stick (Member # 9302) on :
 

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In reality, the test is a hack of Canada's legal code by the promotions business. Canadian anti-gambling law makes it illegal to sell chances to win a prize, so promoters always offer a free method of entering each contest, and task every winner with a skill-testing question. By doing the latter, they argue, the game is no longer one merely of chance but a contest requiring some skill.

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Kewl.
 

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Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
 
Sometimes instead of asking "What is 7-3?" they have a non math-based question. It can really be anything as long as the winner is required to answer SOME question to make it a knowledge/skill contest instead of one of pure chance. They could ask, "In the alphabet, what letter comes after 'B'?" Or it could be, "True or false: apple juice is made from apples" or even "Answer this multiple choice question. Is Canada A) a country, B) a continent, or C) a planet?"

I sometimes have fun thinking of all the really obvious questions they could ask and what would happen if the winner chose the wrong answer...
 

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Posted by Chord (Member # 10122) on :
 
Telling America's "Diabolical Plans" emboldens the terrorists
 

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Posted by Nighthawk (Member # 4176) on :
 

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"Answer this multiple choice question. Is Canada A) a country, B) a continent, or C) a planet?"

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Hey now, let's not get ahead of ourselves here. Slow down...
 

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Posted by RunningBear (Member # 8477) on :
 
Is Canada A. Canada B. Canada C. Quebec

Ha. Take that Quebec!
 

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Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
 
Poor Quebecois
 

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Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
 

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yo what the heck mate.

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Originally posted by Chord:
Telling America's "Diabolical Plans" emboldens the terrorists

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the terrorists

So does doing that.



I am in a silly mood today.
 

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Posted by Brian J. Hill (Member # 5346) on :
 
mph, your post deserves a
 

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