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[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 57 points 3 days ago (8 children)

Canada is big and sparse, of course we are.

But, what is a mile?

[–] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 14 points 3 days ago

An overcompensated kilometer.

[–] titre@lemmynsfw.com 23 points 3 days ago (1 children)

How'd that Ukrainian get 3000 people to lie down for him to shoot over their feet? That's never going to work in a combat situation.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

It's easy if you're a good shot; you just kill 3000 enemy combatants in a line and then shoot the 3001st over their feet.

[–] LostXOR@fedia.io 9 points 3 days ago (2 children)

The 2884th soldier stepping out from cover after watching 2883 of his fellow soldiers be shot down in front of him after doing the exact same thing: stare

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 7 points 3 days ago

Ukraine could be done with this whole thing if light grenades were real.

[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago

This image reminds me of both catch 22 and slaughterhouse 5.

[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago

I like the the way you think.

[–] easily3667@lemmus.org 7 points 3 days ago

It's an SI-derived unit equivalent to 8 furlongs

[–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 days ago

what is a mile?

1600 large baguette.

[–] jaxxed@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

He’s either amazing at walking or incapable of it… πŸ€”

About 1,500 liters of maple syrup

[–] skankhunt42@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

how many football fields is that?

[–] skankhunt42@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 days ago

It's 7320 poutines. I'm not sure about football fields.

[–] marker2002@midwest.social 1 points 2 days ago

14.666666...

He was an incredible trumpeter and compose. Feet, though?

[–] epicstove@lemmy.ca 16 points 3 days ago

Iirc The best Sniper in WW1 was a Canadian (An indigenous one to) then came the white death who best his record in Finland, then a Canadian sniper beat him while serving in the middle east

Correct me if I'm wrong, I might have my facts mixed up.

[–] cerement@slrpnk.net 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

As of the 2016 census, there are 143,645 Canadians of Finnish ancestry.

[–] ZJBlank@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

And we did just pick a Finnish rifle to equip the Canadian Rangers with

[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

Call in a Canadian to Finnish the job.

[–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago

Fuckin deadly!

Marksmanship is quite popular up here

[–] Montreal_Metro@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

Whose feet? 🦢