# 50th Anniversary....

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50th-anniversary/764665>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 1, 2016, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50th-anniversary/764665 "2016-09-01T15:10:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mallard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Mallard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mallard)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2016, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50th-anniversary/764665/1 "2016-09-01T15:10:55Z")

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Pointless and mundane? I think this fact should qualify as “totally useless trivia”. September 1, 2016 marks the 50th anniversary of colour broadcasting in Canada. So obscure, I couldn’t find a link commemorating it.

:D:D

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**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2016, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50th-anniversary/764665/2 "2016-09-01T19:53:41Z")

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How many more years before y’all get the spelling right? U’s don’t grow on trees, you know. 😜

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2016, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50th-anniversary/764665/3 "2016-09-01T21:33:26Z")

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Actually they do. We harvest them each year during maple season.

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50th-anniversary/764665/4 "2016-09-02T02:12:08Z")

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Why don’t you just walk that “u” from **colour** on over to “ **hoose**.”

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**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50th-anniversary/764665/5 "2016-09-02T03:12:23Z")

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Then they’ll be swamped with extra “o”'s.

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2016, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50th-anniversary/764665/6 "2016-09-05T04:01:11Z")

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O, take off, eh?  
(Yes, being a hoser, it took me three days to come up with a comeback, eh?)