Canadians in the Playground

[afroakuma]

Just because I'm curious. How many of us are from the Great White North? And from where do you snow hail?

I'm in Halifax, NS.


The Great Canadian Map

http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/qq194/afroakuma/Canada6.png

[FoE]

I work my evil ways in Westlock, Alberta. It's a small town north of Edmonton.

[Canadian]

Word to Big Bird! Straight coming from the T-Dot! That's Toronto Ontario Canada - Korea Town North to be exact. Yonge and Finch corridor represent!

I'd like to send a shout out to all my fellow Canadians.

Peace.. I'm out like trout!

[afroakuma]

I was wondering when you'd get here. :smallamused:

[Canadian]

Just had to put my hockey stick away...

[afroakuma]

I expect that map to light up like a Christmas tree in your area. Probably a fair smattering across Quebec, Alberta and BC, too.

[Canadian]

I think we'll get a pretty good response from everywhere in the south. Do the inuit roleplay? Long winters up there.

[afroakuma]

Where are all the Canadians?

I know you're out there somewhere. :smalltongue:

[Ponce]

<- !

Toronto: The gateway to Hamilton.

[Canadian]

He who controls Hamilton Ontario controls the universe!

[afroakuma]

Hooray!

I'll update the map after one or two more of us arrive.

[Boo]

Born in Toronto, moved to the Soo, then moved again to Powell Rumour River.

That's Toronto, Ontario. Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Powell River, BC. Never been out of Canada.

[Ponce]

He who controls Hamilton Ontario controls the universe!

Ding ding! We have a winner! Your cheque is in the mail.

[Fostire]

I was born in Canada, does that count? I currently live in Uruguay (that's in south america) but I was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

[Canadian]

Being born in Canada does count. You're just as special as the rest of us.

[Green-Shirt Q]

Whooooo!

Go Canada!

[Canadian]

Incidentally Shatner is Canadian.

[afroakuma]

I'll light him up as Winnipeg.

[Fostire]

I'll light him up as Winnipeg.

I will (hopefully) be moving back there this year (I left when I was 3).

[Canadian]

Three is okay.

One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do. Two can be as bad as one. It's the loneliest number since the number one.

[Juhn]

Not that the rest of Canada seems to think we count from what I know, but Windsor, ON here.

[Canadian]

You have the Chrysler plant in Windsor.

That means your city "Has a HEMI in it!"

[Lord Fullbladder, Master of Goblins]

Rosetown, Saskatchewan. Smack dab between Saskatoon and Kindersley, where two major highways cross.

We're also the main office of the regrettably moronic Sunwest School Division (Rosetown School Division was so much better, back in the day... three years ago and before that).

[Canadian]

A rose by any other name would smell like wheat.

[Alteran]

Another one from Toronto here!

[Lord Fullbladder, Master of Goblins]

Actually generally our town smells like either dust or the lagoon that our sewers connect to, to the west and perpetually upwind.

Early spring is not fun.

[afroakuma]

Alteran: What part? Big place, and I want to light it up.

[Juhn]

You have the Chrysler plant in Windsor.

That means your city "Has a HEMI in it!" is dying a slow economic death.

There, fixed that for you.

[Canadian]

The part of town I live in smells like Kimchee. Which is similar to the smell of a swamp.

[Juhn]

The city I live in smells like horrible pollution. Except where it smells like brewers' yeast.

I'm the only one I know who likes the smell of brewers' yeast. Apparently I'm odd that way.

[Canadian]

I like the smell of malt. The Redpath sugar factory on the lakeshore smells like malt.

[Shadow_Elf]

SHAZZAM!

I have arrived!

Toronto... oooooh, whats my riding.... doesn't help at all when my school is in a different riding...

Avenue Rd. + Eglinton Any Help? :smalltongue:

[The Unlucky One]

Gatineau in the province of Québec for me ( It's in the region called ''Outaouais'')

Yup, I'm one of those frenchies (don't worry, I don't bite english people, not like some other people from Québec)

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

Queen and Bathurst, in Toronto!

Toronto is my favourite city of all, with Montreal in a close second.

[afroakuma]

So hard to pinpoint those Toronto areas.

Foolish census map. :smallyuk:

[Alteran]

Alteran: What part? Big place, and I want to light it up.

Just NW of Yonge and Eglinton. The riding is Eglinton-Lawrence.

EDIT: Shadow, you're in the same riding as me.

[shaddy_24]

Calling in from Hespeler, Ontario. Near Toronto, for those of you who don't know.

[Juhn]

Wait, this is by riding? My county has something like five, though I believe my city has only two.

[afroakuma]

No, it's by... census... place...

stupid census map.

Lighting.

[Alteran]

I don't know if it is by riding (the map suggests no, the territories only have one each), but I figured it would help pin down my location.

Edit: Ninja'd by Afro.

[Juhn]

...Is Windsor just too tiny to light up, or something?

I wouldn't think that it is.

[Cynan Machae]

Qc City, Québec.

Yea :smallcool:

[afroakuma]

Nah, Photobucket's just being a tool. I'll try reloading it.

[Recaiden]

Some of my ancestors were Canadian. But I'm not.:smallfrown:

[afroakuma]

We like you anyway. :smallsmile:

[MSK]

Am I the only Vancouverite here? :smallfrown:

[afroakuma]

A lot of us haven't phoned in yet, MSK. I'll light you up, though.

[The Extinguisher]

Edmonton!

Yeah.
...

It's not that terrible.


....


:smallfrown:

[celtois]

South Alberta.....Calgary....

Yeah I'm from around here too :smalltongue:

[afroakuma]

Map's beginning to light up.

[B-Man]

B-Man reporting live from St Catharines, Ontario. It's the "let's be a bedroom community for Toronto despite being 123 km down the highway and 50% of that highway stretch is under constant construction 'cause the QE really needs more lanes in St Catharines and Oakville/Mississauga" of the Niagara Region.

[afroakuma]

I'm still waiting for the East Coasters to show.

[B-Man]

I have family out East that want me to move back in with them (or just move to the area so they can keep tabs on me) if that counts.

[KerfuffleMach2]

I'm not from Canada, but I do live only about ten miles away from Windsor. In Michigan.

[Kneenibble]

Hello my Canoegroes. I am from Winnipeg. It's cold, but it's a dry cold. I walked home on a river tonight. There are lots of natives and lots of trees. The arts scene here is small but pretty sweet. If anyone else from this forum lives in Winnipeg, please come see my plays. And that's my book report.

v(._.)v No. He is impure. He blackens his eyes with soot like a prostitute; he worships dogs and reptiles; he dances and plays the cymbals in vile Nileotic rites. UnCanadian.

[afroakuma]

I'm not from Canada, but I do live only about ten miles away from Windsor. In Michigan.

What do you think, Canucks? Should I light him up?

[Green Bean]

Antigonish, Nova Scotia.






Eh? :smallamused:

[afroakuma]

Really? I wonder if I know you IRL.

[KerfuffleMach2]

What do you think, Canucks? Should I light him up?

Oh, no, I wasn't asking to be put on the map. I just suddenly felt the need to post that. Not sure why, really.

@Kneenibble: That...was some strange reasoning. Awesome, but strange.

[Kneenibble]

*bows* Do not mistake me, my friend: you have a place in my heart, but none on my country's map.

[Destro_Yersul]

*points at sig*

Vancouver, BC. Not very white, except for recently, and not very North either, but most certainly Canadian. eh. :smallbiggrin:

[MikelaC]

Born in Ottawa, but now living in Ingleside (on the seaway, halfway between Morrisburg and Cornwall)

[afroakuma]

Got everyone so far. I wonder where the others are hiding...

[Dallas-Dakota]

Great, like us Euro's weren't outnumbered enough...Gotta call up the other guys from North-America as well...:smalltongue:

[afroakuma]

Oh, quiet you. At least you guys have meetups. Look how far we're spread.

[Canadian]

I say light up pro Canadian supporters even if they are across the border. As long as they participate in Canadian style "sleeper cell" activities like:

Watching hockey, drinking beer, cooking back bacon, eating maple syrup, saying "eh", and preferring a creative compromise as the first solution to a conflict rather than an instant escalation to carpet bombing.

We have already infiltrated them. Soon they will be in our clutches! Then we will unleash upon them...

Universal Health Care!

They'll be so healthy and happy they won't know what hit them.

[Boo]

Y'know, a number of European countries have better health care than us, right? Especially France, but they have debt to go with it.

[Inhuman Bot]

Born in Winnipeg, and living in winnipeg.

And remember our slogan: "Welcome to the murder capital of Canada! Enjoy your sta- *gunshot"

[Canadian]

I guess it's easier to shoot people there because the land is so flat. You could give them a two day running head start and still hit them with your rifle.

[FoE]

I guess it's easier to shoot people there because the land is so flat.

The land is flat? What, you mean topographically?

They'll never post here, so I'll post for them: North and Zarah are both from Edmonton, Alberta.

[Canadian]

Edmonton is well represented.

[afroakuma]

Why won't they post? :smallconfused:

Rude of them. :smalltongue:

The rest: you're lit.

[Chunklets]

Edmonton is well represented.

Yeah, I'm in Edmonton as well!

* mutters about the injustice of this thread appearing just as I'm leaving * :smalltongue:

@V: Leaving the Playground, unfortunately... :smallfrown:

[afroakuma]

Leaving what? Edmonton?

[FoE]

Why won't they post? :smallconfused:

North is rarely around, and Zarah never ventures far out of Arts and Crafts.

[afroakuma]

Unfortunate.

Go knock the rest of them out of the woodwork. :smalltongue: Can't let Toronto and Edmonton get everyone.

[Da King]

<= I'm in Dartmouth, to be specific.

[Canadian]

CROWNED! Aw yeah!

[afroakuma]

<= I'm in Dartmouth, to be specific.

Really? Hello from across the bridge(s)!

[Mr. Moon]

I'm Canadian.
And in a couple more years, I can tell you what part without my mother ripping the skin off my body.

Edit: And those of you who do have a vauge idea will kindly not say anything, please and thanks.

[afroakuma]

Do you at least know which census division you're in?

Still vague, but it means I get to light it up! :smallbiggrin:

Alternately, province and I'll just light the capital.

Pretty please?

[darkblade]

Another Toronto person. College and Jarvis to be specific.

[Talwar]

I'm near Bourget, southeast of our nation's capital.

[afroakuma]

Looks like northeast... or were you not referring to Bourget, Ontario?

[Drago]

I'm at 49° 53' 0" North, 97° 10' 0" West! A cookie for the first person to state my location correctly.
It's Winnipeg btw, and it's funny because it's in my location tag.
Afro, are you making areas with more people from them brighter/different colours?

[afroakuma]

Yes indeedy!

Winnipeg, Manitoba?

[Talwar]

Bourget, Ontario is the place - but it is southeast of Ottawa, not northeast.

[de-trick]

I AM CANADIAN

put me in for Dauphin, MB

I'm in the parkland region

[afroakuma]

Bourget, Ontario is the place - but it is southeast of Ottawa, not northeast.

Sorry; the census division lights up as being slightly above. Thanks!

[Drago]

Yes indeedy!

Winnipeg, Manitoba?

You get a cookie!

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

Afroakuma, you don't have a habit of highlighting as you read, do you?

[afroakuma]

Good. I love cookies.

Never been to Manitoba, but it's as good an excuse as any to go. :smallbiggrin:

[afroakuma]

Afroakuma, you don't have a habit of highlighting as you read, do you?

:eek:

...sadly, I do - but I let my guard down.

*is naive and ashamed.* :smallfrown:

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

Oh, that reminds me.

He doesn't go on much, and when he does, usually lurks around the Arts and Crafts, but put TheLizard down in Toronto as well. Not sure where though, as he lives in 2 houses on and off...

[afroakuma]

I'll put him in the main TO area; most of them have been falling there anyway.

[largertyler]

I reside in the only place in Canada the news will say a heat wave is coming when its -40 during the day.








Winterpeg, Manasnowba, Canadamn its cold

[afroakuma]

Alert?

God, I hope not. :smallamused:

[Drago]

Good. I love cookies.

Never been to Manitoba, but it's as good an excuse as any to go. :smallbiggrin:

Any time. Then again I've never been to Nova Scotia myself.


:eek:

...sadly, I do - but I let my guard down.

*is naive and ashamed.* :smallfrown:

Did I get one past the master? I think I did.
Honestly, VUaCS has got me highlighting near everything I read.
Afro, I might just start doubting your power.

[afroakuma]

Why? My power to selectively doubt people obtained me a cookie.

I don't feel bad about this punishment at all. :smallbiggrin:

[Gowron]

When I'm not partaking in my chancellery duties on Kronos, I tend to hang about The Lower Mainland in B.C.

[afroakuma]

Any particular area I should light up for you?

[Surudoi]

Winterpeg (winnipeg). Coldest capital city in the Provinces. Yay for minus fifty windchills.

[KerfuffleMach2]

*bows* Do not mistake me, my friend: you have a place in my heart, but none on my country's map.

Yay! That makes me feel special inside.

[de-trick]

Winterpeg (winnipeg). Coldest capital city in the Provinces. Yay for minus fifty windchills.

yah for manitoba in general, -46 and buses still run for school

At least you guys are in the city, my town if you dont own a 4x4 your screwed when it comes to a snow storm


Ohh yah, just throwing out a bit of info out, but my bank was robbed by people using skidoo's, when it was a major storm. And there still free

[afroakuma]

Winnipeg seeing solid representation. Currently the brightest spot on the map.

[LordZarth]

Am I the only Vancouverite here? :smallfrown:

Nope! Light me, Afro!

[LordZarth]

:eek:

...sadly, I do - but I let my guard down.

*is naive and ashamed.* :smallfrown:

Highlighting posts? No joke: ever since the VuaCS episode I have never read a GitP thread without cmd/ctrl-a total highlighting. No, really.

[afroakuma]

Yessir! *increases Vancouver light*

[de-trick]

i wonder how many for winniepeg so far, could possable have a meetup, id have to drive 4 hours, and then some how drive in a city to do that thou,

because using my redneck math ive figured out something


4x4+small town= bad driver, now take bad driver+big city+big truck = crash in 10 minutes of driving in winniepeg

[afroakuma]

Map says six. Seven total in Manitoba.

[Canadian]

Send More Canadians! More BRAINS!

[mathieumg]

Ottawa region! :O

[Fostire]

Map says six. Seven total in Manitoba.

Effectively it's 5, since I'm 10000 miles away it would be a bit hard for me to go to a meetup :smalltongue:

[afroakuma]

Ahh, your not-counting doesn't count.

Not count.

Er...

[shakes019]

Guelph Ontario!

[Rare Pink Leech]

Put me down for Toronto. Actually, I'm technically in Vaughan (Vaughan's south border is Toronto's north border) so I guess for accuracy you better put me down there. I do consider myself Torontonian, though (see my location) and whenever someone asks me where I'm from I tell them Toronto.

[Canadian]

I like to hike in the Guelph area.

Also Ottawa is cool. I love the airplane museum there.

I've been to Vuaghan many times.

Welcome fellow Ontarians!

[puppyavenger]

Hi, another halagonian signing on.


you know ,I've never heard anyone use that word seriously.

[Canadian]

If you were a Halogolian you could ride across the steppe with Ghengis.

[Gem Flower]

I was born in Halifax! ('K, it was Prospect really, but that's just a little village nobody's ever heard of) But now I'm in Ontario. We're having a cold snap, but I love our winter.:smallbiggrin:

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

I keep on going 'booya, another one! We should totally have a meetup'

but then I think...

wait a minute...

Canada=Space.

DOH!

[afroakuma]

Yeah; tedious, innit?

Perhaps one day. Looks like Winnipeg and Toronto would war for the right to host it, though.

I pick TO only because I like having a circulatory system.

[Canadian]

This is good. Lots of Canadians here.

[de-trick]

but now it is time to discuss a true Canadian question, What is your favorite Stomping Tom song.

Mine must be Tillsonberg...Tillsonberg my back still acks when I hear that word

[Canadian]

Bud the spud is a classic. But you can't get more Canadian than the "Good old hockey game."

After all it's the best game you can name.

[afroakuma]

Stomping Tom... *shudder*

Almost as bad as Caper fiddle music. Every bloody time I go downtown... I'm not even in Cape Breton.

[Canadian]

I bet you just love Great Big Sea!

Do you have Celine Dion on your itunes?

Some Anne Murray. Or grab a harpoon and listen to Jan Arden and Rita Macneil.

[puppyavenger]

If you were a Halogolian you could ride across the steppe with Ghengis.

huh? doesn't it mean someone form Halifax? also, I know where Prospect is! well, in a general sort of way.

[Canadian]

Halifax!

Shake N' Bake Buddy!!!

[de-trick]

Bud the spud is a classic.




When the air horn goes on the song I always look back when im driving, thinking im cutting off a semi



I bet you just love Great Big Sea!

Theres a couple of songs I like of them, but cant really relate to them, as the lake nearest me is only 5 feet deep.

But Saskatchewan Pirate is bette fit for me.

[afroakuma]

Yes! Arrogant Worms FTW!

[de-trick]

Halifax!

Shake N' Bake Buddy!!!

You got to shake it, before you Bake it

Sorry i love that movie

[Canadian]

I hate it when there's the sound of a police siren on the radio in a commercial or something. When it goes out I instantly start throwing my stash out the window.

[afroakuma]

I assume it was a stash of Cadbury Creme Eggs, since none of us on the Playground keep any sort of illicit stashes. [/forum rules]

[Canadian]

Yeah. I'm not supposed to eat chocolate eggs.

[Jack Squat]

I assume it was a stash of Cadbury Creme Eggs, since none of us on the Playground keep any sort of illicit stashes. [/forum rules]

It's actually a stash of doughnuts and coffee...he's throwing them out the window towards the police :smallwink:

[afroakuma]

Well, he is a Canadian - we're friendly that way. :smallsmile:

[Canadian]

Yeah, they love Tim Hortons. Everyone loves Tim Hortons.

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

Whenever it's Chanukkah (I'm Jewish), we all go out to get some doughnuts, right?

Well, Tim Horton's isn't a very Jewish name...

So we go to Tim Horowitz instead!

[afroakuma]

Gwyn chan r'Gwyll isn't a very Jewish name either, so it balances.

[darkblade]

Am I the only person who is annoyed by Tim Hortons having those monthly products? I pretty much drank a candy cane hot chocolate everday all through December and then they stopped and I had to go back to triple sugar pepermint tea.

[afroakuma]

I'm annoyed that they switched the Chocolate Snowflake for the Candy Cane Doughnut. :smallyuk:

[darkblade]

You take that back! The candy cane chocolate dounts are amazing.

[Canadian]

Honestly, I just use the washroom at Tim's every now and then. I try to stay away from Timbits and stuff.

Candy cane anything freaks me out. Unless it's just a regular candy cane. Then it's just boring.

[de-trick]

cant wait till roll up the rim, last time i went for timmys i was wearing overalls and a big winter work jacket, and just finished helping take off my friends rear diff on his truck

[Canadian]

There should be an activity pre-qualifier for going to Tim's. Taking a diff off a truck certainly qualifies. Cutting lumber, doing plumbing, being a bounty hunter.

They should refuse service to people who come in after a hard day of scrapbooking.

[puppyavenger]

There should be an activity pre-qualifier for going to Tim's. Taking a diff off a truck certainly qualifies. Cutting lumber, doing plumbing, being a bounty hunter.

They should refuse service to people who come in after a hard day of scrapbooking.

but then were would all the people from the cruise ships who dock in the harbor for a day inexplicably go?

[Canadian]

They could have a second entrance to Tim's that says "cruise ship people only - special service." They would go in and pay their money and be ushered into a cement room with one lighbulb hanging from the celing.

Then bikers would beat the crap out of them wounding them only in places covered by clothing. Then they would hand them and empty cup and push them out the door and say...

"Tell everyone you liked the coffee OR ELSE!"

[puppyavenger]

They could have a second entrance to Tim's that says "cruise ship people only - special service." They would go in and pay their money and be ushered into a cement room with one lighbulb hanging from the celing.

Then bikers would beat the crap out of them wounding them only in places covered by clothing. Then they would hand them and empty cup and push them out the door and say...

"Tell everyone you liked the coffee OR ELSE!"

...that would cost about 20x as much as giving them the coffee....


I'd watch it!

[Canadian]

It would be cheap. The bikers get to keep the wallets.

[de-trick]

I had to buy that time, or my diff would be at risk from my truck,(94 chevy silverodeo, his 94 GMC serria) So everything would be the same, thank god he found one in a dump, also found me a grill(mine brole last time I got stuck 4x4in)

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

You know what I'm thinking?

I'm thinking a Toronto meet-up AND a Winnipeg meet-up, connected through LIVE VIDEO CHAT!!!

[de-trick]

You know what I'm thinking?

I'm thinking a Toronto meet-up AND a Winnipeg meet-up, connected through LIVE VIDEO CHAT!!!

yes, yes perfect, now i just save money so i can do some shopping there, no way im goin to the city and not going shopping, rural Canadian tradition if you go to a place that is bigger than your hometown you must shop

[Canadian]

We should go to Pacific Mall and perv out on the cute asian girls.

[Krytha]

When I'm not working in Korea, I am now of the GTA Scarberia variety. I miss my old house...

[Fostire]

yes, yes perfect, now i just save money so i can do some shopping there, no way im goin to the city and not going shopping, rural Canadian tradition if you go to a place that is bigger than your hometown you must shop

I thought that was standard procedure for all rural places

[Canadian]

Scarberia has good Chinese food.

[de-trick]

I thought that was standard procedure for all rural places

true, I got 3 citys to go shoppin at only yorkton, Brandon, and winterpeg. So its a bigger deal than say a rural in US cause there is alot more large citys there, closer together as well.


We should go to Pacific Mall and perv out on the cute asian girls.

no go to polo park and lot at the school girls, yes in the outfit and everything, got to love private schools

[Canadian]

You'd go crazy in Toronto. We have lots of private schools. With the cutest richest girls. The moms are hot too. The hot moms drive up in the Bently to pick up the hottie daughters.

Then we go to Pacific Mall.

[Krytha]

You'd go crazy in Toronto. We have lots of private schools. With the cutest richest girls. The moms are hot too. The hot moms drive up in the Bently to pick up the hottie daughters.

Then we go to Pacific Mall.

You seem to have your priorities straight.

[Canadian]

Yes... Straight... To Jail... Do not pass Pacific Mall. Do not collect 200 dollars.

[de-trick]

You'd go crazy in Toronto. We have lots of private schools. With the cutest richest girls. The moms are hot too. The hot moms drive up in the Bently to pick up the hottie daughters.

Then we go to Pacific Mall.

imagine all the homework we could do with them,

id could never go into a huge city, I was talking to a guy from montreal today, and said he was 1/2 hour from downtown, I said i live about 1 minute from downtown, 30secs if i speed

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

Yes, we could help them with their anatomy homework.

[Canadian]

Physical education... Plus cheerleading. Don't forget swim class. Or jumping up and down class.

[afroakuma]

I'm mildly appalled that our southern neighbours' thread is discussing the weather, while this thread is discussing the merits and entertainments of perving on underage girls.

And they call us the nice ones. :smallfrown:

[de-trick]

I'm mildly appalled that our southern neighbours' thread is discussing the weather, while this thread is discussing the merits and entertainments of perving on underage girls.

And they call us the nice ones. :smallfrown:

not underaged if ur not over 18

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

Would it be ok if we apologized first? :smallbiggrin:

[Alteran]

I'm mildly appalled that our southern neighbours' thread is discussing the weather, while this thread is discussing the merits and entertainments of perving on underage girls.

And they call us the nice ones. :smallfrown:

Ah, but we all know what the weather is like. Cold. Still cold, and still snowy.

[Coidzor]

Remember when school girl outfits were designed to make the girls as unattractive as possible?

So other than school girls, what do you canucks like? I hear you're much like the rest of us boring white people in many regards.

[afroakuma]

We have a notable predilection for... some sort of winter sport, I believe...

[de-trick]

actully from the last couple years we have in manitoba a pre-defrost we're only at -6, T-shirt weather:smallcool:

Global warming is a good thing for Canadians, when you think about it, warmer winters, and if polar bears were extinct then i would not have to worry about them eating me when I'm outside

[Canadian]

I've never seen an unattractive school girl uniform.

I guess Canadians are more into school girls than Americans. The legal age in Ontario is 16. They raised it from 14 last year.

I've stopped driving my windowless cargo van past junior high schools as a result. Now it's grade 9 or higher.
:smallwink:

[Juhn]

I'm pretty sure it was only 14 if you were under 18 yourself. Otherwise... ew.

[Ilena]

BC for me! somewhat outside vancouver ... you shall not get more specific information!

[mathieumg]

To be legal you needed (and still do) a maximum of 2 years in difference of age... that's on paper of course.

[Inhuman Bot]

So other than school girls, what do you canucks like?

There's other things we like?

[Juhn]

Donuts, coffee, hockey, etc.

Come on guys, let's perpetuate the sterotype!

[thestarvingpoet]

Rosetown, Saskatchewan. Smack dab between Saskatoon and Kindersley, where two major highways cross.

We're also the main office of the regrettably moronic Sunwest School Division (Rosetown School Division was so much better, back in the day... three years ago and before that).

Hey, I'm originally from Oyen, AB, and was born in Kindersley. It's amazing where you'll run into all the small town people :)

I'm in Calgary now.

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

Did you know that the tradition of linking cops and doughnuts comes from Canada?

That's right!

Tim Hortons came up with the brilliant idea of, for extra security, having free coffee and doughnuts for policemen, so they would hang out in the Tim Hortons.

[Dancing_Zephyr]

Winterpeg, although its been quite nice these last 3 days.

[Inhuman Bot]

Winterpeg, although its been quite nice these last 3 days.

Exactly. Don't get used to it, that's when the Winter part prefers to strike.

[Juhn]

Did you know that the tradition of linking cops and doughnuts comes from Canada?

That's right!

Tim Hortons came up with the brilliant idea of, for extra security, having free coffee and doughnuts for policemen, so they would hang out in the Tim Hortons.

Another quality product of our proud heritage.

[Kneenibble]

I'm actually somewhat astounded how many other Winnipeggers are coming out of the woodwork. It has been quite mild here for the past few days, but there's usually a pleasant streak somewhere-ish after New Year's. February will rebalance the bitter debt. I went for a jog on the Assiniboine River this evening, I haven't been able to jog outside for some time.

Tim Horton's makes half-decent tea, I'll tell you, for a blue-collar kinda place.

[Canadian]

Anybody live in an igloo? I do.

[Inhuman Bot]

Oh, I've thought of something else Canadians like: Corner gas!

Does anyone else watch it?

[de-trick]

Oh, I've thought of something else Canadians like: Corner gas!

Does anyone else watch it?

yes, love it. My Co-op gas bar had Brent, come in as a promotion. And we sell the ruby/cornergas mugs, also carry shot glasses, keychains, and air fresheners.

[Canadian]

Corner gas and all other Canadian T.V. makes me sad. Except Kenny vs. Spenny. That I like.

[Inhuman Bot]

Corner gas and all other Canadian T.V. makes me sad. Except Kenny vs. Spenny. That I like.

Oh? What's wrong with it?

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

I watch, like, no TV.

I have a TV just for watching movies and playing games.

[Canadian]

Corner gas is too Canadian that's all. You can O.D. on Canadian stuff.

[Ponce]

Canadian TV in general is pretty bad. Corner Gas I hear is an exception, though.

[Shades of Gray]

I never really liked Corner Gas myself...

Oh, the great T.O. Although I was born in Montreal... The good old Montreal...

[Canadian]

I hear the smoked meat in Montreal is the best.

[Kneenibble]

To those non-Canadians playing voyeur on this thread:

I'm terribly sorry to say that this lukewarm self-effacing banter pretty much epitomizes the general Canadian spirit. Don't come here. It's cold and we're boring and we clothe ourselves in external stereotypes to supplement our lack of substantial identity.

[B-Man]

Montréal-style smoked meats are delicious. They make very, very tasty sandwiches. One of the better highlights of my exchange to la belle province.

[Shades of Gray]

I love fresh Montreal bagels... and croissants... Pretty much any pastry.

[Salvonus]

Hmm... I wonder which denizens of our little Canadian thread speak with an upward inflection at the end of their sentences? Is the "Canadian Polite-Speak" a universal phenomenon amongst all of us, or is it just here in the (normally) balmy parts [guess where?] of the nation?

[Canadian]

No upward inflection in Toronto.

[Salvonus]

Really? Shocking. I've heard accusations that "all" Canadians do it. :smalltongue:

[Canadian]

I think only teenage girls do it.

[Salvonus]

No, no, not that really pronounced "Valley Girl" one. It's just a subtle thing at the end of sentences. Most people I know, regardless of gender, have it if you listen really closely. It's just the tiniest little upward inflection at the end of a sentence - while a Brit, for example, would have a downward inflection, many Canadians have just a slight little rise in their voice.

[edit] Most Canucks don't seem to notice it, even when they speak that way. It really is subtle. It's not the "Hi? I am good? Natalie has a party and we're going to get drunk off of dishwater?" kind of thing that you're thinking of.

[Canadian]

Not in the T-Dot. We're all really direct here. Things are said with very little emotion or inflection. I'd say the main Toronto flavor is cynicism or sarcasm. Neither have an upward inflection.

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

Not in the T-Dot. We're all really direct here. Things are said with very little emotion or inflection. I'd say the main Toronto flavor is cynicism or sarcasm. Neither have an upward inflection.

I'm probably an exception, because, while I am quite adept at both cynicism and sarcasm, I have a speech impediment that, when I mask it right, sounds like a british accent. People are always asking me where I come from. :smallsmile:

[Canadian]

What exactly is your speech impediment?

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

I can't pronounce the letter 'r'. When I was little, I just never learned how.

[Krytha]

No, no, not that really pronounced "Valley Girl" one. It's just a subtle thing at the end of sentences. Most people I know, regardless of gender, have it if you listen really closely. It's just the tiniest little upward inflection at the end of a sentence - while a Brit, for example, would have a downward inflection, many Canadians have just a slight little rise in their voice.

[edit] Most Canucks don't seem to notice it, even when they speak that way. It really is subtle. It's not the "Hi? I am good? Natalie has a party and we're going to get drunk off of dishwater?" kind of thing that you're thinking of.

Not for me, or the vast majority of my acquaintances. Unless it's a question, I don't really see it happening as a constant voice effect.

[Canadian]

Perhaps the people in your particular community have a strange way of speaking. The upward thing does not seem to be in evidence elsewhere.

[Wings2k2]

Light up Ottawa a little bit more (Though I live in Markham (North of T.O) during the summer. But considering how short that is...). As for the upwards inflection thing I don't notice it myself, but I asked a friend of mine who's studying linguistics and she said it is there faintly (at least in her roommate). Though one person is hardly a sufficient study so now that I've been made aware of it I'll keep an ear out to see if I can notice it.

[Canadian]

I'm starting a downward inflection to balance it out.

[theguyintherobe]

Hey from up the far reaches of the north! I hail from the [I]giant[I] city of TIMMINS, Ontario. (That's kind of near sudbury)

[Zweee]

Yay!!!! A thread for us Canadians. I do have a house somewhere but I never see it. I basically live on an Albertan drilling rig thats west of Edmonton.

[Canadian]

You live one a drilling rig? That must be noisy. Do you get free oil?

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

That would be cool, but, at the price of oil nowadays, I doubt it.

[loopy]

Well, I'm not Canadian, but every Canadian I've ever met has been awesome, I really intend to go there some day, and when I went drinking with Kyle and Jeremy, they bought me shots the entire night.

Go Canada!

-An Aussie