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Fluoride
Trad climber
Hollywood, CA
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Happy Canada Day eh. Glad to have such great neighbors as America's Hat.
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klk
Trad climber
cali
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ok, if anders is telling newfie jokes, do i get to tell bcer jokes?
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Mighty Hiker- You Crack me up. Keep it coming!
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Since I left BC nine years ago, you can go ahead with all the BC jokes you want. I'll start:
Q: What do you call three BC labor leaders and three BC CEOs on the bottom of Georgia Strait?
A: Not a bad start.
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Captain...or Skully
Social climber
way, WAY out there....(OMG)
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Canada!
I like it. nice folks.
The moose are kinda cranky, though.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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Squamish is in Northern Wyoming, right?
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 1, 2009 - 11:26pm PT
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Q: Why does a Canadian cross the street?
A: To get to the middle, of course.
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klk
Trad climber
cali
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whatcom county, 1980s. or 1990s. or today.
q: what are the first 3 words of the canadian national anthem?
a: attention, k-mart shoppers?
q: how do you get 23 candians in a vw?
a: throw a k-mart flyer in the back-seat
thank you folks, i'll be here all week. i recommend the salmon.
seriously, i could go on all night. and so can the salmon . . . .
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 1, 2009 - 11:31pm PT
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An American walked into the produce section of his local supermarket and asked to buy half a head of lettuce. The boy working in that department told him that they only sold whole heads of lettuce. The man was insistent that the boy ask his manager about the matter.
Walking into the back room, the boy said to his manager, "Some a#@hole wants to buy a half a head of lettuce." As he finished his sentence, he turned to find the man standing right behind him, so he added, "and this gentleman kindly offered to buy the other half." The manager approved the deal and the man went on his way.
Later the manager found the boy and said "I was impressed with the way you got yourself out of that situation earlier. We like people who think on their feet here. Where are you from, son?"
"Canada, sir," the boy replied.
"Well, why did you leave Canada?" the manager asked.
The boy said, "Sir, there's nothing but whores and hockey players up there."
"Really!" said the manager. "My wife is from Canada!"
The boy replied, "No sh#t??? Who did she play for?"
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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ROTFLMAO!!!
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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"and this gentleman kindly offered to buy the other half."
Now Anders, some things are okay to mess with and some things are sacred. When we're dealing with Canada, beer is sacred. And your little joke, in its original form, was a beer ad. For Molson's Golden. You turned this into some halfwit story about lettuce? A beer ad about lettuce? Back to Norway with you, dude.
Original ad goes something like this:
Young bar waiter approaches a distinguished-looking gent who's just seated himself at a table.
"What'll you have sir?"
"I'll take half a bottle of Molson Golden."
Waiter turns, rolls eyes, and goes to the bar, and says to bartender: "Give me half a bottle of Molson Golden."
"Huh?"
"Some crazy guy just ordered half a bottle of Molson Golden"
At which point he sees the distinguished gentleman right behind him...
"And this gentleman ordered the other half."
Distinguished gentleman looks at waiter, nods appreciatively, and says: "You're smooth son."
Voiceover: "Molson Golden, the smooth one."
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Now, I gotta add, that line about "Who'd she play for?" was pretty good. Palinesque, almost.
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 2, 2009 - 12:16am PT
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(Molson Golden = swill drunk by Ontarians.)
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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I liked it better when it was Dominion Day, something sinister about that, really, maybe a residual from Star Trek, out of the Gamma Quadrant... sort of a bizzaro universe where Canadians aren't polite...
Le Jour de la Confédération isn't as snazzy... sort of effete... and since it's french, and talks about confederation, you don't trust it at all...
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 2, 2009 - 12:25am PT
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The op/ed from today's New York Times - 11 Canadians living in the United States share what they miss most about home. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/01/opinion/01canadaday.html
#2 on the NYT's list of "most popular" articles today.
Yes, I preferred Dominion Day - our original constitution referred to Canada as a dominion, and it has a nice ring, even if no one is quite sure what it actually meant.
On years when July 1st is a Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday, and therefore an "orphan" holiday which most can't make into a long or extra-long weekend, I get together with friends for a Dominion Day outing to Squamish. Climb, hike, picnic, wear red & white. Which is what we did today.
"Jean Baptiste Day" is simply the standard European midsummer festival, transplanted.
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mazamarick
Trad climber
WA
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It's Canadiens not Canadians. Just ask the Molsons'. Go Habs!
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 2, 2009 - 01:01am PT
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Molson's just bought, or more accurately re-bought, the Canadiens last week. They owned the Habs until about 30 years ago.
Cette Tami est très drôle, n'est ce pas?
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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et sympathique, aussi! Vous et tout le pays. (pardon mon francais)
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 2, 2009 - 02:28am PT
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The greatest Canadians, as determined by the CBC in a fairly open and credible public process a few years ago. (Sports people and entertainers omitted.)
Frederick Banting - Discovered insulin, with Charles Best.
Alexander Graham Bell - Discovered everything, and made lots of money doing so.
Tommy Douglas - Greatest Canadian, period. From Saskatchewan, too.
Terry Fox - Tragic hero.
Sir John A. Macdonald - Decided Canada was a good idea, made it so.
Lester B. Pearson - Prime Minister, diplomat, peacemaker.
Pierre Trudeau - We're still thinking about him.
http://www.cbc.ca/greatest/top_ten/index.html
(Naturally, this being Canada, there was also a poll regarding the ten worst Canadians - mostly current or recent politicians.)
Here's a few other Canadians of interest if not importance to non-Canadians.
Sir William Logan - Geological Survey of Canada, Mt. Logan. (Climbing-related!)
John Gillespie Magee - High Flight.
John McCrae - In Flanders Fields.
Marshall McLuhan - Communications theorist.
James Naismith - Invented basket ball.
Bobby Orr - Even better player than Gretzky.
http://www.cbc.ca/greatest/greatcanadians/a.html
Maybe later I'll find a list of Canadian inventions and innovations.
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tooth
Mountain climber
Guam
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we take your Iraq dodgers now. Town of Fernie is full of them.
CanadaArm?
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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Anders,
Bobby was good but have you forgotten Gordo? For shame!
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