Oh Canada!!!

[The Shake]

Re: Re: Re: Re: Oh Canada!!!

Since I am a Canadian, I do embrass new and diffrent things

Embrass?

Assuming you mean "embrace", since when is that a hallmark of being a Canadian? We're hardly known for being the vanguards of the zeitgeist.

but I have broaden my horizons to even include American music,

Whoa! Even American music? You are soooooo cutting-edge! Worldly even!

 

[peteeey]

I think this guy is a candidate for the culture the U.S. has given the world ... Dr. Phil.

Does Canada have any of there own Television stations to that show more than freaking CURLING? WHAT A HOOT...

 

[pool]

hey cool, another sports thread.

sports, war, music, politics, whatever ... same shit, different faces ...

I've lived in Canada after moving from Britain ( anyone for cricket ) for abt 25 years and never knew skittles ... eeer ... hang on ... curling ! .... was Canadian. I was vaguely aware it was popular in North America.

 

[eyeofthedragon]

how about lacrosse anyone?

 

[Mr. K]

JJicq,

You've got to start staying in a better class of hotel. I have digital cable which allows me to not only see tons of sports at anytime of day, but also time shift so I can watch Maritimes, East, Central, Mountain and Western stations. Plus a shitload of specialty channels.

Don't know where you live, but life is good in TO.

Not to get into US bashing (I went to highschool in Arlington, VA) but I could spend several more paragraphs talking about how things are better in Canada on a daily basis.

For example, in the US you have President Bush who went to war and spent billions of dollars, and is literally flushing your economy down the toilet, here in Canada we have Alfonso Gagliano and and the former PM who have spent millions of dollars enriching their political friends.

But one example is our banking system, where you can bank with one bank anywhere in the country and use your debit card anywhere in the country. Another is the fact that we can get cell phone service from a provider that is good throughout the country, no roaming charges. In both cases in the US, you've got more service providers (cell) and banks than you can shake a stick at.

 

[JJicq]

Yankee go home! Don't be dissing me motherland dawg! Come dawg come to Carabana(sp?) and we show you who da shit man! Come to Gay Pride and we show you how tis done done bro!

Canada - home of the strong and FREE!

USA - home of pseudo-freedom, pseudo-democracy ... home of the UNFREE!

Go read the words of the "The Star-Spangled Banner."

Check the value of the CND buck vs. US buck

Check our committment to Global Peace

please do us all in the States a favor and get your Freakin Government to lock down on the people coming into Canada.

I am not bashing Canada, hell where else can I go to catch a 7 pound (sorry do not know metric system) Brook Trout on a Dry Fly, can you say Labrador!!! Awesome place. I feel fortunate to come to Canada, Toronto is my favorite large North American City, people are great, safe, lots to see and do. All I wanted to know about is Curling!!!

How many people living in Canada are actually born in your great Country? 20% - 30%???, immigration rules in your Country while having benefits I recognize, how much is too much?


Now, please share the essence of this wonderful game you all call Curling!!!

 

[Cool Dude]

It's Bocci Ball on ice.

Now, please share the essence of this wonderful game you all call Curling!!!

SHOT ROCK!

 

[DenWa]

Yankee go home! Don't be dissing me motherland dawg! Come dawg come to Carabana(sp?) and we show you who da shit man! Come to Gay Pride and we show you how tis done done bro!

Canada - home of the strong and FREE!

USA - home of pseudo-freedom, pseudo-democracy ... home of the UNFREE!

Wait...I thought bootycall was the one who spoke with rasta accent....you dumb shit...keep your bs aliases straight.

DW

 

[The Shake]

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Well Shake, thanks for pointing out my error - as for the rest of your post - blow me. Maybe you should read the rest of the thread before shooting off that big mouth of yours.

I read it.

And I just read it again.

You still sound like an idiot.

Sorry!

 

[Don]

Yankee go home! Don't be dissing me motherland dawg! Come dawg come to Carabana(sp?) and we show you who da shit man! Come to Gay Pride and we show you how tis done done bro!

Then why are you talking like a Yankee hood? Dave, been watching too much BET 'cause I know you didn't pick that slang up growing up in your home or your neighborhood. Where do you think a lot of the people who come to Caribana are from? Get a clue!

 

[The_Jaded_One]

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Sorry!

WTF!! I hope you are not going soft on us Shakey.

 

[Don]

How many people living in Canada are actually born in your great Country? 20% - 30%???

Toronto is about 50%. Toronto has the most foreign born residents out of anywhere in Canada by a longshot.

 

[n_v]

The folks making this game up had to be DRUNK OFF THEIR ASS inside there IGLOO in the NW Territories and down to the last piece of SEAL Meat for the Village, so they created Curling as a means to measure who is most worhty of the MEAT! I adore the Natives and admire all their capabilities to survive and prosper in that environment and no disrespect is implied or intended in my comments.

Once again you show your ignorance. Curling was invented in Scotland. Canadians just perfected it!!

 

[The Shake]

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WTF!! I hope you are not going soft on us Shakey.

Yikes. Better get me one of those magic blue pills. STAT.

 

[n_v]

Go read the words of the "The Star-Spangled Banner."

The biggest piece of propaganda written.

Check our committment to Global Peace

ROTFLMAO!!.. You're joking right???? I mean why else would you make such an assinine comment.

 

[someone]

The folks making this game up had to be DRUNK OFF THEIR ASS inside there IGLOO in the NW Territories and down to the last piece of SEAL Meat for the Village, so they created Curling as a means to measure who is most worhty of the MEAT! I adore the Natives and admire all their capabilities to survive and prosper in that environment and no disrespect is implied or intended in my comments.

One thing I like about TERB is all the new things I learn here. I never new that Scotland had their own NWT before or that they had igloos. I really should have made more of an attempt to learn about the place when I visited!

Just kidding.

 

[George OTJ]

Now, please share the essence of this wonderful game you all call Curling!!!

Curling was a plot hatched by women so they could yell at their husbands "If you can sweep on the ice, you can damn well do it at home too!!"

Seriously, having been a curler, I can tell you that the "essence" of this wonderful game is that after the game, the winning team has to buy the loosing team a beer. Of course since we are civilized, the loosing team recipricates and buys the winning team a beer. Of course the winning team wants to prove their just as civilized so they buy another round for the loosing team, and so on, and so on till everyone gets pissed and the fights break out!

 

[George OTJ]

Now, please share the essence of this wonderful game you all call Curling!!!

Realy serious now. It's kinda like King of the Hill. The object is to get your stone closer to the centre of the target then the other team. At the end of the 'end', the team with a stone closest to the center counts 1 point for each rock that's closer then any of the other teams.

There are four people to a team. Each member thows two rocks in turn. When each team has thrown their eight rocks, the 'end' is complete and the score for that end is counted. A normal game is 8 or 10 ends. The 'Hammer' is the last rock in the end - it's the last chance to 'nail down' the score for your team.

The ice is pebbled. The spin on the rock helps the rock to turn or 'curl' (hence the name). The sweeping melts a little of the top of the ice, adjusting the rate of the curl and the speed of the rock.

 

[JJicq]

JJicq,

You've got to start staying in a better class of hotel. I have digital cable which allows me to not only see tons of sports at anytime of day, but also time shift so I can watch Maritimes, East, Central, Mountain and Western stations. Plus a shitload of specialty channels.

Don't know where you live, but life is good in TO.

Not to get into US bashing (I went to highschool in Arlington, VA) but I could spend several more paragraphs talking about how things are better in Canada on a daily basis.

For example, in the US you have President Bush who went to war and spent billions of dollars, and is literally flushing your economy down the toilet, here in Canada we have Alfonso Gagliano and and the former PM who have spent millions of dollars enriching their political friends.

But one example is our banking system, where you can bank with one bank anywhere in the country and use your debit card anywhere in the country. Another is the fact that we can get cell phone service from a provider that is good throughout the country, no roaming charges. In both cases in the US, you've got more service providers (cell) and banks than you can shake a stick at.

Perhaps I should inquire about service at hotels, good suggestion, Hilton is an Internationally respected organization.


WHAT?

I would respect your opinion but, it would be just that and from your point of view...so what

Banking example you have outlined, perhaps you have been North of the Boarder for too long, American banks invesnted the use of Debit Cards and they can be used not only in the US but Internationally regardless of what Bank you choose. Do not follow you there at all.

Again, you are not informed very well regarding cell phone coverage..way off base here too, nice try.

 

[JJicq]

I didn't know curling could arose such emotions

LMAO!!!