BS: Get to know Canada...please

Subject: RE: BS: Get to know Canada...please
From: kendall
Date: 14 Aug 04 - 08:08 PM

Thanks for the info on the trans continental train. It's a ride I want to take some day.

Let's not forget Giselle McKenzie and Peter Jennings. Also one of the team of McNiell and Leherer

Subject: RE: BS: Get to know Canada...please
From: Cool Beans
Date: 14 Aug 04 - 02:19 PM

A Canadian friend says Jean Chretien made no sense in either one.

Subject: RE: BS: Get to know Canada...please
From: Metchosin
Date: 14 Aug 04 - 02:24 AM

It also amazes me that so many Canadains get so bent out of shape about having two official languages. In these times, the ability to speak more than one language should be viewed as an incredible asset for any and all citizens.

Subject: RE: BS: Get to know Canada...please
From: Little Hawk
Date: 14 Aug 04 - 12:12 AM

Robomatic - Right on! Thank God for the French. It amazes me that so few English Canadians realize what you just pointed out.

Subject: RE: BS: Get to know Canada...please
From: CarolC
Date: 14 Aug 04 - 12:05 AM

Thanks Metchosin.

(Looks like I lost track of this thread for a few days.)

Subject: RE: BS: Get to know Canada...please
From: Peace
Date: 13 Aug 04 - 07:31 PM

Jasper is less than an hour from Hinton. FYI

Subject: RE: BS: Get to know Canada...please
From: TS
Date: 13 Aug 04 - 06:29 PM

Kendall...yes..you can take the train from New Brunswick to BC. Depends on where in NB you are going t obe though...it heads into Moncton NB and follows the north shore into Quebec along the Gaspe then to Montreal. You jump trains in Montreal heading to TOronto, then from Toronto you jump another train. That's the one that'll take you clear to Vancouver, through Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Edmonton, Jasper, and then southerly into BC. Contact VIA RAIL for more....Slainte!

Subject: RE: BS: Get to know Canada...please
From: robomatic
Date: 13 Aug 04 - 03:55 PM

You should be thankful for all the French people there. That's what keeps US from taking over!

Yr humble Alaskan.

Subject: RE: BS: Get to know Canada...please
From: kendall
Date: 13 Aug 04 - 06:17 AM

That is a riot!

Subject: RE: BS: Get to know Canada...please
From: GUEST,Blackcatter at work - shhhhhhh
Date: 12 Aug 04 - 02:31 PM

Blame Canada


Sheila: Times have changed
Our kids are kids are getting worse
They won't obey their parents
They just want to fart and curse!
Sharon: Should we blame the government?
Liane: Or blame society?
Dads: Or should we blame the images on TV?
Sheila: No, blame Canada
Everyone: Blame Canada
Sheila: With all their beady little eyes
And flappin' heads so full of lies
Everyone: Blame Canada
Blame Canada
Sheila: We need to form a full assault
Everyone: It's Canada's fault!
Sharon: Don't blame me
For my son Stan
He saw the darn cartoon
And now he's off to join the Klan!
Liane: And my boy Eric once
Had my picture on his shelf
But now when I see him he tells me to fuck myself!
Sheila: Well, blame Canada
Everyone: Blame Canada
It seems that everything's gone wrong
Since Canada came along
Everyone: Blame Canada
Blame Canada
Copy Guy: They're not even a real country anyway
Ms. McCormick: My son could've been a doctor or a lawyer, it's a-true
Instead he burned up like a piggy on a barbecue
Everyone: Should we blame the matches?
Should we blame the fire?
Or the doctors who allowed him to expire?
Sheila: Heck no!
Everyone: Blame Canada
Blame Canada
Sheila: With all their hockey hubbabaloo
Liane: And that bitch Anne Murray too
Everyone: Blame Canada
Shame on Canada
The smut we must stop
The trash we must smash
Laughter and fun
must all be undone
We must blame them and cause a fuss
Before someone thinks of blaming uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuus

Subject: RE: BS: Get to know Canada...please
From: TheBigPinkLad
Date: 12 Aug 04 - 01:52 PM

And seriously, yes you can, sort of. You'd have to change a few times. The longest legs are across the prarie from Ottawa (I think) to Calgary, then over the mountains from Calgary to Vancouver. It's a ferry ride from there to Vancouver Island but you can scoot up the Island on the E&N if you're into laid back travel.

Subject: RE: BS: Get to know Canada...please
From: TheBigPinkLad
Date: 12 Aug 04 - 01:47 PM

Yes, but you need a f*cking big truck.

Subject: RE: BS: Get to know Canada...please
From: kendall
Date: 12 Aug 04 - 01:39 PM

Can someone tell me if it is still possible to take a train from New Brunswick to British Columbia?

Subject: RE: BS: Get to know Canada...please
From: mike_in_st_c
Date: 12 Aug 04 - 12:28 AM

I heard this one this evening. "How do you get Canadians out of the swimming pool?" "Could you kindly get out of the pool, please?"

Seriously, this is a true story. I grew up in Iowa City, Ia. I was at a church supper with my mother when I was, oh maybe13. This church goin' woman across the table asked where my older brother was that summer. My mother informed her that he was at his uncle's in Calgary working on the Alberta Highway System. No word of a lie. Without skipping a beat, this woman asked, "Do people live that far north?" That would have been about '68. Mike

Subject: RE: BS: Get to know Canada...please
From: Peace
Date: 11 Aug 04 - 09:15 PM

I tell people I'm British. They seem to expect that sort of thing from there.

Subject: RE: BS: Get to know Canada...please
From: Metchosin
Date: 11 Aug 04 - 09:12 PM

CarolC, although she was born here, she only lived here for a short time as a child. I figure, as she resided in the States for 80 or 90 years, she more or less qualified as an American, but if you don't want her, we could probably find some place to bury her here, somewhere, there's plenty of room.

Considering your flagrant public relationship with a goat, brucie, aren't you being a bit of a hypocrite for wanting to hide Miss Wray's indiscretions and gosh, at least she stuck to a species almost identical to herself genetically.

Subject: RE: BS: Get to know Canada...please
From: Peace
Date: 11 Aug 04 - 08:44 PM

Alberta, Newfoundland and Quebec.

Subject: RE: BS: Get to know Canada...please
From: CarolC
Date: 11 Aug 04 - 08:41 PM

What counts as "sort of" Canadian?

Subject: RE: BS: Get to know Canada...please
From: Peace
Date: 11 Aug 04 - 08:30 PM

I just reread Metchosin's post and I do apologize. I did not see the 'she died' for some reason, or I saw it and it didn't register. If I had, I would NOT have posted what I did above.

Subject: RE: BS: Get to know Canada...please
From: Peace
Date: 10 Aug 04 - 10:58 AM

Well, she DID allow herself to be fondled by an ape, so let's keep the Canadian connection quiet. Sssssssshhhhhhhhhuuussshh.

Subject: RE: BS: Get to know Canada...please
From: Metchosin
Date: 10 Aug 04 - 10:47 AM

There's a difference? Speaking of dead or Canadian and ignorance in the same breath, I had no idea that Faye Wray was sort of Canadian until she died the other day.

Subject: RE: BS: Get to know Canada...please
From: Cool Beans
Date: 10 Aug 04 - 10:27 AM

A radio personality here (Detroit) here plays "Dead or Canadian" on his show. He names a minor celebrity -- e.g., Saul Bellow -- and the contestant on the phone has to say whether the celeb is dead or Canadian. The listeners generally display woeful ignorance, all the more so because they have half a chance, literally, of guessing correctly.

Subject: RE: BS: Get to know Canada...please
From: beardedbruce
Date: 10 Aug 04 - 08:55 AM

My memories of Banff are from the late 70's- but the ride up to Jasper remains in muy mind as one of the most beautiful I have ever driven.

Subject: RE: BS: Get to know Canada...please
From: ossonflags
Date: 10 Aug 04 - 08:53 AM

And, yes..............I have been.

Subject: RE: BS: Get to know Canada...please
From: ossonflags
Date: 10 Aug 04 - 08:51 AM

Toronto will be O.K.............when it is finished.

Subject: RE: BS: Get to know Canada...please
From: *daylia*
Date: 10 Aug 04 - 07:52 AM

Well we're too genteel to be (visibly) offended by the words "homo milk", "homo sapiens" or "homo nym" these days.

"Homo nym pho" is still a bit iffy tho ...

;-)   daylia

Subject: RE: BS: Get to know Canada...please
From: el ted
Date: 10 Aug 04 - 04:07 AM

I am banking on the fact that Canadians are too genteel to go in for a vulgar race for the 100th post!

Subject: RE: BS: Get to know Canada...please
From: Blackcatter
Date: 09 Aug 04 - 11:21 PM

Can't see the Aurora Borealis here in Florida, but I can step out my front door and watch every rocket from Kennedy Space Center goe up. Close enough to hear the faint rumble too.

Subject: RE: BS: Get to know Canada...please
From: Willie-O
Date: 09 Aug 04 - 10:18 PM

Yup, Canadian ignorance is mighty common, we just don't brag on it that much. We're too self-effacing.

Ernie Eves was one of those temporary premiers whom nobody (except his own riding constituents) elected as such, he inherited the job when Harris resigned, then got his ass kicked in the subsequent election (which he called). Ha. Forgettable loser. McGuinty's name is harder to pronounce and spell, but I don't think there's an excuse for not knowing who he is if you live in Ontario and are over 12.

And I frequently see the Aurora Borealis here in southeastern Ontario, at about 43 degrees north.

Subject: RE: BS: Get to know Canada...please
From: TS
Date: 09 Aug 04 - 06:50 PM

Having spent my University Days working part-time as a voice for the Tourism New Brunswick and the Tourism Nova Scotia 1-800 numbers I have been dealt alot of great questions. Some of my favorites...

1) So, once I get to Nova Scotia, how far do I have to drive to go skiing? (asked this in July)

2) When I get in to the Airport (halifax) with the Car Agent know how to speak English?

3) (upon telling a Client the price of his hotel room) Now, I dont remember if we (the US) own y'all or if England still does, so is the price in US Dollars or British Pounds?

4) The ferry gets in Nova Scotia at 1pm. How long is it to drive to Britain from Halifax?

Subject: RE: BS: Get to know Canada...please
From: Rapparee
Date: 09 Aug 04 - 05:44 PM

I've seen the aurora in central Illinois, fer goshsakes.

If you do a web search for "aurora pictures" you'll find lots of sites with them. You'll also find a site for Aurora Pictures, but that's a movie company or something. I believe that the aurora center in Alaska still makes predictions. And the aurora has been seen over England, but you do need darkskies for the best viewing.

Subject: RE: BS: Get to know Canada...please
From: Peace
Date: 09 Aug 04 - 04:30 PM

We're Canadians. What's a shower, eh?

Subject: RE: BS: Get to know Canada...please
From: Ellenpoly
Date: 09 Aug 04 - 04:22 PM

Oh Little Hawk, do pay closer attention, dear.

William Shatner has been channelling through me now for ages. It just so happens that he choosed to do this on occasion while I'm soaping up. I have NO CONTROL over this whatsoever, and would greatly appreciate it if he'd at least wait until I had some clothes on!

And if his behaviour is ANY indication of what you Canuks get up to, then, well, what can I say?


eh?


;-D

..xx..e

Subject: RE: BS: Get to know Canada...please
From: Little Hawk
Date: 09 Aug 04 - 04:14 PM

The actual fact was, they couldn't have cared less what his last name is....but they couldn't care less about good grammar either, I'm sure.

Ellenpoly, you get to SHOWER WITH SHATNER????? OOOOO! You lucky, lucky woman! :-) You know, I think you may be revealing too much when you say these things.

Subject: RE: BS: Get to know Canada...please
From: Peace
Date: 09 Aug 04 - 04:13 PM

You're always welcome here, Larry.

I feel bad about how little most Canadians know about this country, and knowing that Americans have the same problem doesn't make me feel one bit better.

Subject: RE: BS: Get to know Canada...please
From: GUEST,Larry K
Date: 09 Aug 04 - 03:55 PM

The most stupid question about Canada came from my father.   We live in Souteast Michigan and went over to Windsor for a day trip.   While in a store, he was going to buy some items and asked me "Are all of the prices in Canadian dollars?"   No dad- they price them in American dollars to make it easy for the tourists.

Of course Canadians don't know much about Canada either.   Two years ago I was in Jack Astors.   On the bottom of the bill where the taxes were, it would always say Jean's Tax, and Mike's Tax.    This year it had switched to Ernie's tax.   I asked 20 people what Ernie's last name was.   The best I got was Ernie Els.   I said no- he is a golfer from South Africa.   Not a single person on the outside porch knew who the premier of ontario was. (Ernie Eaves)   Since my waiter was named Sam I wrote a Dr. Seuss parody out of it called Green Eaves and Sam.

It hasn't gotten any better. I was at Home County folk festival in London Ontario and back at Jack Astor's porch.   Now the bill said Paul's tax and Dalton's Tax.   I asked 20 people what Dalton's last name was.   Not only didn't they know, they didn't care.   They told me they could care less who the premier was.   (Dalton McGinty) Now I don't feel so bad about how stupid we Americans are.

PS- Check out the Wendall Ferguson song "Rocks and Trees"

Subject: RE: BS: Get to know Canada...please
From: CarolC
Date: 09 Aug 04 - 02:44 PM

Yes, we have a friend from Edmonton who uses it. He's a well educated professional. But he does use it somewhat sparingly.

Subject: RE: BS: Get to know Canada...please
From: Cool Beans
Date: 09 Aug 04 - 01:52 PM

I've seen it from Manistique, in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, which is south of most of Canada. It's pretty cool.

Subject: RE: BS: Get to know Canada...please
From: Peace
Date: 09 Aug 04 - 01:31 PM

I've seen it from central Alberta a few times. (East of Red Deer about 200 miles.) Often from Edmonton, and certainly here in Hinton.

Subject: RE: BS: Get to know Canada...please
From: Ellenpoly
Date: 09 Aug 04 - 12:40 PM

Guess you guys answered my question about "eh", eh? (I was always good at picking up other languages.)

Brucie, your love letter to Canada was just wonderful.

If I can figure out a way of leaving my weather-wimp body and astrally projecting myself there (of course, with permission from William Shatner who could stay behind in my body and keep taking showers) the one thing I'd absolutely love to see is the Aurora Borealis. Just how far North does one have to get to see that amazing sight?


eh?


..xx..e

Subject: RE: BS: Get to know Canada...please
From: Metchosin
Date: 09 Aug 04 - 12:16 PM

Does that mean like, all the brightest bulbs like, have moved west, eh?

Subject: RE: BS: Get to know Canada...please
From: Little Hawk
Date: 09 Aug 04 - 12:10 PM

You can, like, gauge the smallness of someone's like IQ eh? By...like...observing how often they, like, say "like" and "eh", eh? If they, like, end every, like, sentence with "eh", eh, then they are, like, not the brightest bulb in the store, eh? And all that, eh?

Subject: RE: BS: Get to know Canada...please
From: Metchosin
Date: 09 Aug 04 - 11:46 AM

"eh" is used occasionally on the Westcoast when one is seeking agreement or acknowledgement instead of "Yes? or No?" as in, "You would like this one, eh? Otherwise, as Little Hawk noted, very little speech here is rife with the expression.

Subject: RE: BS: Get to know Canada...please
From: Willie-O
Date: 09 Aug 04 - 06:13 AM

Variations on the simple "eh":

"and that, eh." as
"let's pick up a couple two-fours but watch out for the RIDE programs and that, eh."

and the less common:
"and everything like that, eh." I had a first aid instructor last year who ended every sentence he spoke with this. He said it really fast so you couldn't understand it at all until you realized it was just his way of ending a sentence.

Subject: RE: BS: Get to know Canada...please
From: Peace
Date: 08 Aug 04 - 10:20 PM

Ain't that the truth.

Subject: RE: BS: Get to know Canada...please
From: Little Hawk
Date: 08 Aug 04 - 10:13 PM

Yeah! I'm still waiting for mine, as a matter of fact.

Subject: RE: BS: Get to know Canada...please
From: Peace
Date: 08 Aug 04 - 09:54 PM

It's at the point where the whole darned country qualifies for equalization payments.

Subject: RE: BS: Get to know Canada...please
From: Little Hawk
Date: 08 Aug 04 - 09:14 PM

Yes, and there's a terrific air museum in Ontario, California, with some rare WWII warbirds on display!

Subject: RE: BS: Get to know Canada...please
From: Rapparee
Date: 08 Aug 04 - 09:10 PM

Hey, I seem to remember Stan Rogers way, way back when saying that Ontario qualified for Equalization Payments! That still true?

Subject: RE: BS: Get to know Canada...please
From: Blackcatter
Date: 08 Aug 04 - 08:59 PM

Ontario is a city in Southern California. There's an airport and ther used to be an international speedway. Where I learned to drive (the speedway, not the airport).