Cuz Alberta sucks and Manitoba blows!
― Huckleberry Mann (Horace Mann), Monday, 17 November 2003 20:58 (twenty years ago) link
― Huckleberry Mann (Horace Mann), Monday, 17 November 2003 21:00 (twenty years ago) link
― Bryan (Bryan), Monday, 17 November 2003 21:02 (twenty years ago) link
― Huckleberry Mann (Horace Mann), Monday, 17 November 2003 21:03 (twenty years ago) link
― mookieproof (mookieproof), Monday, 17 November 2003 21:52 (twenty years ago) link
― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Monday, 17 November 2003 21:55 (twenty years ago) link
― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 17 November 2003 22:01 (twenty years ago) link
― Bryan (Bryan), Monday, 17 November 2003 22:01 (twenty years ago) link
― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 17 November 2003 22:08 (twenty years ago) link
― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Monday, 17 November 2003 22:11 (twenty years ago) link
Canadians, are you going to let this pass?
― StanM, Sunday, 22 March 2009 11:50 (fifteen years ago) link
Ugh. Duct tape?
― Millsner, Sunday, 22 March 2009 12:29 (fifteen years ago) link
so wait does that one guy actually think that there aren't any police officers in Canada?
― salsa shark, Sunday, 22 March 2009 14:04 (fifteen years ago) link
see, the thing with Canada, traditionally (ie, current gov't excepted), is that our defense strategy has largely been to not do dickish things that make other people hate us.
― Oh Why, Sports Coat? (Dr. Superman), Sunday, 22 March 2009 16:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Bearded shithead actually used the word "evildoers" unironically.
― M.V., Sunday, 22 March 2009 17:52 (fifteen years ago) link
These fuckers all smirk exactly like GWB.
― M.V., Sunday, 22 March 2009 17:54 (fifteen years ago) link
srsly I like the image of a chase down 401 involving a hooligan in a car and a dude on horseback. this would make that Canadian knockoff of COPS way more exciting than just officers settling disputes between drunks and cab drivers.
― salsa shark, Sunday, 22 March 2009 18:44 (fifteen years ago) link
FFS, is this a popular show? I don't recognize it. Does he seriously think every person in the military is going to take a year off? Oh man I have to pause it because the guy saying all of our cops--sorry, we only have mounties apparently--ride horses instead of cars suggests to me that my brain might explode if I have to listen to more of that crap. Ugh. Can we firebomb this station?
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Sunday, 22 March 2009 19:04 (fifteen years ago) link
the thing about that horrible show is that it tries to be a comedy show, but nobody's actually funny or clever so they're all pretend laughing the entire show. it's really eerie.
― iatee, Sunday, 22 March 2009 19:14 (fifteen years ago) link
Vibe of a midwestern frat house, except Monica Crowley has nothing but lipstick smeared around her mouth.
― M.V., Sunday, 22 March 2009 19:20 (fifteen years ago) link
So, do we still hate Toronto?
Is Harper still the PM? Hasn't someone kicked his ass yet already? FFS.
― She Is Beyond Food In Weevil (Mackro Mackro), Monday, 23 March 2009 00:04 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm in Seoul until next January, so there isn't much I can do WRT kicking Harper's ass.
FWIW, I grew up in rural Ontario and hated Toronto until I lived there for a few months last year. Yeah, the city has a collective head-up-own-ass complex, but it's a pretty great place if you find the right people to hang out with.
― Millsner, Monday, 23 March 2009 01:49 (fifteen years ago) link
Canada demands apology for Faux News CommentsThe Canadian government has demanded an apology from Fox News for "despicable" and "disgusting" comments made on one of its late-night programs.
The government was incensed by a recent talk-show segment on the American conservative cable network that poked fun at Canada and the Canadian military. A group of pundits took turns trashing Canada and its reliability as an ally in fighting terrorism last week as four more Canadian soldiers were killed in separate attacks in Afghanistan.
Defence Minister Peter MacKay requested an apology just before leaving for Canadian Forces Base Trenton, where he was to attend a repatriation ceremony with the families of the latest soldiers killed.
"It's crass, it's insensitive, it's in fact disgusting, given the timing," MacKay said. "There should be an apology - to the families in particular, and to the Canadian Forces and to Canada generally - given the sacrifice and the commitment that we've demonstrated in Afghanistan."
A spokesman stressed that the Canadian government specifically wants an apology from the panelists who made the wisecracks - and not just from the Fox network at large.
"These are despicable, hurtful and ignorant comments," said Dan Dugas, a spokesman for MacKay.
"I think that so-called comedian should stare in the camera at his first opportunity and apologize to all of the families of people he's hurt with these despicable comments.
"And he's got to say, 'I was misinformed. I was ignorant of the truth and the contribution of the Canadian Forces to the war on terror, and I want to take it back. I know as a comedian that I can fail sometimes; I failed miserably at this so-called comedy.'
"And his panelists should say the same."
The segment features American panelists suggesting Canadian soldiers need time off for "manicures and pedicures."
"The Canadian military wants to take a breather to do some yoga, paint landscapes, run on the beach in gorgeous white capri pants," Gutfeld said with a sneer, adding: "Isn't this the perfect time to invade this ridiculous country? They have no army."
Another panelist, Doug Benson, said he didn't even know Canadian troops were in Afghanistan.http://thepoliticalcarnival.blogspot.com/2009/03/video-canada-demands-fox-apology-for.html
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Monday, 23 March 2009 20:09 (fifteen years ago) link
K, the clip was weak but the government demanding an apology over that is pretty sad too.
― Sundar, Monday, 23 March 2009 21:12 (fifteen years ago) link
New slogan: "Cold, self-deprecating, odd spellings, but still Triple-A!"
― clemenza, Sunday, 7 August 2011 19:54 (twelve years ago) link
As an American, I'd make some sort of minor-league baseball joke, but it would just be too depressing on both of our parts.
― ≝ (Pleasant Plains), Sunday, 7 August 2011 19:55 (twelve years ago) link
We come for the donuts, we stay for the hard-headed socialism.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 17 July 2012 18:23 (eleven years ago) link
We're number three!
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/dailybrew/canada-among-top-three-best-places-live-quality-195522175.html
(And I don't even think Easy Availability of Crack was one of the metrics.)
― clemenza, Tuesday, 28 May 2013 21:38 (eleven years ago) link
We've been plummeting on the UN's Human Development Index: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Development_Index#2013_report
We had a lock on the #1 spot at one time (10 years I believe?).
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Tuesday, 28 May 2013 22:48 (eleven years ago) link
And afaict that "#3 overall ranking" is something journalists came up with by giving an equal weighting to every indicator and adding them up. The OECD does not give an overall ranking; I would really question whether 'life satisfaction' or 'trust in government' or even 'self-reported health' should be given the same weighting as e.g. life expectancy, employment, income, or safety from crime.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Tuesday, 28 May 2013 22:59 (eleven years ago) link
I heard some interview on some Canadian interview show about some web series called "The Plateaus,"about rival Canadian indie bands and maybe notable for reuniting the cast of some other Canadian show, called "Popular Mechanics for Kids." So I watched a couple of episodes, and ... man, it was terrible. But I bet if I were Canadian it would be funnier, just because I would recognize the cast of "Popular Mechanics for Kids" not as their current famous Hollywood selves (Jay Baruchel, Elisha Cuthbert) and more as the cast of "Popular Mechanics for Kids," which, if I were Canadian and of a certain age, I probably would have grown up watching.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 11 September 2015 17:58 (eight years ago) link
just discovered this
http://i.imgur.com/uvcmZPm.jpg
how would donald say eh
― i n f i n i t y (∞), Thursday, 25 May 2017 17:26 (seven years ago) link
I hold s epcial place in my heart for donalds irascible chacrter - he is the spiritual essence of truth from Disney's micky mouselie based germ
― Violet Jax (Violet Jynx), Thursday, 25 May 2017 18:57 (seven years ago) link
Ilx Via Trans-Continental Bollocks Trip '21
― calstars, Thursday, 25 May 2017 18:58 (seven years ago) link
the only educational moment I ever had from waxcting donald duck was that chip and dale are assholes
― Violet Jax (Violet Jynx), Thursday, 25 May 2017 19:08 (seven years ago) link
can i get a ruling on this
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DIFHalQUMAAhSa3.jpg:small
― mookieproof, Friday, 25 August 2017 15:38 (six years ago) link
I'm from Ontario and we called it soccer baseball.
― jmm, Friday, 25 August 2017 15:43 (six years ago) link
the fact that western canadians call a decal a "deckle" had me shook (i've never heard anyone say it irl, probably because people don't have any reason to say decal very often)
― -_- (jim in vancouver), Friday, 25 August 2017 16:20 (six years ago) link
Stay calm and back slowly away from Saskatchewan
http://www.the10and3.com/wp-content/uploads/Canada-Map-Q13.jpg
― jmm, Friday, 25 August 2017 17:24 (six years ago) link
anglophone elementary school in Montreal called it soccer baseball
― flopson, Friday, 25 August 2017 17:26 (six years ago) link
I've never heard a sofa called a chesterfield except in some "what Canadians say" context.
― jmm, Friday, 25 August 2017 17:28 (six years ago) link
re: decalshttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cockamamie#Etymology
― sean gramophone, Friday, 25 August 2017 17:29 (six years ago) link
Soccer baseball, 100%--we play it all the time in school.
― clemenza, Friday, 25 August 2017 17:31 (six years ago) link
Grandparents always call it a chesterfield, so I use that when talking to them. Never in my life heard "soccer baseball" in Ontario, vaguely aware kickball exists, but not a particularly athletic child..
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Saturday, 2 September 2017 14:35 (six years ago) link
Yep, it was always "soccer baseball" ime (in Ottawa, so ON). I had thought that maybe "kickball" was an Americanism for pick-up soccer or something.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Saturday, 2 September 2017 14:38 (six years ago) link
I learned recently that American 'kickball' does not actually involve a soccer ball, which might explain the confusion.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Saturday, 2 September 2017 14:40 (six years ago) link
Both OTM
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Saturday, 2 September 2017 14:41 (six years ago) link
Always "deckle" for me growing up making plastic model kits in Ontario. Hearing "dee-kal" from other people had me questioning my existence.
― Millsner, Sunday, 3 September 2017 06:09 (six years ago) link
I think I tend to hesitate whenever I have to pronounce it and end up landing on 'deck-kal'.
― jmm, Sunday, 3 September 2017 13:37 (six years ago) link