Now THAT'S a Canadian headline. My son just told me how f-ing cheap good weed is these days. Seriously - it's less than half of what I paid in 70s & 80s dollars and is a lot better.
But now that the Government of Ontario will be in charge, that's going to change.
Re: Most Canadian Thing Every
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2018 10:33 am
by brian
The government electing to legalize weed and sell it themselves instead of just turning it over to the free market and regulating it is indeed a very Canadian thing.
Now THAT'S a Canadian headline. My son just told me how f-ing cheap good weed is these days. Seriously - it's less than half of what I paid in 70s & 80s dollars and is a lot better.
But now that the Government of Ontario will be in charge, that's going to change.
Was reading that there's going to be a Tragically Hip branded weed blend as well.
Spotted in the parking lot of my suburban NJ office building:
Re: Most Canadian Thing Every
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2018 2:25 pm
by mister d
Who is RL?
Re: Most Canadian Thing Every
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2018 2:27 pm
by Ryan
Re: Most Canadian Thing Every
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2018 2:34 pm
by sancarlos
Ron Duguay! If that pic doesn't scream 1980s, I don't know what does.
Re: Most Canadian Thing Every
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 7:28 pm
by Pruitt
Officially had it up to here with Lil' Trudeau. Run the government, stop taking gifts from rich friends who get big governmental deals and don;t hector people in one of the 5 most liberal countries on earth.
Fucking McGill grad should be smarter than this nonsense.
She bought a ticket, entered the theatre and took a seat on the main floor, unaware that tickets sold to African Canadians in this town were for the balcony and the main floor was reserved solely for White patrons. Theatre staff demanded that she go to the balcony, but she refused, since she could see better from the main floor. The police were summoned immediately and she was dragged out, which injured her hip. She was charged and held overnight in jail; she was not advised of her rights.
Maintaining her dignity, Desmond remained sitting upright, wearing her white gloves (a sign of sophistication and class at the time). The following morning, despite not having done anything wrong, she paid the imposed fine of $20. Besides being fined, she was charged with defrauding the Government of Nova Scotia of the difference in the tax between a ground floor and a balcony seat, which amounted to one cent.
My daughter wondered why she wasn;t put on the $20 bill. Would have been very fitting.
Re: Most Canadian Thing Every
Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2018 10:16 pm
by degenerasian
Obligatory
This was the original short list and who she beat out.
Viola Desmond (1914-1965): A black businesswoman from Nova Scotia who famously challenged racial segregation at a film theatre in her home province.
E. Pauline Johnson (1861-1913): A poet and writer whose performances reflect both English and Mohawk traditions and who is recognized as helping to shape Canadian literature.
Elizabeth (Elsie) MacGill (1905-1980): The world's first female aircraft designer. She worked as an aeronautical engineer during the Second World War.
Fanny (Bobbie) Rosenfeld (1905-1969): An Olympian who won gold in the relay race and silver in the 100 metre dash at the 1928 summer Olympics.
Idola Saint-Jean (1880-1945): A Quebec journalist, educator and feminist who fought for the women's vote in Quebec.
Re: Most Canadian Thing Every
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2018 8:10 am
by tennbengal
Man's lifetime ban rescinded after 17 years following seagull incident at the Farimont Empress hotel in 2001:
VICTORIA - A Nova Scotia man banned from Victoria's stately Fairmont Empress hotel is welcome back after apologizing for an incident more than 17 years ago in which seagulls hungry for pepperoni trashed his room in a rock star frenzy.
Nick Burchill of Dartmouth, N.S., says in a letter to the hotel he was young and immature in 2001 and unaware of the aggressive nature of West Coast seagulls, especially when tempted with a suitcase full of fresh pepperoni near an open window.
“I remember walking down the long hall and opening the door to my room to find an entire flock of seagulls in my room,” stated Burchill's letter. “I didn't have time to count, but there must have been 40 of them and they had been in my room, eating pepperoni for a long time.”
He said he startled the gorging birds, which is when things really got out of control.
Re: Most Canadian Thing Every
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2018 9:52 am
by Pruitt
tennbengal wrote: ↑Tue Apr 03, 2018 8:10 am
Man's lifetime ban rescinded after 17 years following seagull incident at the Farimont Empress hotel in 2001:
VICTORIA - A Nova Scotia man banned from Victoria's stately Fairmont Empress hotel is welcome back after apologizing for an incident more than 17 years ago in which seagulls hungry for pepperoni trashed his room in a rock star frenzy.
Nick Burchill of Dartmouth, N.S., says in a letter to the hotel he was young and immature in 2001 and unaware of the aggressive nature of West Coast seagulls, especially when tempted with a suitcase full of fresh pepperoni near an open window.
“I remember walking down the long hall and opening the door to my room to find an entire flock of seagulls in my room,” stated Burchill's letter. “I didn't have time to count, but there must have been 40 of them and they had been in my room, eating pepperoni for a long time.”
He said he startled the gorging birds, which is when things really got out of control.
Best part of that story was that he was visiting buddies in the navy and brought them pepperoni sticks from Halifax (a local specialty). No fridge in the room so he spread them out on the table in the room and then opened the windows to keep them cool so they wouldn't go off.
From the CBC story -
Complicating matters was the fact Burchill had just started his job three months earlier. His employer had booked the hotel and he needed to attend a dinner with customers. There were two seagulls left in the room and he had to get them out.
"One was just bouncing around on the windowsill and I was kind of losing my temper at this point, so I took off one of my shoes and I threw it in the direction of the seagull, and both the seagull and the shoe went out the window," he said.
Re: Most Canadian Thing Every
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2018 1:39 pm
by Rush2112
Re: Most Canadian Thing Every
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2018 3:34 pm
by Pruitt
Gonna be a lot of Grolsch being drunk in Montreal this weekend!
Re: Most Canadian Thing Every
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2018 11:02 pm
by Rush2112
Pruitt wrote: ↑Thu Apr 05, 2018 3:34 pm
Gonna be a lot of Grolsch being drunk in Montreal this weekend!
Sounds like my house in ABQ, about '92 or so (well Grolsch and Spaten Optimator.)
Re: Most Canadian Thing Every
Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2018 3:46 pm
by DSafetyGuy
Two things in about five minutes during the drive home from the in-laws' outside of Pittsburgh yesterday:
1. Passed a Great Canadian Coach yesterday, but the speed make it too difficult to figure out which great Canadians were airbrushed on the outside of the bus.
2. Passed an SUV with Ontario plates and a trailer hitch cover that was a moose.
Re: Most Canadian Thing Every
Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2018 4:35 pm
by Pruitt
DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Mon Apr 30, 2018 3:46 pm
Two things in about five minutes during the drive home from the in-laws' outside of Pittsburgh yesterday:
1. Passed a Great Canadian Coach yesterday, but the speed make it too difficult to figure out which great Canadians were airbrushed on the outside of the bus.
Just did a google search and it looks like they have a whole bunch of great paint jobs.
But this, this is one of the greatest things I have ever seen! An SCTV tribute!
Re: Most Canadian Thing Every
Posted: Sun May 20, 2018 6:23 am
by Pruitt
brian wrote: ↑Sat May 19, 2018 10:58 pm
I see both your sides.
Re: Most Canadian Thing Every
Posted: Sun May 27, 2018 6:20 pm
by degenerasian
The Ontario debate is a disaster. I feel for Pruitt
Re: Most Canadian Thing Every
Posted: Mon May 28, 2018 5:42 am
by Pruitt
degenerasian wrote: ↑Sun May 27, 2018 6:20 pm
The Ontario debate is a disaster. I feel for Pruitt
Didn't watch it, but just reading about it this morning is making my blood boil.
Premier Wynne spent the past year pushing her debt-inducing government further left fiscally than anything you could imagine, but now that she's discovered that stealing NDP-style policies has not made her more popular, she is suddenly calling the NDP "radicals," and pitching herself as a moderate, responsible middle force between the others?
No wonder people loathe her.
I will tell you, if the NDP wins a majority (which I doubt), this province is fucked. And not because their policies are unnecessary in a province where the minimum wage is going up to $15 in a few months, where prescriptions are free to those under 25 and over 65, where post-secondary education is basically free to students over 21 and where it is nicely subsidized for others...
No, we would be fucked because not a single person in that party has any experience. 1990, the NDP emerged from deep 3rd party status to win a majority (60% of the seats with 38% of the vote.) What followed was a government of such incompetence that five years later, the province whipsawed as far right as it's ever gone.
The fact that this Horwath, who is in her 3rd campaign and has never led her party to more than 24% of the vote, is being shown way in front in a couple of polls is due to the fact that she is running against parties led by people who the vast majority of voters find hard to even look at.
Also - polls are ridiculous things to follow - one of the polls getting major media play is one of those automated calls where you have to push a button to register your choices. Out of curiosity, I started taking one a few weeks ago - I tried pushing the button for the answer that wasn't "Doug Ford" and it didn't accept my choice. Back to the question!
A logical voter has to ask how she has gone from a decent second in a conservative-majority government to a dead heat and now to an NDP majority WITHIN TEN DAYS! Polls.
The night before the last provincial election, the projections based upon polling data was that the Conservatives would form a strong minority or even a majority government. The Liberals won a majority.
I am in the "wait and see" camp. And I will be disgusted if the result is anything but a bare Conservative minority. (And yes, Doug Ford makes me nauseous. That is the level of imbecility that I am watching unfold)
Not that Buddy was going to be shot, but just that his lack of respect for the cop was crazy. Also, very Canadian that they let Bonnie go to the washroom while a cop was struggling to arrest her accomplice!
Re: Most Canadian Thing Every
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2018 5:19 pm
by degenerasian
someone did it!
Re: Most Canadian Thing Every
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2018 6:16 pm
by Rex
If cops aren't allowed to use lethal force, that just invites people to run away from them, tackle them with a human shield, attack them with a bag of trail mix, escape through the ceiling crawlspace, and god knows what else. IMO.
Re: Most Canadian Thing Every
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2018 6:19 pm
by Rams Fanny
P.D.X. wrote: ↑Fri Jun 29, 2018 5:14 pm
in merica we just shoot em
No we wouldn't. They were white.
Re: Most Canadian Thing Every
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2018 8:39 pm
by The Sybian
Rex wrote: ↑Fri Jun 29, 2018 6:16 pm
If cops aren't allowed to use lethal force, that just invites people to run away from them, tackle them with a human shield, attack them with a bag of trail mix, escape through the ceiling crawlspace, and god knows what else. IMO.
Exactly what I thought. If the cop carried a gun, Doug doesn't act a hoser.
Funny thing, I was coming here to post an extended video of this set to Yakety Sax.
Rex wrote: ↑Fri Jun 29, 2018 6:16 pm
If cops aren't allowed to use lethal force, that just invites people to run away from them, tackle them with a human shield, attack them with a bag of trail mix, escape through the ceiling crawlspace, and god knows what else. IMO.
Exactly what I thought. If the cop carried a gun, Doug doesn't act a hoser.
Funny thing, I was coming here to post an extended video of this set to Yakety Sax.
The Cop was pointing a gun right at Buddy's head at one point. The guy still acted like a maniac.
