Having a great Canadian time!

Suicide Junkie · #1 November 13th, 2003, 09:54 PM

Imagemodserver was down for the day due to the blizzard and power outage 'round here.

The weekend is supposed to be warm and sunny, though!

narf poit chez BOOM · #2 November 13th, 2003, 10:08 PM

try living up north.

gregebowman · #3 November 13th, 2003, 10:34 PM

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Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
try living up north.

No thank you. I'll stick to living in Florida! At least we don't get snow.

Wardad · #4 November 13th, 2003, 10:35 PM

You Know You're Canadian When:

You design your Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.

You have more miles on your snow blower than your car.

Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled in with snow.

The local paper covers national and international headlines on two pages, but requires six pages for hockey.

The municipality buys a Zamboni before a bus.

You eat chocolate bars, not candy bars, and drink pop, not soda.

You use a red pen on your non-Canadian textbooks and fill in the missing u's from labor, honor, and color.

You know how to say free, prize and no sugar added in French thanks to your extensive education in bilingual cereal packaging.

You know what a toque is.

You've plugged a car in overnight.

You've defended your property from trespassers with a lacrosse stick because you don't own a gun.

narf poit chez BOOM · #5 November 13th, 2003, 10:50 PM

'candy bars' is a rediculous name. there made out of, generally, chocalate, caramel, and nuts. sometimes, there may be wafer's of some sort inside. but there definitly not candy.

Fyron · #6 November 13th, 2003, 11:55 PM

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You've defended your property from trespassers with a lacrosse stick because you don't own a gun.

Actually... a vastly larger percentage of Canadian homes have at least one gun than US homes.

Captain Kwok · #7 November 14th, 2003, 01:24 AM

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Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:

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You've defended your property from trespassers with a lacrosse stick because you don't own a gun.

Actually... a vastly larger percentage of Canadian homes have at least one gun than US homes.

What?

I think not my Californian friend.

The guns per capita here are about 25% vs 75% in the US. It's about 20% vs 50% for typically firearms and, here is where there is a really big difference, about 5% in Canada have handguns and 20% have handguns in the US. Overall, US owns about 3x the guns per person as we do here.

Renegade 13 · #8 November 14th, 2003, 01:25 AM

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Originally posted by gregebowman:
No thank you. I'll stick to living in Florida! At least we don't get snow.

WHAT!!!

Snow makes life worth living!! Winter is the best season!! Bring on the blizzards, snowstorms, and -40 degree weather

Renegade

[ November 13, 2003, 23:26: Message edited by: Renegade 13 ]

DavidG · #9 November 14th, 2003, 02:14 AM

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Originally posted by Renegade 13:

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Originally posted by gregebowman:
No thank you. I'll stick to living in Florida! At least we don't get snow.

WHAT!!! Snow makes life worth living!! Winter is the best season!! Bring on the blizzards, snowstorms, and -40 degree weather

Renegade

Let us know if you still love it when you have to drive to work in it.

Fyron · #10 November 14th, 2003, 02:17 AM

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Originally posted by Captain Kwok:

quote:
Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:

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You've defended your property from trespassers with a lacrosse stick because you don't own a gun.

Actually... a vastly larger percentage of Canadian homes have at least one gun than US homes.
What?

I think not my Californian friend.

The guns per capita here are about 25% vs 75% in the US. It's about 20% vs 50% for typically firearms and, here is where there is a really big difference, about 5% in Canada have handguns and 20% have handguns in the US. Overall, US owns about 3x the guns per person as we do here.

I didn't say handguns... and guns per capita is totally different than percentage of househods with a gun...