The Super Dooper Canadian Thread (now with 47% more Canadian Bacon)

LittleSin · Feb 15, 2013

Chad Sexington said:
No, Quebec was going to run some kind of 'preparedness' test using a zombie apocalypse as an example (sort of the way the CDC has a website about zombie apocalypse preparedness), and it got riffed on in the media until someone asked that question in Parliament. Quebec has now cancelled their zombie apocalypse thing which makes me sad.

Oh! I had heard nothing about that!

HCGLNS · Feb 15, 2013

Yeah the only thing going on at the hill right now is that the Aboriginal Affairs minister resigned (unprompted) and the traditional lets leave a suspicious package on the steps so we can all cut out early on Friday afternoon.

Frank · Feb 17, 2013

A classy Quebecer.

checkeredhat · Feb 19, 2013

checkeredhat · Feb 19, 2013

An exercise in population distribution:
Canada (For some reason excluding Territories) remapped to create provinces of roughly equal population (~ the population of Toronto):

http://www.globalnews.ca/6442812017/story.html

Telephius · Feb 19, 2013

I would think it would be called Mantario considering their is a hiking trail already called that hmm

checkeredhat · Feb 19, 2013

Telephius said:
I would think it would be called Mantario considering their is a hiking trail already called that hmm

From " Upper Upper Canada" and "Hydroelectrica", I gather they didn't actually put much effort into the names, and at least a few of them are supposed to be jokes.

Telephius · Feb 19, 2013

checkeredhat said:
From " Upper Upper Canada" and "Hydroelectrica", I gather they didn't actually put much effort into the names, and at least a few of them are supposed to be jokes.

I dunno, they seemed to put effort into some of them. Hydroelectrica is about 20% cooler than Manitario.

checkeredhat · Feb 19, 2013

Telephius said:
I dunno, they seemed to put effort into some of them. Hydroelectrica is about 20% cooler than Manitario.

I think the one they put the least effort into is "The Interior and the Islands". For one thing, they could have got away with just calling it British Columbia.

Eriol · Feb 19, 2013

Personally I thought "Hydroelectrica" was Laugh-Out-Loud hilarious.

P.S. I couldn't just put "lol" or the sentence would look weird

jwhouk · Feb 20, 2013

And no thought was taken into what to call the Territories or Nunavut?

LittleSin · Feb 20, 2013

I think we would be much cooler if we changed the Maritimes to be Atlantica.

That sounds like something out of a totally awesome sci-fi pirate adventure!

HCGLNS · Feb 20, 2013

Atlantica is something different, it also includes some of the norther states.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantica_(trade_zone)

Frank · Feb 20, 2013

Ha ha ha, that map would be hilarious. Almost all the oil sands would end up in Saskatchaberta. EAT SHIT CALGARY! Though I can't tell if Edmonton is in Southern Alberta or Saskatchaberta or just directly on the border.

Azurephoenix · Feb 20, 2013

Frank said:
EAT SHIT CALGARY!

Right back at you... poopy head.

Eriol · Feb 20, 2013

Azurephoenix said:
Right back at you... poopy head.

YEAH!

checkeredhat · Feb 20, 2013

Frank said:
Though I can't tell if Edmonton is in Southern Alberta or Saskatchaberta or just directly on the border.

There is an interactive version here so you can zoom in. It's in Saskatchaberta.

HCGLNS · Feb 20, 2013

HCGLNS "Bah! I don't watch curling to see time outs! I watch it for the action!"
Squidleybits "Uh, I don't know how to respond to that......"

jwhouk · Feb 21, 2013

"Hurry HARD! HARD! Yep, yep, yep... OFF! OFF!"

Eriol · Feb 21, 2013

jwhouk said:
"Hurry HARD! HARD! Yep, yep, yep... OFF! OFF!"

Pr0n? Like really. I don't know how I didn't make that association before now. Now I can't UN-make it. Argh!

Adam · Feb 21, 2013

Ugh. Curling jokes. It doesn't help that I have a strong resemblance to Brad Jacobs (Skip for Northern Ontario)

Chad Sexington · Feb 21, 2013

Adam said:
Ugh. Curling jokes. It doesn't help that I have a strong resemblance to Brad Jacobs (Skip for Northern Ontario)

You don't need to explain who Brad Jacobs is in this thread

Adam · Feb 21, 2013

Good thing too, I thought I might have to explain what a skip was!

HCGLNS · Feb 21, 2013

Adam said:
Good thing too, I thought I might have to explain what a skip was!

LittleSin · Feb 21, 2013

...what's a skip?

HCGLNS · Feb 21, 2013

They control the topsail.

Adam · Feb 21, 2013

HCGLNS said:

I posted that as my Facebook profile and my mom called and asked when I started curling again.

checkeredhat · Feb 21, 2013

LittleSin said:
...what's a skip?

Captain. Dude Or ladydude in charge of team strategy, also gets to throw the last stones for the team.

Eriol · Feb 21, 2013

checkeredhat said:
Captain. Dude Or ladydude in charge of team strategy, also gets to throw the last stones for the team.

Most of the time. Notable exception: Randy Ferbey He was the skip, but also threw 3rd instead of 4th. Better on strategy, but the other guy he played with was more accurate, thus threw last.

Ravenpoe · Feb 22, 2013

HCGLNS said:

Holy shit, that's not Adam? With hair?

Adam · Feb 22, 2013

Believe me, it freaks me the fuck out because he's also a ginger and has the same kind of hair I do when it grows in. I actually feel nauseous looking at the pictures sometimes because the resemblance is almost too good.

Now that I've lost a bunch of weight and my face has thinned out, it's even more apparent.

Gusto · Feb 22, 2013

Is your first instinct to destroy this imposter before e destroys you?

Adam · Feb 22, 2013

There can only be one. I can only hope my years of sword training will come in handy.

Ravenpoe · Feb 22, 2013

Adam said:
There can only be one. I can only hope my years of sword training will come in handy.

I think it's time you ask your mom the truth about your other brother.

LittleSin · Feb 22, 2013

Man.

That is a scary kind of resemblance.