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Moderator

Tuesday, August 20, 2002 - 04:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
This is a continuation from the BB3 area..thread "Chiara hates Canada"

Troj

Tuesday, August 20, 2002 - 04:51 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I read the first post in this thread,then i had to read them all. these are the funniest post I've seen on this board.My congrats to the posters.

Aria

Tuesday, August 20, 2002 - 04:54 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
"Oh Canada, my home and native land....."

Where are all my fellow Canucks?

BTW Troj, if you thought the Chiara hates Canada thread was funny, go read the White Trash thread. LOL!

Islandgirl

Tuesday, August 20, 2002 - 05:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Greetings from PEI :) I joined after reading the Chiara/Canada thread just to put my 2 cents in. How about buring her in PEI red mud and reading her the entire Anne of Green Gables series.

Tntitanfan

Tuesday, August 20, 2002 - 06:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I have only been to Nova Scotia and Vancouver - talk about far apart! I found everyone I met in both places to be very helpful and friendly - of course, I am white trash from TN - so maybe that is why!!

Neko

Tuesday, August 20, 2002 - 06:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Howdy from Nova Scotia.

Neko loves Canada and wants to stay here for the rest of her life...after she travels the world abit of course

Loppes

Tuesday, August 20, 2002 - 06:46 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Tntitan,
Glad to meet you TN white trash. I'm 100% Prairie white trash. Which means I was born and grew up in Regina (sounds like Vagina with an R), I went to school in Saskatoon. Now I'm banished to Calgary, which is the closet I lived near mountains. I've been to Vancouver and Halifax once. I love Vancouver and would like to go there again maybe next year.
Lon

Linnaea

Tuesday, August 20, 2002 - 06:59 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'll answer Goddess's questions over here, since the moderator asked so nicely :) As they say in my favorite cooking show...Arrez Cuisine!

Fish 'n' brewis: Yes, it's codfish. Either fresh, or salted, or a mixture - depends on your taste. The "brewis" part is cakes of hard bread (hard tack), which you first soak in lots of water for at least several hours. If you want them in the morning, you leave it overnight, if I'm doing it for supper I put them in the water in the morning. Once they're soaked, you turn the heat on under the pot to bust and watch carefully. As soon as it comes to the boil, you take it off the heat. Then you strain it right away and dump the brewis into a big pot where you have your cooked fish (maybe with some onions in), mix it all up to break up and mix the fish and brewis nicely. Serve it with scruncheons (little bits of salt fat pork that have been fried until they're nice and crunchy) and/or table molasses (lassy). Some folks like it sweeter (lots of lassy), some saltier (more scruncheons).

Flipper pie: Nope, not Flipper. Seal flipper, actually. Before the thread goes up in flames, my two cents - it's a controlled, quota, and humane hunt, and not just for furs (hence the flipper pie). And, no, we're not talking baby seals here.

Screech-in: A ceremony which confers honorary Newfoundlander status to those not fortunate enough to be born here. The usual elements are a little language instruction, knocking back a swalley of Screech, and kissing the Noble Cod. Since the cod moratorium, this can be replaced by kissing a toy puffin, whale, or some such. Screech is Caribbean rum that's bottled in Newfoundland - the name refers to its effect on the uninitiated throat. You can even get an offical certificate from the Liquor Board!

Yep, the thought of some of our dear HGs participating IS rather entertaining...

Aria

Tuesday, August 20, 2002 - 09:43 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Well I'm glad to see there's some western canadian trash in here with me. LOL Loppes!

I was born and bred Prairie White Trash and now I am Rocky Mountain White Trash! LOL! Don't live in a trailer, but I do live in a Log House. That would probably really get Chi goin'.

Rissa

Tuesday, August 20, 2002 - 10:08 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Loppes (whispers..psstt, Dad? Is that you?) LOL That's the same route he took.. born in Regina, University in Saskatoon and then banished (and he would even use that same word :)) in Calgary. I, on the other hand think that Calgary ROCKS!!!! Spent 13 years out East in Toronto and spent every day of that dying to get back to Calgary. Of course, as soon as we got the chance, we bought an acreage half an hour away. LOL But, I still make it to all the Flames games so life is sweet.

Nutsy

Wednesday, August 21, 2002 - 05:50 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Aria - a log house? turning green with envy Probably has a great view too, doesn't it?

*muttering about city life with big buildings and the sound of garbage trucks in the morning*

Born and raised in Southern Ontario - had a brief stint in northern Alberta - love the West, want to get back there someday!

Admin

Wednesday, August 21, 2002 - 08:20 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Although the TV ClubHouse is run on a server located in the San Diego area, the admin (that's me!) lives in Canada, I do everything from Canada, and the I consider the TVCH birthplace to be Canada. :)

Goddessatlaw

Wednesday, August 21, 2002 - 08:33 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Linnaea: That flipper pie sounds like a distant relation to our coot cobbler. Pickled hog jowels can't be too far from the scruncheons. And Screech sounds like a cousin to white lightening. We don't have a hooch-in, but we do have hootenannies and barnraisings. We may be more closely related than we thought. PS - thanks for the explanation. Who knew? Interesting stuff.

Caliogirl

Wednesday, August 21, 2002 - 10:20 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Things that define Canada are many and varied. Some well known, some not. I love hearing the things that make each area unique -- think I'll pass on flipper pie (I have an aversion to anything that once swam, weird I know).

I grew up in 2 different Ontario towns simultaneousely (shuttled between Mom & Dad). Gravenhurst and Toronto. Favourite things are Peameal Bacon on a bun, maple sugaring in the winter/spring and "cottage" in the summer.

I've lived in BC for 20 years now -- Vancouver and now Squamish (between Van and Whistler). Out west nothing beats Nanaimo bars, Kokanee beer, Ogopogo, and a "cabin" in the winter.

"I AM CANADIAN" (a la beer commercial)

Neko

Wednesday, August 21, 2002 - 11:48 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Beavertails are the best.
Hands down.

I love them!

Snee

Wednesday, August 21, 2002 - 02:43 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
alberta is WEST? what's up with that? it's as eastern as any of those other provinces as far as this vancouver island snee is concerned. hunh.

calio, even you're a bit to the east! hehe.

Calgaryperson

Wednesday, August 21, 2002 - 04:51 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hi from Calgary Alberta!

Car54

Wednesday, August 21, 2002 - 05:26 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hi, there is a cool piece on diamond mines in Canada on 60 Min II right now.

Who knew?

Car54

Wednesday, August 21, 2002 - 05:31 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
oops, double post! :)

Loppes

Wednesday, August 21, 2002 - 08:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Rissa,
My long lost daughter. Yes, I did love the word "banished". I hope you don't think it was cruel of your momma and me to banish you. I'm willing to accept your reappearance, but can you provide DNA samples? Matter of fact I've only been living in Calgary for a little over a year with my 7 year old daughter, so things are still a bit new for me. Flames rock, though I prefer the Oilers. It stems from the Gretsky days. I went to a few Flames games last winter. To be frank, the idea of being so close to ski hills where it took longer than 2 minutes to ski down was more of a thrill. I spent most of my weekends between Banff and Jasper. I'm contemplating seasons tickets for the Flames this winter.

Calgaryperson,
I said hey to you last week, when I noticed your name, you must have missed it. It is nice to see another big brother addict from Calgary here.
Lon

Loppes

Wednesday, August 21, 2002 - 08:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Snee,
I had to read your post 3 times to figure it out. Now you have me laughing.
Lon

Snee

Wednesday, August 21, 2002 - 11:13 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
you easterners take a while to figure things out, do you?

Loppes

Wednesday, August 21, 2002 - 11:37 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Snee,
I was just heading for bed and checked in one last time. Did you know there was a reason we put all you people on an island? You're just all pure Devils Island Trash. At least us Prairie Trash get our feeds one or two hours ahead of you all.
Lon

Aria

Wednesday, August 21, 2002 - 11:48 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Help Wanted:

LEADER for G-7 Country. Must be bi-lingual (speak out both side of your mouth), be willing to give up your day job and relocate to a nice mansion. Job Perks: you will have free access to taxpayer dollars for anything you want, including bailing out acquaintances failing business ventures.

Neko

Thursday, August 22, 2002 - 07:29 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Headline of the paper here today...

"PM to Retire 2004"

Is that a good thing?