10 Myths about Canada
by Megalodon on Jan 17, 2012 6:00 AM PST
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Hey Sharks fans, I hope you like Canadian teams! Starting tonight San Jose plays its next five games against teams that hail from north of the Maple Curtain. This includes three games against bad teams (the Flames twice and the Oilers once) one game against a good team (Canucks) and one game against a bad team that has been playing like a good team (Senators).
After the wild success of my previous educational article about Canada, I decided that now would be a good time to provide some more general information about "the smallest big country in the world," Canada. I did some research on the Canadian version of about.com (aboot.com, obviously) and have assembled the following list. I hope you have fun and maybe learn something!
Top 10 Myths about Canada
Myth #1: Toronto is the Capital of Canada
In reality, Canada doesn't have a capital in the traditional sense. The seat of Canadian political power is a hunting shack deep in the wilds of Alberta, where the Prime Minister lives alone and rules with absolute authority. Every six years Canadians hold one of their "elections" (really just elaborate nation-wide "chuck-a-puck" competitions) and the winner is given a pack of supplies and the secret GPS coordinates of the Prime Minister's Shack.
Once the new Prime Minister arrives, of course, he must kill the now-deranged previous Prime Minister in order to take power. This is why Canada was ruled by a bear for much of the 1960s.
Myth #2: Canada is Always Cold
Temperature is relative, and in a land so frigid that "frozen blood" is one of the most common causes of death the word "cold" is meaningless. The Canadian climate ranges from "Siberian" in the southern-most regions during the height of the two-week summer to "hyperborean" over most of the rest of the nation throughout the year.
Myth #3: Canadians Speak French
The reason so many people believe this myth is that Canada contains within its borders an independent nation of French-speaking people, known as "Quebec." What's the story behind this bizarre enclave of poutine-eaters? It actually has to do with what is known as "continental drift." Years ago, North America and Europe were connected as one giant continent. During this period, France and Quebec were a single, monumentally-snooty nation. During the late 1800s, however, the continents split apart, the Atlantic ocean poured in, and today Quebec and France are separate nations, linked by bonds of language and cowardice.
Myth #4: Canada is So Safe People Don't Lock their Doors
This myth is actually rooted in fact: most Canadian doors don't have locks, but that's just because locks are useless against the giant man-eating beavers that kill thousands every year.
Myth #5: Canadians are Hippie Liberals
Yes, all Canadians do speak in a slow and funny manner - but this isn't because they are high. That's just how they talk.
Myth #6:You Will See Moose, Beavers, and other Wildlife in Canada
This is totally wrong. The plural of "moose" is "meese."
Myth #7: Canada is the 51st State
Unfortunately for Canada, this is not the case. Canada applied for statehood in 1958, but was rejected for being "of a nature not in keeping with traditional American values of freedom, equality, and warmness." The following year Alaska was admitted to the union, and relations between Canada and the U.S. have been strained ever since.
Myth #8: Mounties in Red Uniforms Police the Country
This is just silly. Do people really believe that Canadians could take a guy dressed like this:
seriously as an authority figure? Mounties are actually more like state-sponsored clowns. If you are fortunate enough to encounter one while visiting Canada, make sure to greet them by throwing food and garbage. Trust me, they love it.
Myth #9: Canadians Don't Have Guns
Canadians have loads of guns. They just don't have any bullets.
Myth #10: All Canadians Say "Eh."
The Canadian habit of saying "Eh" is actually a nation-specific speech impediment similar to stuttering. All Canadians DO say it, but for the sake of politeness it's best not to draw attention to it. Canadians are notoriously easy to embarrass.
That's all for now, everybody. Please write to your representatives in Congress and ask them to support Battle of California with national education funding!
Prediction: Flames players are so overwhelmed by the majesty of California that they forget to show up for the game. Sharks win by default.
Bonus: Here's a clip from an awesome movie that doesn't get enough attention, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. It's not about Canada at all.
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but that’s just because locks are useless against the giant man-eating beavers that kill thousands every year
wait? so they have giant women in canada?
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jan 17, 2012 6:38 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
Canada’s women aren’t giant, just their beavers.
by meetyourmako on Jan 17, 2012 1:25 PM PST up reply actions
rec?
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no rec..smaller the better on that front..stay away from canadian women
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jan 17, 2012 1:46 PM PST up reply actions
Mounties in Red Uniforms Police the Country
remember there “royal” mounties…regal…majestic….so they must be real and scary right?
Canadians are notoriously easy to embarrass
i disagree with this one….exhibit A Ryan Getzlaf
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jan 17, 2012 6:40 AM PST reply actions
What’s this all about eh?
"Playin hurt, baby that don't faze me. I don't got time for pain. The only pain I've got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is!"
by Semi_Colon on Jan 17, 2012 7:07 AM PST via iPhone app reply actions
*aboot
"The beating hearts of other creatures are like needles in my brain. Only once I have silenced them all will I have peace." -Owen Nolan
Battle of California
by Megalodon on Jan 17, 2012 7:10 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Shit, the autocorrect got me
"Playin hurt, baby that don't faze me. I don't got time for pain. The only pain I've got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is!"
by Semi_Colon on Jan 17, 2012 7:24 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions 2 recs
How dare you leave the myth of us Canadians hunting moose 24/7 out!
Hell on Ice/In Lou We Trust/Twitter
Everyone has more goals than Scott Gomez
by Kevin Sellathamby on Jan 17, 2012 7:23 AM PST reply actions
How dare you leave the myth of us Canadians huntingmooseMEESE 24/7 out!
jeez….looks like you didnt read the whole article..shame shame kev
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jan 17, 2012 7:26 AM PST up reply actions 5 recs
Awesome, you’re learning!
Moose/Meese is Rudy’s joke. Thanks Rudy.
"The beating hearts of other creatures are like needles in my brain. Only once I have silenced them all will I have peace." -Owen Nolan
Battle of California
so rudy writes all your jokes..yet you get all the credit from the newbies……why hasnt rudy slain you yet?
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jan 17, 2012 7:34 AM PST up reply actions
You should know the answer by now. We’re a Fight Club-type situation.
"The beating hearts of other creatures are like needles in my brain. Only once I have silenced them all will I have peace." -Owen Nolan
Battle of California
by Megalodon on Jan 17, 2012 7:44 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
We’re aFight ClubBrokeback-type situation.
Muaha. Ha.
It is that thing that I sent to you.
by whine_country on Jan 17, 2012 7:50 AM PST up reply actions 3 recs
Kiss kiss bang bang
For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled.
by Nut on Jan 17, 2012 9:30 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
So which of one of you is real?
Hic sunt fortuna dracones
There is only 1 "n" in Hutchison
well i met both of them and brad pitt is the better looking dude who isnt real..so meg is real
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jan 17, 2012 11:18 AM PST up reply actions
Moose/Meese is Rudy’s joke.
It’s less a joke and more what I actually believe. I have letters out to Merriam-Webster right now, I should receive a response soon.
I want them to change Geese to Gooses. ‘cause Gooses is more fun to say. Let’s switch the plural forms of Meese and Gooses.
Hail Poseidon!
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by 4Kills5 on Jan 17, 2012 9:01 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Hell yes.
"The beating hearts of other creatures are like needles in my brain. Only once I have silenced them all will I have peace." -Owen Nolan
Battle of California
i also like to use meese to describe more than one mouse also
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jan 17, 2012 9:15 AM PST up reply actions
Did you really just correct Spade? Of all the mistakes he makes, you actually found it worthwhile to correct him on one?? hahahahaha
GO SHARKS!
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security" -- Benjamin Franklin (see profile for more info on this quote)
fuck u i know that..i like meese…i think a looney toons character or a tom and jerry character used it…and I loved it and cherished it…..i thought it was great
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jan 17, 2012 11:08 AM PST up reply actions
It wasn’t Tom & Jerry, but a cheap Hanna-Barbera knock off instead…
"We will come with our guns blazing, and we just blazed." - Tim Leiweke
by DodgerBlueBalls on Jan 17, 2012 12:27 PM PST up reply actions
thanks DBB for looking out….i was errr..in the same era at least
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jan 17, 2012 12:28 PM PST up reply actions
Spade just taught me grammar.
Holy fuck, i’m stupid.
Hell on Ice/In Lou We Trust/Twitter
Everyone has more goals than Scott Gomez
by Kevin Sellathamby on Jan 17, 2012 9:38 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Giant man-eating beavers?
I think that’s why they have free healthcare too.
Leslie Knope: "...but it has a lot of heart."
April Ludgate: "That's what people always say when something sucks."
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by idunno723 on Jan 17, 2012 7:32 AM PST via mobile reply actions
so muff diving is suicide i take it?
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jan 17, 2012 7:35 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Close. It’s how someone came up with this, though.
It is that thing that I sent to you.
by whine_country on Jan 17, 2012 7:37 AM PST up reply actions
I decided that now would be a good time
Read: I’m tired of my movie-per-gameday project.
Sad, because I thought Kiss Kiss Bang Bang was some sort of documentary aboot Winnipeg.
It is that thing that I sent to you.
Thursday’s gameday will be very movie-centered, I promise.
"The beating hearts of other creatures are like needles in my brain. Only once I have silenced them all will I have peace." -Owen Nolan
Battle of California
But what good is that if the movie isn’t Real Steel? :)
It is that thing that I sent to you.
by whine_country on Jan 17, 2012 7:45 AM PST up reply actions
I liked Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
and this post.
Both amused me greatly.
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"You are down with the homies, my friend." - Randy Hahn
Kent Huskins cares.
"Don't fart on my chair mutha fuckah!" - Randy Hahn
"Pavs with great feed but what a release by Wingels Peanut Butter Baby!"" - Jamie Baker
Saw this on Puck Daddy, figured I would share
Bryzgalov, Pre-Universe Speech: 14-5-2, 2.74 GAA
Bryzgalov, Post-Universe Speech: 2-5-1, 3.97 GAA
Coincidence???
Looks like he was pretty bad before 24/7, honestly.
"The beating hearts of other creatures are like needles in my brain. Only once I have silenced them all will I have peace." -Owen Nolan
Battle of California
Traitor!
GO SHARKS!
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security" -- Benjamin Franklin (see profile for more info on this quote)
…says the Canucks fan.
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"You are down with the homies, my friend." - Randy Hahn
Kent Huskins cares.
"Don't fart on my chair mutha fuckah!" - Randy Hahn
"Pavs with great feed but what a release by Wingels Peanut Butter Baby!"" - Jamie Baker
by PNK on Jan 17, 2012 6:06 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
So is Clowe traded or not? He wasn’t out on the ice this morning, no (skating) injury, and Elliotte Friedman is saying that Doug Wilson is ready to add depth to the team.
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Doesn’t seem like it, based on latest Twitter info. I certainly hope not.
"The beating hearts of other creatures are like needles in my brain. Only once I have silenced them all will I have peace." -Owen Nolan
Battle of California
I gave in and joined Twitter last night. It is oddly addictive. Moreso than I thought it would be.
You were one of the first people I “followed”.
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What? Don’t scare me like that.
GO SHARKS!
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security" -- Benjamin Franklin (see profile for more info on this quote)
Made you look!
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by RedOscar on Jan 17, 2012 11:27 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
hahahahaha
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jan 17, 2012 12:17 PM PST up reply actions
Don’t believe everything you read on the internet.
except the fact that Meese and Gooses are the proper plural forms of Moose and Goose respectively. That is true.
Hail Poseidon!
http://5minutesformurder.blogspot.com
and of mice!!…dont believe rudy!!…tom and jerry is never wrong!
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jan 17, 2012 11:19 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I hate those meeses to pieces.
"The beating hearts of other creatures are like needles in my brain. Only once I have silenced them all will I have peace." -Owen Nolan
Battle of California
i was told glue traps are more human….so i used one once…well the little bugger…ripped off his leg to get out of it….very humane
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jan 17, 2012 11:23 AM PST up reply actions
for the new people..i dont bother with corrections…the *humane….just figure it out
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jan 17, 2012 11:24 AM PST up reply actions
You tried to trap a moose with glue traps?
Hail Poseidon!
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by 4Kills5 on Jan 17, 2012 11:24 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
You’re a monster.
"The beating hearts of other creatures are like needles in my brain. Only once I have silenced them all will I have peace." -Owen Nolan
Battle of California
by Megalodon on Jan 17, 2012 11:25 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
im an animal like the next guy..(except earl)…i was gonna smash him with a rock..but he took off you know
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jan 17, 2012 12:29 PM PST up reply actions
oops lover…,,dooohhhh…im on today
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jan 17, 2012 12:29 PM PST up reply actions
Just so people are clear:
Wrong: Mooses. Correct: Meese
Wrong: Geese. Correct: Gooses
Wrong: mice. Correct: Meese
Anything else?
Hail Poseidon!
http://5minutesformurder.blogspot.com
Wrong: Rudy. Correct: Meg.
GO SHARKS!
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security" -- Benjamin Franklin (see profile for more info on this quote)
by Angy on Jan 17, 2012 11:31 AM PST up reply actions 3 recs
Wrong:Earl. Correct: Meg.
I think that’s a little more accurate, eh?
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by RedOscar on Jan 17, 2012 11:35 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
You people are the best.
"The beating hearts of other creatures are like needles in my brain. Only once I have silenced them all will I have peace." -Owen Nolan
Battle of California
Meg+Rudy+Earl<Spade
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jan 17, 2012 12:19 PM PST up reply actions
Spade can’t do math.
"The beating hearts of other creatures are like needles in my brain. Only once I have silenced them all will I have peace." -Owen Nolan
Battle of California
but are meg they and earl sitting in a tree
k.I.s.s.I.n.g.
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
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by operation carrot on Jan 17, 2012 12:26 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
huh?
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jan 17, 2012 12:27 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
but are meg they and earl sitting in a tree
If Spade is calling you out for having indecipherable sentence structure, I believe you may have a serious problem.
"We will come with our guns blazing, and we just blazed." - Tim Leiweke
by DodgerBlueBalls on Jan 17, 2012 12:30 PM PST up reply actions 5 recs
but are meg they and earl sitting in a tree
Yeah good point.
"The beating hearts of other creatures are like needles in my brain. Only once I have silenced them all will I have peace." -Owen Nolan
Battle of California
You sure bit that carrot. Wait until you get the stick!
It is that thing that I sent to you.
by whine_country on Jan 17, 2012 12:46 PM PST up reply actions
If we build a bridge from Mexico to Canada, we could change that overnight.
GO SHARKS!
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security" -- Benjamin Franklin (see profile for more info on this quote)
Aww, I was gonna do that...
I was gonna call it the Spic-Span!
Proud member of the "Bring Back Semenov" Club
"The only crying allowed in hockey is when you lose a playoff series, retire or JR is speaking publicly." - Jamie Baker
"You are down with the homies, my friend." - Randy Hahn
Kent Huskins cares.
"Don't fart on my chair mutha fuckah!" - Randy Hahn
"Pavs with great feed but what a release by Wingels Peanut Butter Baby!"" - Jamie Baker
Thus proving you really are a racist.
It is that thing that I sent to you.
by whine_country on Jan 17, 2012 6:38 PM PST up reply actions
The 1st time this year I head over to Battle of California,
and I find this kind of racist crap here. Some how I am not shocked at all.
by docescobar07 on Jan 18, 2012 12:48 PM PST up reply actions
Get out of here, snow-eater!
(for the purposes of this insult I am assuming you are from Winnipeg)
"The beating hearts of other creatures are like needles in my brain. Only once I have silenced them all will I have peace." -Owen Nolan
Battle of California
From California.
If you know where strawberries and tri tip sandwiches are very popular you know where in California I am from.
by docescobar07 on Jan 18, 2012 9:10 PM PST up reply actions
Oxnard is the Strawberry Capital of the World. And, as ievans pointed out, Santa Maria has the best Tri-tip (God bless Jocko’s Steakhouse ).
So I’m guessing you’re from Lompoc.
"We will come with our guns blazing, and we just blazed." - Tim Leiweke
by DodgerBlueBalls on Jan 19, 2012 9:40 AM PST up reply actions
we specialize in shocking and lazyness…somtimes at the same time!
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jan 18, 2012 1:13 PM PST up reply actions
Canadians have loads of guns. They just don’t have any bullets.
I don’t know why I like this so much.
I don’t get why about.com listed this as a myth at all. Do people really think Canadians don’t have guns? They hunt all the time, don’t they?
"The beating hearts of other creatures are like needles in my brain. Only once I have silenced them all will I have peace." -Owen Nolan
Battle of California
with hockey sticks!!!
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jan 17, 2012 1:20 PM PST up reply actions
People probably think Canadians have no guns because of the gun-control laws and registry
Hic sunt fortuna dracones
There is only 1 "n" in Hutchison
Yeah, I assumed anybody with a farm would own a gun. Plus, some guy got shot in Mystery, Alaska and those are basically the same country, right? Canada’s like the 53rd state, after Hawaii and Alaska.
by meetyourmako on Jan 17, 2012 1:46 PM PST up reply actions
Canada’s like the 53rd state, after Hawaii and Alaska.
Yeah I’ve always thought of Alaska as the 52nd state.
"The beating hearts of other creatures are like needles in my brain. Only once I have silenced them all will I have peace." -Owen Nolan
Battle of California
mako was making a funny right?..or was he including guam and puerto rico?…
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jan 17, 2012 1:53 PM PST up reply actions
They use bows and arrows
Plus bait their traps with Timbits.
Dinglebarnin' It JftC
by Niesy on Jan 17, 2012 6:57 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
This post (and the Winnipeg facts that it led me to)...
is one of the best things I’ve ever read on the internet.
And that’s saying a lot.
"Though we do run the risk of one of the pucks generating human-like emotions, and yearning for a better life outside of its cold, violent existence…" -Ben
by ThrashersRecaps on Jan 17, 2012 7:18 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Wooooooooooooo
"The beating hearts of other creatures are like needles in my brain. Only once I have silenced them all will I have peace." -Owen Nolan
Battle of California
I absolutely cannot stand Drew. The hate grows with each game.
GO SHARKS!
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security" -- Benjamin Franklin (see profile for more info on this quote)
by Angy on Jan 17, 2012 8:06 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
Randy’s the annoying one tonight for me.
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by RedOscar on Jan 17, 2012 8:11 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I concur. Drew is bad.
"The beating hearts of other creatures are like needles in my brain. Only once I have silenced them all will I have peace." -Owen Nolan
Battle of California
by Megalodon on Jan 18, 2012 6:29 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
You don’t like to hear him get on his horse about making subjective calls reviewable because that’s what the owners want?
by meetyourmako on Jan 18, 2012 1:07 PM PST up reply actions
This is amazing. It’s like you’re all finally realizing it.
If you imagine a salt shaker in your hand, tilt your head back
and act like you're shaking salt into your mouth; you will taste salt if you concentrate hard enough.
by brokenyard on Jan 18, 2012 2:01 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I don’t think any of us ever said he was good? I don’t mind Randy, but I’ve never cared for Drew.
"The beating hearts of other creatures are like needles in my brain. Only once I have silenced them all will I have peace." -Owen Nolan
Battle of California
You’d appreciate Drew a lot more if you spent any amount of time watching or listening to Pete Stemkowski be the color guy. Oof. Or that Chris guy with the permed mullet, the former buttrock station morning DJ who ended up being the GM of the China Sharks (I know, right?).
Drew’s schtick is getting a bit tired, though.
Picklesnakebit since 2011.
@shampeon
(Remenda > Stemkowski) = Damning with very faint praise.
by meetyourmako on Jan 18, 2012 2:21 PM PST up reply actions
Drew’s schtick is getting a bit tired, though.
It’s partly that he tries to be funny and fails, and also that he’s wrong about everything he gets worked up about. Remember when he got all butt-hurt on the air because skaters fist-bump/hi-five all the players on the bench after a goal?
by meetyourmako on Jan 18, 2012 2:25 PM PST up reply actions
It’s the rants that are starting to grate on me most. I don’t ask for a lot from the color guy, and when Drew is able to break down plays without getting all hyper and frothy I’m fine with him. I don’t need (another) 3 minute coked out monologue about obvious mistakes.
The rule on being a color analyst is: you’re an expert, not a personality or a cheerleader or a prophet.
Picklesnakebit since 2011.
@shampeon
The rule on being a color analyst is: you’re an expert, not a personality or a cheerleader or a prophet.
That seems about right.
Looking back, Pete Stemkowski didn’t come off as any of those things.
by meetyourmako on Jan 18, 2012 2:50 PM PST up reply actions
lots of chances in this game, lots of shots hitting the posts
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booooo
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HOLY SHIT! How that didn’t go in is beyond me but thank you whatever god wants to be thanked!
GO SHARKS!
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security" -- Benjamin Franklin (see profile for more info on this quote)
Don’t question fate. Just go with it.
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GOAL!!!
GO SHARKS!
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security" -- Benjamin Franklin (see profile for more info on this quote)
Goal! Mitchell!
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GOAL!!!
GO SHARKS!
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security" -- Benjamin Franklin (see profile for more info on this quote)
Nope.
It is that thing that I sent to you.
by whine_country on Jan 17, 2012 10:01 PM PST up reply actions
Justin Braun! With the game-winner!
INTERFERENCE?
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Bad call!
GO SHARKS!
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security" -- Benjamin Franklin (see profile for more info on this quote)
Fucking bullllllllshit, that’s what.
"The beating hearts of other creatures are like needles in my brain. Only once I have silenced them all will I have peace." -Owen Nolan
Battle of California
by Megalodon on Jan 18, 2012 9:28 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Our definition of funny differs.
GO SHARKS!
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security" -- Benjamin Franklin (see profile for more info on this quote)
Remember that blown call on Long Island that gave us a powerplay in overtime? We scored on that powerplay.
by meetyourmako on Jan 18, 2012 1:09 PM PST up reply actions
Is this what you consider funny?
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What is wrong with you?
Dinglebarnin' It JftC
by Niesy on Jan 18, 2012 4:33 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
I didn’t say I found it funny…
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Randy’s soliloquizing again…
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Love Handzus.
It is that thing that I sent to you.
by whine_country on Jan 17, 2012 10:10 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
WIN!!!
GO SHARKS!
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security" -- Benjamin Franklin (see profile for more info on this quote)
WIN!!
** Rule of Tree ** Pounding the Rock ** Battle of Cali ** Fear the Fin ** Athletics Nation ** Niners Nation **
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