Calling All Canadians!

[Saqhara]

<Snip> being a part of the Sea of Red and the Red Mile last spring in Calgary during the Flames' Cup run. <Snip> (or maybe it was just the beer and flamesgirls...).

Ahh... such fond yet foggy memories. I was in Las Vegas on vacation in May and caught a couple games there, one of which I saw at ESPN World. I would never in my life have imagined I'd see so many flames jerseys in a US city... or wall to wall giant plasma TVs either for that matter...

 

[Saqhara]

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And the closing ceremonies of the 1988 Olympics in Calgary. There was a beautiful moment where the entire stadium was roaring and cheering and it was just deafening -- and then Juan Antonio Samaranch stepped up to the microphone and cleared his throat and everyone immediately sat down to listen. The look on the ABC correspondent's face at that moment was priceless.

I was there as well, he looked so shocked to see people actually showing courtesy and respect.

 

[Saqhara]

Guess it's my turn...

Born in Regina but lived in Calgary for nearly all of the time I've been in Canada. I've also lived in the London, Paris, Turkey, Cyprus, Malta, and Madagascar, among others.

As a former soldier I could cite so many occassions to be proud of that I've seen with my own eyes. As a former student of Canadian history I could add even more (although I studied arky and anthro at U of C) but maybe I'll go with our country's continuing participation and support for international organisations such as the UN and the International Criminal Court. We are, each of us, regardless of nationality, human after all.

(btw, I would be happy to meet any fellow Calgarian/Albertan ENWorlders...)

 

[Algolei]

I was there as well, he looked so shocked to see people actually showing courtesy and respect.

How do you get 100 Canadians out of a swimming pool?

 

[hong]

My favourite "moment" in Canadian history would have to be the entire Trudeau government. The guy was (and still is) an example known throughout the world (everywhere I've travelled, people remember him, and he's usually the ONLY Canadian politician people remember) of a unique and brilliant leader, and as someone else already said here, a man who wasn't afraid of showing off his intellect and of making unpopular choices because they were right, rather than rely on popular opinion.

Too bad the world doesn't have more politicians like that.

Ah well, at least he's keeping himself busy writing Doonesbury.

 

[hong]

How do you get 100 Canadians out of a swimming pool?

Kick one of the elephants out, duh!


Oh, you said OUT OF a swimming pool. My bad.

 

[Algolei]

Hi hong!

 

[hong]

Hi Al! In honour of talk like a pirate day, I'm taking over this thread. Don't mind me.

 

[Algolei]

Oh, yar.

 

[HellHound]

Yar, Canadian Pirates, we must fight this invasion by that scurvy Australian dog.

And how do we, Canadian Pirates, do so?

Why, we ask politely of course!

Yarr, Mr Hong, this not be yer thread, would y'all be willing to please move along, if it isn't too much of an imposition for yer, thar sir. Thank ye kindly.