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thebravecowboy
Social climber
Colorado Plateau
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Topic Author's Original Post - Nov 8, 2013 - 06:49pm PT
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I mean, c'mon, no pistols, they don't love DUI alumna, etc.
Really, certainly, they are not 'Murican, probably not human.
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Rock!...oopsie.
Trad climber
the pitch above you
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But they can vote weapons grade f*#ktards into office! They may even shame us on that ability.
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Ok cowboy time to get up & go get some fresh air
Edit-
Don't need an excuse, I'm not driven to the point of trolling.
Being trolled, however is a different story.
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thebravecowboy
Social climber
Colorado Plateau
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 8, 2013 - 07:46pm PT
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dude, I am stuck inside....and I can't imbibe.
what's your 'scuse?
and in all seriousness, I do love Canada and it's inhabitants.
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Well there goes that excuse.
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tooth
Trad climber
B.C.
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(finishing reading thread while cleaning his Desert Eagle, AR and Tavor)
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roadman
climber
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It is indeed full of people. Most of whom have a Napoleon complex about their allie to the South.
One day the trees and ore will be all gone and they will look around and wish they'd done things a little different.
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splitter
Trad climber
SoCal Hodad, surfing the galactic plane
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Although I was born in Seattle and spent the majority of my life here, the rest of my family and relatives are Canadian. We left the US when I was 5 and spent my early school years north of the border, and many summers. Although I love America, I'd have to agree with WB when he says, Stoopid Americans! We had plenty of them traveling the Cabot trail, which we lived on. It was a major transition moving to the states, and each time we returned from vacations. Totally different mindset. Generally speaking, Canadians can adjust to living in the US, blend in and appropriately adapt. But, from personal observation/imo, most Americans will always be just that, Americans, wherever they go. NTTIAWWT.
edit: i did say "most" meaning; not all. there are a fair share of peeps here in the US that aren't stoopid, imho! It's just that, being an American seems to somehow gone to peoples heads, to varying degrees. Sort of an unhealthy superiority complex of sorts. It was drilled into us from a young age. Media, schooling, surroundings, etc! The way they/we present ourselves, yada, yada. But, we do owe a great debt to America, that is the Greatest Generation. They were ready to die for the freedom of the world. And many did. That was, and is the American way. And I'm proud of that.
"...fair share of peeps here in the US that aren't stoopid." - Most dirtbag climbers, especially ones that I new from bitd, for instance!
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roadman
climber
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NO WAY
I can spot a canuck a mile away! You no tipping, clean cut, pursed lip, awful driving, lot that you are;-).
Or just listen for......."it's so cheap"
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Let me break it to ya brother. We're all the same and that's what kills you canucks the most!
Cultures and countries are too big to generalize and we should celebrate all of them. The US does, cause we are made up of all of them.
Little brainbuster for ya...THe US has more illegal mexicans (30mil) then CA has legal citizens.
Peas man,
J
Edit: dude, just googled : NTTIAWWT! Very cool. I'm going to use that one.
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splitter
Trad climber
SoCal Hodad, surfing the galactic plane
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Let me break it to ya brother. We're all the same... WRONG.
We, our American culture, changes people! And not necessarily for the better.
I've seen individual after indivdual, family after family move to the US to make a better life for themselves. Yes, they made more MONEY, the Sacred American Buck, etc! But, it came at cost. American culture is FU, period. And getting worse by the moment. To begin with, materialism run amok. Open your eyes.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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since you're expanding your 'cabulary, google TANSTAAFL
Since I'm Canadian I don't have to google it. I already know what it means. But... Hmmmm... It was coined by an American. Does that mean I can't use it for free?
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MisterE
climber
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OMG! People have issues with people in other countries!
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roadman
climber
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Just got back from No frils... What'd i miss?
So much generalization and N=1 thinking man...
YEs it changes people, however I've spent a lot of time in my country all over just living. 15 states in my adult life. You see good, you see bad.. Same as everywhere.
Here's a good. So in this very strict muslim area in a big city in the mid-west. I mean strict like they are still castrating little girls and sh#t. I'm walking along and across the street I see a fam. Wife in head to toe cover, guy very stern looking, but the daughter in reg. clothes with a book bag and what not. Long story short the little girl runs ahead meets up with a friend and their fam. As she's going to depart with them, she turns and gives her old man a high five(!) Super cool.
Look man, good and bad. You may be in a bad place and that's a large part of it, but most countries are too big and too reginal to generalize about all the sh#t i hear you guys go on and on about.
I most recently moved from Boulder, CO and I'd bet that whole city has a lower body fat index than any in CA. You guys don't seem to realize we have almost 400,000,000 people legal and illegal in our great and diverse country. We have more people who live on farms and in small towns they your entire population!!!!!
Cultures should be celebrated. All of them.
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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You see good, you see bad.. Same as everywhere.
I like this. Same could be said about supertopo front page list of threads at any given time.
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hobo_dan
Social climber
Minnesota
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Canada--Now that's a civilized country!
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splitter
Trad climber
SoCal Hodad, surfing the galactic plane
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I was referring to the 60's and 70's primarily. My parents sold their place and left Canada in the mid 80's,that was the last time I crossed the border. There probably isn't significant difference between the two countries now, except in the more rural areas.
I left during grammar school and we moved to the states, first NY, then shortly after SoCal. I noticed a significant difference in the way students behaved in the classroom, particularly in California. We had great respect for teachers in Cape Breton. We looked up to them and valued education and the knowledge and opportunities it afforded. In NY and particularly California, there was a lack of respect and a general testing of authority. And, obviously, it's gone downhill ever since.
"Stoopid" - Lame would be an more appropriate definition. The consensus was, most wouldn't survive a Cape Breton winter, that was why they only ventured there during the summer.
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Gunkie
Trad climber
East Coast US
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Canada will be perfect once global warming is in full effect.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jun 16, 2016 - 06:59am PT
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Draggin' this dumb-ass thread back into the light.
One thing Canadians do pretty well (and not just because the USA does it, either) is to import things from other cultures, like BASEBALL (joke) and dancing to Rockabilly (happens to be a minor backwater in rock 'n roll to a lot of kiddies--you don't know what you been missin').
Canadian Swing Championships[Click to View YouTube Video]
This is for jive mama Tami.
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Flip Flop
climber
Earth Planet, Universe
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Jun 16, 2016 - 07:16am PT
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They are the subjects of her putrid majesty. Mere peons doing the dirty colonial business of the rotting empire.
Throw off your chains.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Jun 16, 2016 - 08:05am PT
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I think they already acquired their independence...
...they were just polite about it.
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Jun 16, 2016 - 08:13am PT
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Canadians are not people
Americans are not Canadians
Americans may or may not be people
People is a magazine
Canadians are therefore not magazines
Not much information here
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Craig Fry
Trad climber
So Cal.
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Jun 16, 2016 - 08:31am PT
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My parents are both Canadians
My Dad was a Newfie, and my mom was a Ukrainian farmer in Alberta
They came here before I was born and became American citizens
But since my parents were Canadian, that makes me a Canadian Citizen, which I wear as a Badge of Honor.
I ain't no stinking stoopid emericun, that's for sure.
or whatever
My wife agrees that Canadians are not people, they're pod people or maybe aliens from Mars, all my not-normal quirks can be attributed to my Canadian heritage,
and don't get my wife started on my Mother, who has no filter on her tongue.
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thebravecowboy
climber
The Good Places
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 30, 2016 - 12:30pm PT
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anita514
Gym climber
Great White North
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Jul 30, 2016 - 01:39pm PT
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"They are the subjects of her putrid majesty. Mere peons doing the dirty colonial business of the rotting empire."
May I remind you, Brook, who won The War of 1812?
[Pete posting on Anita's laptop]
P.S. I got goosebumps watching that curling shot, Gunkie. Dang, what a shot.
Anyone remember the OTHER Jennifer Jones the curler? From Nova Scotia I think? Always chewing gum. Bovine. Kinda hot.
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kunlun_shan
Mountain climber
SF, CA
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Jul 30, 2016 - 02:28pm PT
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HAHAHA!!!! The video "Wont Show In Your Country" HAHAHAHAHH!!!!!!!!
Tami, I just tried it with a CDN proxy and yeah, it won't play.
Check out http://hola.org/, and get a browser plugin to fake where you are coming from.
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kattz
climber
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Jul 30, 2016 - 02:47pm PT
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Canadians had made a choice to sell their country to foreigners.
(especially to money-laundering overseas mafia types which are having a big party in BC real estate casino now)
Typical greedy, careless and spoiled boomer generation and clueless and weak millenials generation in the Western countries...ones sold for greed and dubious benefits of the housing bubble (you can't get back your land. They don't make more of it)...and others didn't care to fight it. Gambling their country away. Average home value 440K...good luck. They'll have to devalue their currency for real Canadians of the future generations to be home owners.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Jul 30, 2016 - 04:53pm PT
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What about Bryan Ferry?
Or the William Shatner school of acting?
It's gonna take a lot of Molsons to make that better...
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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Jul 30, 2016 - 07:29pm PT
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I've met a few Canadians. They looked like people but had some weird aluminium hats.
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Captain...or Skully
climber
Boise, ID
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Jul 30, 2016 - 08:43pm PT
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All the Canadians I've met have been nice. Well, most anyway.
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ecdh
climber
the east
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Jul 30, 2016 - 09:15pm PT
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Canadians are the kiwis of the northern hemisphere.
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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Jul 30, 2016 - 10:31pm PT
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Snicker. easy for you to say since you aren't wearing your aluminium hat.
goofow!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jul 31, 2016 - 12:03am PT
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OMG! I see Newfies AND Frogs!
Isn't that double jeopardy?
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Flip Flop
climber
Earth Planet, Universe
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Jul 31, 2016 - 09:45am PT
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1812?
Wellington called it a draw but I say that the Empire lost much and gained little. Sure, some guy burned Washington but we sent him home in a body bag. I'll agree that the poor POM colonialists ended up staying Loyalist subjects of the Poxy Queens but other than gaining the right to extract resources from the locals and the right to kick Frenchies, what did you pinkies get from us? Nada mucho. Subjects! Peons!
Let's do remember that George III was undeniably insane and that his Daughter, the much admired Victoria, married her 1st Cousin. The Inbred Royals are an embarrassment.
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Bad Climber
Trad climber
The Lawless Border Regions
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Oct 22, 2016 - 08:48pm PT
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I've made ten trips north of the border to poke around "America's Hat." Love them Kanuckians but hate the beer prices. What's up with that? With yer long winters and two full weeks of pour sleddin', you'd think the adult beverage recovery drinks would be more affordable. American wine was actually more affordable than Canadian beer in the parks.
Really want to visit Skaha. One on the list after retirement next year.
Go, eh!
BAd
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Lorenzo
Trad climber
Portland Oregon
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Oct 22, 2016 - 10:12pm PT
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I guess my only issue is that the official head of state in Canada is also head of a State religion... which puts Canada on par with Saudi Arabia and Iraq, I guess.
Contrast this 'Murca where Presidents proclaim no religion but mask their preference by wrapping it in the flag and slathering it with Apple pie.
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Lorenzo
Trad climber
Portland Oregon
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Oct 22, 2016 - 10:36pm PT
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There's a city named for the British royals.
Windsor California?
...as opposed to the states of New York, the Virginias, Both Carolinas, Maryland, Delaware, and Georgia,
All named after British royals.
I won't even start with the cities, but I lived in a town called Frederick - named for either Frederick, Lord Baltimore, or Frederick, Prince of Wales.
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Lorenzo
Trad climber
Portland Oregon
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Oct 22, 2016 - 10:51pm PT
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Oct 22, 2016 - 10:33pm PT
All right,
We have a state religion says Lorenzo !
Maybe slow down on the bacon covered donuts you relate to in Portland and smell the coffee instead.
We're just a tank of gas away from Oregon and we don't bite. Come on up for a free education, Lorenzo.
Haha. If you had a decent hoppy beer I'd visit next week. It's fresh hop season here.
Look it up.
In addition to being a member of the Order of the Dogwood and , in British Columbia, " Mother of all People" your head of State's titles in Canada include 'defender of the Faith'.
Which Faith? There's only one she can be a member of.
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Lorenzo
Trad climber
Portland Oregon
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Oct 22, 2016 - 10:53pm PT
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Oct 22, 2016 - 10:39pm PT
Shhhhh, Jim !!!! Let Lorenzo believe we have a state religion.
IT's called "Hockey".
Snicker x3
Actually, only in the Winter. In the summer it's officially Lacrosse.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Oct 22, 2016 - 11:03pm PT
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Come on up for a free education, Lorenzo
Lorenzo, don't fall for that 'Hey, sailor' line. They act all friendly
with the smiling Mountie touroid adverts but when you get to the endless
immigration queue ar the airport they get very snippy, or worse. They
weren't even going to let me in to see the rels last year! The little
sh!t wanted to know if I had a return ticket and you should have seen his
face when I answered "Why would I want to stay in Canada?" You'd have
thought I'd insulted The Bloody Queen! Then I said, "Fine, send me back
to Chicago, they've much better pizza." That must be the secret password
cause then they decided it might be OK to let the heathen in after all.
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Lorenzo
Trad climber
Portland Oregon
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Oct 22, 2016 - 11:09pm PT
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Yeah. Last time I went to Vancouver I got stopped at the border and the Mounty dude asks me if I've ever been to Canada before and what my business was.
I told him it was to spend obscene amounts of money and he was stareing at a computer screen that showed my visits.
It probably took a little longer, but I was welcomed to the Realm.
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Lorenzo
Trad climber
Portland Oregon
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Oct 22, 2016 - 11:31pm PT
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Oct 22, 2016 - 11:04pm PT
Lorenzo,
IPA beer is so last week. Even the Canadian Lumbersexuals are escaping from the existentialism they created in order to be employable.
Their loss.
When you get to be my age being employable loses its charm, tattoos or no.
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Lorenzo
Trad climber
Portland Oregon
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Oct 23, 2016 - 12:11am PT
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My homeland of Argentina's official sport is Pato (duck).
Sort of like Polo - originally played with a live duck as the ball.
Did you know that trap shooting with live birds was once an Olympic sport?
Must have been messy. Nearly 400 pigeons were killed in 1900
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Flip Flop
climber
Earth Planet, Universe
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Oct 23, 2016 - 08:00am PT
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Annex Canadia Now!
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cuvvy
Sport climber
arkansas
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Oct 23, 2016 - 10:44am PT
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Canada should become the 51st state and get it over with. The only reason they havent been invaded by other countries is because they are hanging on tightly to our coat tails. Its time they do something for us. Maybe Trump will sort this out
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Oct 23, 2016 - 10:55am PT
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In rebuttal to the OP:
"Canadians are two people."--anonymouse
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Oct 23, 2016 - 11:27am PT
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Canadian street gang
American street gang
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whoops
climber
paradise, ca
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Oct 24, 2016 - 12:09pm PT
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Marlow, I laughed for ten minutes.
By the way, which one of you Canadians turns out the lights
when you all head south for the winter?
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