Conference kaosws::canada

    
    
    Dear ::POND.I'm Canadian and have no idea what your talking about..;-)
    

I am not Canadian, and know what you're talking about.

The only fiasco worse than the Loony fiasco is the fiasco with the U.S.
cousin of the Loony.

/john

    Was Susan B. Anthony a loony??

    There's a persistent rumour that the $2 bill is the next to go and 
    they are going to call them Twoonies.
    
    Thats all folks!
    
    -doug

    In Sarnia, the Loonie has been widely accepted, even though most
    people have not figured how to get the chocolate out.
    

    Are loonies related at all to whirley-twirlies??
    
    

    
    Hence all Sarninians walk around with chipped teeth...
    

    
    Second cousins twice removed Cath...
    

British and Irish 2p coins work in the Loonie slot of parking meters.

Haven't tried them in anything else.

I have a whole s**twagon load of these lovelies, if you're interested.


I acquired my first Loonie during the Calgary Olympics.  My five-man
Luge team won the silver medal,  we were so proud that we had it bronzed.
I've sold a number of these whenever I travel to the States - they
really lap 'em up.  Just US$10 each, too.

    This story is the truth.
    
    In spring of 88 two lads and myself travelled to FT. Lauderdale
    to catch up on our...er....umm...library interests.  Anyway, one
    night we were gabbing with these babettes from Boca Raton who I
    might say did not border on extreme genius, if you know what I 
    mean.  She asked where we were from, and when we replied 'Ottawa',
    she asked the obvious question: 'oh, is that near Calgary?' (this
    was during the 88 Winter olympics in Calgary).
    
    We said 'no', but in fact, we had just come from Calgary, since
    the three of us just happened to be competing in the four man
    Canadian bobsled team, and that lo and behold we had placed third
    and won the bronze medal!  Well, she said 'no way!' and stuff like
    that, but I said 'yes way!' and stuff like that, and noticing that
    one of my friends was surreptitiously watching all of this, I
    produced a loonie (this was our first night so I still had Cdn
    money in my pocket) and told her 'yup we won the bronze and here
    it is!  See, see the DUCK on the back?  The duck is the olympic
    symbol for the bronze medal and has been on every bronze medal
    since the olympics began.  And the queen?  Canada...queen, you
    know.'
    
    To make a long story short, she believed all this.
    
    So, if we were able to persuade her into believing this, you should
    have seen what ELSE we were able to con her into...
    
    Barf Karbunk.

               -< Canadians think up this stuff in Parliament! >-
    
    The Loonie note has reached the 11th reply plateau and climbing.

    Pat, what is an S double star T wagon?

    Cathy, loonies are related to whirly-twirlies depending on what you
    have in mind, to coin a phrase....

    Glenny

    Hey, Les!  I'm getting closer to the truth.  I'll let you know when
    they crack.  
    
    Glenn, all I can say is...Keep going with the therapy.  It may take
    some time, but they can do mahvelous things these days.  Hang in there,
    big guy.  
    
    Cath, the concerned American

    C'mon Cathy...you can't tell me you don't know what a loonie is!
    Don't you know ANY Canadians at all?
    
    Korff

    Is it true that Dave Barry is really Pat Rushton in drag?
    
    Ted :-)

    re: .13     Nope!  Not a one.  My grandfather was Canadian, but he died
    when I was really young :^(
    
    I did meet Chris Chelios and Petr Svboda, but unfortunately, I don't
    know them personally... ;^}
    
    Cath

    Well, Cathy, Chelios is American and Svoboda is Czech so you still
    don't know any. :-)
    
    Ted. 

    Phew!  I didn't think Canadians could be that arrogant.  Canadiens,
    maybe....Of course, maybe my saying, 'See ya on the golf course' didn't 
    exactly endear them to me, either.
    
    So I guess I still don't know any Canadians.  How sad for me.
    
    C

    Cathy,
    
    	If you are a Bruins fan, then take a good look at yourself 'cause
    you're a loonie!
    
    Barf Carchunk  ;-)

    Dear Cathy,
    
    With a good Irish name like Finucane I would have thought that you
    would have taken that with a tad more humour (which was how it was
    intended). Where in the name of Jebediah did you pick up any arrogance
    in me telling you that Chelios and Svoboda were not Canadian. I
    do admit that I probably did miss your double entendre 
    i.e. Canadian/Canadien but believe me there was no arrogance intended,
    I think I even included a smiley. I'll check.
    
    Ted (a Canadian exile in Dublin)
    
    Pat I hope you weren't offended by the "Dave Barry in drag" comment.
    Please forgive me. I'll have your maps in the mail Tomorrow. 

    Ted,
    
    	I think Cath's comment concerning arrogance was in reference to
    Chelios and Svoboda. I think she meant they were arrogant and that
    Canadians did not have such a capacity for arraogance as Chris & Co.
    did. 
    	Em I rrrrright lass?
    
    Glenn RRRRRRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrrrichardson

    No, no, no Ted!  I didn't me *you* were arrogant.  Chelios and Svoboda
    are the arrogant ones.  Sorry if I mislead you.  No harm done, right? 
    Can you ever forgive me????  
    
    Not that this has anything to do with this note, but are there alot of
    Finucane(s) in Dublin?  My family is from Cork and Claire, I believe.
    And how do they pronounce it over there?  There is a family feud with
    my father and his aunts and uncles, whose parents came here from
    Ireland in the 1890's, about the correct pronunciation.  Send me mail
    so that this note can get back to the discussion at hand...
    
    Speaking of this note.  Mr. Richardson, I'll have you know that I am a
    diehard Bruins fan, from the time I was 3 years old.  And being said
    type of fan, I do not take lightly any remark that might be seen as
    negative when it comes to *my* team.  So when you're busting my chops
    about being a B's fan, just remember that even though they got blown
    out of the water by Edmonton, they still made it to the finals, which
    is better than all but one other team in the NHL.  And, they had the
    best record overall and they have the best defenseman in the league (I
    don't care if Mark Messier has the hardware.  What do those sports
    writers know anyway?!?)  I feel better now.  Thank you for letting me
    vent.   (and edmonton's colors are yucky, so there!!  :^P)

    Dear Ted (::EGRI)
    
    
    
    Re :   .14
    
    
    
    
    			If that is your surname..., well, that doesn't
    sound very Canadian to me ( not even Irish) though I might be
    wrong...
    
    
    				     Tamas    (The H.D.B.)

    Re: -1 
    
    Watch it.  Edmonton may have yucky colour but we have the cup! So
    there!!!!!
    

    You tell her Linda! Boston is poo-poo yuk!

Re: .19 
Ted, since my wife is at DECworld she has allowed me to wear the pants,
and her skirts, in the family - I have to show my kids whose boss, eh?

Re: .21
Cath, bloody hell!  My family's from Cork, maybe you're related to a Canadian.
BTW, what do you prefer, 'slapped silly' or selectively spanked?

Re: .22
Tamas, have you given your girlfriend some Glumpf yet?  It is truly effective
and one should view it with a certain amount of reverance because of the
death of it's inventor, the Venerable Korff Barbunk (in excretia), who
died ignominiously yesterday from a vehicular proctoscopy.  His remains can
be viewed in both Buda and Pest, bring your own cutlery.

    Re .25
    
    
    I didn't yet, I wasn't quite sure about the nature of that thing,
    what's the exact way of applying that Gumpf ?
    
    BTW, this is rather suspicious that you know so much about Hungary,
    are you a sympathizer or just, something else???
    
    			/Tamas (The H.D.B.)

    <<BTW, this is rather suspicious that you know so much about Hungary,
    <<are you a sympathizer or just, something else???

I once hated a guy called Szabo, but he was attacked by the Kolb�sz ring
and I feel better for it now.

Glumpf, and it's generic version called Vimto, can be purchased at any
branch of LA BARF (Legion of left-handed AlBanian dwARFs), or any Society
of Snail Punchers (sluggers).    

Tap

    re .25
    
    Well, now.  I've given this some thought, and I've decided that it's
    rather a loaded question, and I prefer not to risk embarrassing myself
    by answering it.
    
    If it's any consolation to those Edmonton fans out there/in here, my
    fourth favorite team is Edmonton, I think that you guys stole Ranford
    from Harry, and the Oilers are the best skating team in hockey.  Now,
    this shouldn't be taken as any kind of conciliatory gesture, mind you. 
    I just can't take any more abuse about being a Bruins fan, which I
    shall be until I get called to the big rink in the sky.
    
    BTW, nice brogue, Glenn.  Ya sim ta know abit ab-oouut the old sod.
    
    Cath

    re -1.
    
    
    
    Ahhhhhhhhhh!        That explains it .   Anybody who's called Szab�,
    must be an a***hole, I would probably hate him too if new the bloke...

Re: .28
Well, Cath?  What part of Cork are ya from, then?  

Barf Karbunk was the nom de plume of Korff Barbunk, he always signed
his finished colouring books before he ate the crayons - smart lad, that.

    re .30
    
    
    
    
    Irish ???????????????????
    I thought he was Hungarian...
    					T. The H.D.B.

    <<Irish ???????????????????
    <<I thought he was Hungarian...

Yes, Tamas, he is Hungarian.  His father was Irish, Korff was born in 
Hungary and emigrated to Canada where he made his fortune.  Unfortunately,
Canada Immigration, as they usually do, lopped off the O' from O'Barbunk.

His name when he entered Canada was changed to Luke Warmwater but this
proved unacceptable to the vibrant and sexually vigorous Korff, so he made
amourous advances towards the customs' officer's car and won his name back, less
the O'.  It's a shame that this affection he held towards cars would be his
undoing, in the end.

Pat

    Paddy, mi boy,
    
    eye'm not from Coorrk.  Mi great grandparents were OTB, and settled in
    Nooorrrth Cambridge, Mass.  Near'n ta Harrrvid.
    
    I guess if I can't be Canadian, then being Irish will do.  After all,
    what other nationality lives on potatoes and ale?  Actually, that's
    really not true.  I'm Irish and I don't even like beer...well, not too
    much...now and then it's ok, but...and never that domestic crap.
    
    I'll check to see whereabouts my wacky family got its start.  My Aunt
    traced our lineage and she got to about 1630, I think.  I know that we
    had farmers and royalty in the family.  Also, my last name is supposed
    to be something like O'Finninmacain, or something like that.
    
    C

    I just want to know what these various sexually twisted
    conversations have to do with Loonies!  Really, if you perverts
    want to talk about Pat's tiny 'bunk', I would suggest a separate
    note describing his 'karfon'.
    
    Buck.

>    I guess if I can't be Canadian, then being Irish will do.  After all,
>    what other nationality lives on potatoes and ale?

	Ah obviously you have never visited Quebec. Every Saturday
	Mon Pere used to go to La Roulotte, a famous local potatotarium
	of great regard, to gather a large bag of the famous Patate Frite
	or fry of the French.

	On the way home, a case of the beer of the Gods was purchased
	(Laurentide for you infidels). Both of these quantities were
	then consumed with great relish (and mustard) until sleep
	come upon all....another beer and potato gorging come to 
	a pleasent end.

	pUD

<<I guess if I can't be Canadian, then being Irish will do.  After all,
<<what other nationality lives on potatoes and ale?

As pUd has illuminated, there are other areas of the world where the
locals exist almost solely on spuds n' suds:

	Stopping by the chip wagon on Hwy 17 in the 'prior (Arnprior,
for the uninitiated), then heading over to the Madawaska for a brew.
Or, poutine in Douglas across from the Douglas Hotel, or chips and
gravy in Rooney's Hotel in Eganville, or getting chips with salt and
vinegar half-way down in the 'frew (Renfrew) then heading out to the
'Shady Lady' in Butson's Hotel.

    re 333.0
    
    >>>Who hates the color they turn when you leave 'em out in the rain?
    
    And I thoght that color came from leaving them in your pants pocket too
    long.
    
    dog

    To get back on topic, I'd like to advance some facts regarding the
    Loonie.
    
    One side of the coin has the portrait of a Queen, the other is that
    of Brian Mulloonie, but we're not sure which is the head.
    
    The Loonie has 11 sides. Each side represents each of the 2 territories
    and the 9 provinces.
    
    The island represented on the coin is Stag Island off the coast
    of Sarnia.
    
    If you hold a Loonie to a mirror it reads ADANAC RALLOD. This is
    Latin for eighty seven cents.
    
    

    
    Hodgson!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    
    Get a life....:-)