Flippy - I Rant, You Read
Sunday, November 27, 2005
Over The Weekend, I Morphed Into a Full-Fledged Canadian
On Friday, we watched part of the Leafs game, then off we went to see The Las Vegas Wranglers play, as I told you yesterday. There, we touched (as Helly puts it) “The Holy Grail” of hockey, Lord Stanley’s Cup. And not only that, we met and spoke with “The Cup Keeper”—Mike Bolt. He also informed us that the Leafs lost in overtime; nonetheless, we thought he was a very nice guy. Very patient with the huge crowd. Oh, and if we thought we were goofy taking pictures of Carrot Top posing with the Cup, it’s okay because Mike Bolt was taking pictures of Carrot Top too, with his cameraphone.
Saturday was my super-indoctrination day. The day started like any other, waking up to birds yelling, dogs barking, or a cat strolling across my head. It’s not important how it started anyway. At 4p, I watched the Leafs play (and win!) on Hockey Night in Canada. I heard Don Cherry ask Ron McLean for a reminder about some hockey player’s name - he actually said, I kid you not, “That colored fellow.” Sure, it’s bad when he rips on the European players for no reason, and then mispronounces their names, to make it extra distasteful. But, “colored fellow”? But, hearing that is just part of the Hockey Night in Canada experience. After the hockey game, we went to see Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood. If you know who Colin Mochrie is, right off the bat, you’re probably Canadian. Oh yeah, and Colin is also the Snack Fairy.
To finalize the indoctrination, today we watched The Grey Cup. Leigh-Ann couldn’t even find it in our tv listings in the last week or two, and she ran across it accidentally. We missed the first half, but the second half and overtime made up for it. Wow, what a great game. I’ve never seen any CFL games before. It was so strange to see how huge the field was...and how skinny most of the players are, compared to guys in the NFL. I may even prefer the CFL to the NFL, if all the games are like this. I love the long bomb, and I don’t much care for watching a good game of defense. With the bigger field, it seems like in the CFL they have to throw more and further. Good by me.
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Well, that settles it. You’re ready to be kidnapped, tossed into the back of my car and driven across the border. We just need to get you a Canadian Dinner Jacket (aka “Haliburton Dinner Jacket” or “Kenora Dinner Jacket") to make certain no one catches on..
Dana on 11/28 at 04:18 AM -
CFL over NFL?
Don’t like defense?Sacrilege!
Sincerely,
Chicago Bears games
PS: Ryan Fitzpatrick, Harvard grad
Silent Leanne on 11/28 at 05:17 AM -
Dana, I’d be happy to get a Canadian Dinner Jacket, but could I get it in, say, purple and black?
Silent Leanne, yes CFL over NFL. I’d rather watch Hail Mary passes all day than big fat guys block each other at the line of scrimmage. But yes, I’m very fond of my Chicago Bears fantasy defense.
Ha, football players don’t come out of Harvard. Why would this young man want to be known as the Quarterback Geek?
on 11/28 at 12:26 PM -
So by putting that little “I Am Canadian” logo on your blog, are you now automatically eligible to participate in their health care system? And does it work here in the states - like can you just tell the office person, you know, “Just bill Canada for this appointment”? And how does that work, do you have to provide Canada’s address - or I bet they already have it on file.
Nice to hear you’ve been having so much fun despite the other stuff.
Nancy on 11/28 at 05:19 PM -
Expat Chick (http://canadianexpatriatesblog.blogspot.com/) made me an honourary (see, Canadian spelling) Canadian many months ago and I’ve had my little banner on my desktop just collecting dust. I spiffed it up and posted it.
And yeah, I’m hoping the “bill Canada” thing will work. Doesn’t hurt to try, eh?
on 11/30 at 07:06 PM
