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al-Qa'bong
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posted 25 October 2008 10:43 PM      Profile for al-Qa'bong   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
When comedian Jeremy Hotz was here last spring he made fun of Edmonton's "City of Champions" sign, saying it was out of date by about 20 years.

I was reminded of that bit tonight after coming home from the drubbing that the hockey Huskies inflicted on the Golden Bears, then flicking on the TV, whereupon I saw the Canucks beating the Oilers and the Riders (via TSN2) handing the Eskimos their worst loss since the Riders whupped them in 1964.

Shouldn't Edmonton's sign be updated to say, "Just another town"?


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posted 25 October 2008 11:29 PM      Profile for Yibpl     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
As an Albertan I feel a knee jerk reaction to defend one of our cities from an attack from Canadians, yet as a Calgarian I am tempted to "kick" Edmonton when it is "down". So let me add another dynamic tension to that one; I hate commercial radio, yet I will add a link for a commercial radio station which captures the spirit of the situation better then I can ...

http://www.fan960.com/onair/richards/

Check out the "Edmonton Promotional DVD ~ Steve Armitage"

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posted 25 October 2008 11:30 PM      Profile for remind     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
quote:
Originally posted by al-Qa'bong:
Shouldn't Edmonton's sign be updated to say, "Just another town"?

Na, City of Champions seems fine, they actually have started on the road to recovery, they now have a NDP MP.


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al-Qa'bong
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posted 26 October 2008 12:05 AM      Profile for al-Qa'bong   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Touché. Lefty Saskavites cannot feel very smug about the glaring fact that Alberta has more NDP MPs that we have.
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posted 26 October 2008 03:26 AM      Profile for Fidel     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
quote:
Originally posted by remind:

Na, City of Champions seems fine, they actually have started on the road to recovery, they now have a NDP MP.


They were quite a team, the Gretzky era Oilers. They had five prolific goal scorers who could break open a game on spur of the moment. Did I ever mention how much I appreciate Albertans?

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posted 26 October 2008 04:58 AM      Profile for Tommy_Paine     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Meanwhile, Toronto won the battle of Ontario last night.
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al-Qa'bong
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posted 26 October 2008 10:06 AM      Profile for al-Qa'bong   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
quote:
Did I ever mention how much I appreciate Albertans?

For what, hiring those Finns and Ontarians to play hockey in Edmonton?


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posted 26 October 2008 02:36 PM      Profile for Fidel     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
I only ever saw Gretzky live playing for the Greyhounds once. He was invisible on the ice, so I went to get beverages sometime in period two. I'm standing in line and heard the announcer mention that he'd just scored. Damn, I said aloud. It was one of those shifty side-to-side office plays from behind the net to a shooter in front. Oh well.
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