What do you think about stalling?

Zombie · Post by **Zombie** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 3:05 am

In the commercial (made by a governmental agency, mind you) about the origins of basketball, they also show the janitor saying how he's tired of having to climb up a ladder to get the ball out of the basket every time someone scores (which was pretty rare though). The next game, they took off the bottom of the basket. The ball was still stuck in it, but at least now he could just use a broom to get it out. He then pointed out that "that was a pretty good basket", meaning there was no reason to put a hole in it!

Dark Lord (retired) · Post by **Dark Lord (retired)** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 3:25 am

Zombie wrote:
Dark Lord wrote:Can we all agree that Canadians did invent piss poor beer?
May not be the best in the world, but sure as hell is ten times better than american beer.

Sorry, I'll take a bottle of Red Hook, Sam Smith, Sam Adams, or any of a million American brews over any thing you have bottled up there, any day of the week, Pal. You're a French wannabe, what could you possibly know about beer.

And besides, we were talking about firsts.

Asperon Thorn · Post by **Asperon Thorn** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 4:16 am

Zombie wrote:In the commercial (made by a governmental agency, mind you) about the origins of basketball, they also show the janitor saying how he's tired of having to climb up a ladder to get the ball out of the basket every time someone scores (which was pretty rare though). The next game, they took off the bottom of the basket. The ball was still stuck in it, but at least now he could just use a broom to get it out. He then pointed out that "that was a pretty good basket", meaning there was no reason to put a hole in it!

Sounds a lot like 1984. Do you guys have people rummaging through history books changing names for anything else?

Asperon Thorn

Asperon Thorn · Post by **Asperon Thorn** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 4:18 am

Dark Lord wrote:
Zombie wrote:
Dark Lord wrote:Can we all agree that Canadians did invent piss poor beer?
May not be the best in the world, but sure as hell is ten times better than american beer.
Sorry, I'll take a bottle of Red Hook, Sam Smith, Sam Adams, or any of a million American brews over any thing you have bottled up there, any day of the week, Pal. You're a French wannabe, what could you possibly know about beer.
And besides, we were talking about firsts.

Or Sierra Nevada, Lost Coast, Pyramid, Sudwerks, Rubicon, Red Tail, or any other local brew. I love being within driving distance of 40 different Microbreweries.

Asperon Thorn

Snew · Post by **Snew** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 4:48 am

Asperon Thorn wrote:I love being within driving distance of 40 different Microbreweries.

Asperon Thorn

And I'd bet they all use our water.

grep-v · Post by **grep-v** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 9:50 am

Asperon Thorn wrote:I love being within driving distance of 40 different Microbreweries.

I love being within driving distance of 400 different breweries

(Counting only those who obey the German purity law of 1516

)

PS: you just look away from a thread for a few days and strange things happen to it ...

Snew · Post by **Snew** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 12:51 pm

grep-v wrote:
Asperon Thorn wrote:I love being within driving distance of 40 different Microbreweries.
I love being within driving distance of 400 different breweries
(Counting only those who obey the German purity law of 1516 )

PS: you just look away from a thread for a few days and strange things happen to it ...

I believer those purity laws are a bit outdated.

Deathwing · Post by **Deathwing** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 1:01 pm

Zombie wrote: There was a soldier from Winnipeg who had a small bear as a pet, named Winnie. He was sent to England on duty and brought the bear with him. This little kid in England really loved the bear, and his dad worte a story about him. The rest is history.

So the actual, real Winnie the Poo was Canadian.

No, the stories were written about his son's Christopher's soft toys, whose adventures all take place in and around the farm they lived on in Sussex. (The actual locations in the stories did and still do exist.)
The connection is that 'Edward Bear' was renamed Winnie because of the bear at London zoo (which was indeed brought over from Canada in 1914 ). And 'the Pooh' comes from a swan that the boy used to feed.
So what Canada can essentially lay claim to is half of the name change of a soft toy. Plus of course the bear is referred to simply as 'Pooh' most of the time.

Just so we're clear:

The 'actual real' Winnie-the-Pooh who the stories were written about:

The brown bear called Winnie at London Zoo:

Now are the stories about his son and his toys set in the location where they all lived, or are they about a 10 year old bear living in cage in a zoo?

Without intending to offend anybody here, I guess it makes sense that when you've only got a few hundred years of history/culture you're gonna lay claim to all you can, right?
Ah well, enough. I guess it comes down to which of the two bears above you believe is the one in the stories. Or which one the Canadian governmental advertising agency wants you to believe anyway.

Zombie · Post by **Zombie** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 2:48 pm

You can't compare american microbreweries to huge canadian brewers, just like you can't compare canadian microbreweries to huge american brewers. Molson beats Budweiser by a landslide, and i'm pretty sure our microbrewers fare pretty well against yours too. Anyway, we all know that Germans are the kings of beer.

lawquoter · Post by **lawquoter** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 2:54 pm

Zombie wrote:You can't compare american microbreweries to huge canadian brewers, just like you can't compare canadian microbreweries to huge american brewers. Molson beats Budweiser by a landslide, and i'm pretty sure our microbrewers fare pretty well against yours too. Anyway, we all know that Germans are the kings of beer.

It's all subjective, really. I prefer German beers to just about any other, and I do like some of our American microbrews. Haven't really had any Canadian other than Labatt's. To each his own, but I will agree, I've never come across a German lager, pilsner, etc., I didn't like. For Stouts, give me Guinness.

Freshmetal · Post by **Freshmetal** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 3:07 pm

YOU CAN'T EXPECT WINNIE THE POOH TO PLAY GOOD BASKETBALL IF YOU FEED HIM GUINNESS!!!!! AAARRRGGHHH!!!!

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lawquoter · Post by **lawquoter** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 3:13 pm

irockthereforeiam wrote:YOU CAN'T EXPECT WINNIE THE POOH TO PLAY GOOD BASKETBALL IF YOU FEED HIM GUINNESS!!!!! AAARRRGGHHH!!!! ....

No, but he might play better, if he keeps drinking.

And as long as he doesn't time-waste....

Flyin' Fling · Post by **Flyin' Fling** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 3:24 pm

Zombie wrote:Anyway, we all know that Germans are the kings of beer.

mno, that's us Belgians

or where-ever the person you ask it hails from , I guess....

what am I doing in this thread....

Dark Lord (retired) · Post by **Dark Lord (retired)** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 5:54 pm

Zombie wrote:You can't compare american microbreweries to huge canadian brewers, just like you can't compare canadian microbreweries to huge american brewers. Molson beats Budweiser by a landslide, and i'm pretty sure our microbrewers fare pretty well against yours too. Anyway, we all know that Germans are the kings of beer.

But Zombie, by your reasoning Budweiser IS German beer!

Duh!

Deathwing · Post by **Deathwing** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 7:06 pm

Isn't Budweiser czech or something?

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