09-05-2014, 10:14 AM
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#21
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Join Date: Mar 2012
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Originally Posted by Jimmy Stang
So let me get this straight : people paid money to dress up in white costumes, bring their own supplies and food to a park, eat dinner with a bunch of other pretentious people they don't know, and then leave their crap everywhere afterwards?
Sounds horrible.
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Sounds horrible to attend, but whoever thought of it.......genius?
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09-05-2014, 10:15 AM
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#22
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Originally Posted by octothorp
Heh, I saw that too, wondered about it, and new Calgarypuck would have the answer.
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Wait, there is a new Calgarypuck? Anyone have the link?
[ugh late to the party, I am an idiot]
Last edited by stazzy33; 09-05-2014 at 10:16 AM.
Reason: I didn't refesh before writing my joke, I am a moron
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09-05-2014, 10:16 AM
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#23
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Posted the 6 millionth post!
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Originally Posted by stazzy33
Wait, there is a new Calgarypuck? Anyone have the link?
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This is the beta CP site.
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09-05-2014, 10:20 AM
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#24
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
Sounds horrible to attend, but whoever thought of it.......genius?
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They even have some corporate sponsorship (Nordstrom, Telus, and RBC). Genius indeed.
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09-05-2014, 10:57 AM
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#25
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There is a CTV interview from around a week ago with the local host and he mentioned that there is a wait list of about 7,500 people in Calgary and the event hosted 3,000 people. For an earlier Vancouver event there was 30,000 people on the wait list.
http://calgary.ctvnews.ca/video?clip...ylistPageNum=1
This is certainly not an event that gets me excited.
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09-05-2014, 11:19 AM
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#26
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: not lurking
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You know what would be awesome? If we had an event where everyone wore red, got together somewhere, drank beer and ate junkfood. Maybe there could be some entertainment, like a sporting event or something, with the athletes wearing red too! I think if you did that, people would pay to go to it all winter long. Of course, then you'd need to build some sort of indoor facility for it, but you could probably charge tickets for it and even charge higher prices for the beer and junkfood. If it worked, you could franchise it for different cities, with each city dressing in different colours. Anyone else think I'm on to something here?
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09-05-2014, 12:06 PM
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#27
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Scoring Winger
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Originally Posted by octothorp
You know what would be awesome? If we had an event where everyone wore red, got together somewhere, drank beer and ate junkfood. Maybe there could be some entertainment, like a sporting event or something, with the athletes wearing red too! I think if you did that, people would pay to go to it all winter long. Of course, then you'd need to build some sort of indoor facility for it, but you could probably charge tickets for it and even charge higher prices for the beer and junkfood. If it worked, you could franchise it for different cities, with each city dressing in different colours. Anyone else think I'm on to something here?
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It would be even better if said event banned anyone not wearing red from entry.
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09-05-2014, 12:19 PM
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#28
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Franchise Player
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lol KKK rally? nice title
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09-05-2014, 01:08 PM
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#29
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Join Date: May 2009
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Originally Posted by Muffins
Don't they know you're not supposed to wear white after Labour Day?
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Haha
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09-05-2014, 02:41 PM
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#30
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Franchise Player
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Everyone is new money so the white after Labour Day doesn't apply.
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09-05-2014, 06:53 PM
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#31
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Van City - Main St.
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Diner en Blanc has become very popular here in Vancouver.
Personally I find the entire concept ridiculous and catered to the most pretentious people in our society.
An invite only event, with no cause and you have to bring everything yourself. A bunch of people "who got in" bragging about it on Facebook etc. just so they can feel smug over the 30,000 people who didn't.
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09-05-2014, 11:15 PM
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#32
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary
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I blame Puff Daddy for this trend.
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09-05-2014, 11:36 PM
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#33
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Hyperbole Chamber
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Next year I'm bringing sprinklers, and food colouring. Will need assistants.
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09-06-2014, 07:06 AM
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#34
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by topfiverecords
Next year I'm bringing sprinklers, and food colouring. Will need assistants.
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Let's expand on this idea to include drones dropping colour bombs from up above.
They'll never know what hit 'em.
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09-06-2014, 10:16 AM
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#36
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Franchise Player
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Isn't it in a public place? What prevents people from "crashing"?
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09-06-2014, 12:47 PM
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#37
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by topfiverecords
Next year I'm bringing sprinklers, and food colouring. Will need assistants.
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Paintball guns?
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09-06-2014, 06:35 PM
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#38
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#1 Goaltender
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Originally Posted by corporatejay
Isn't it in a public place? What prevents people from "crashing"?
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There are fences around the parameter and security people. If you found out the location and showed up dressed in white with the other stuff you need (table and chairs etc) then you could likely crash it fairly easily. But even when you're boarding the bus/Ctrain most guests don't know the final location, so it would be fairly hard.
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07-30-2015, 05:24 PM
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#39
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Resident Videologist
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Calgary
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Just saw a horde of people gathering in the Westbrook Mall WalMart parking lot for this year's event.
The pretentiousness was palatable even from a distance.
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07-30-2015, 05:42 PM
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#40
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Looooooooooooooch
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What kind of cars did they drive?
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