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Hack&Lube · 02-26-2009, 10:44 AM

I don't know why the stampede has 'international renown'...it's just sort of a small country festival with rodeos and carnival rides and hick sideshows in a run-down and shabby park that is 40 years out of date.

I still remember vividly when Ewan MacGregor and that show he had where he and his friend biked around the world...came to Calgary and visited the stampede. I cringed a little. They weren't impressed and certainly, I never have in all my years here.

02-26-2009, 10:44 AM	#43
Hack&Lube Atomic Nerd Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Calgary Exp:	I don't know why the stampede has 'international renown'...it's just sort of a small country festival with rodeos and carnival rides and hick sideshows in a run-down and shabby park that is 40 years out of date. I still remember vividly when Ewan MacGregor and that show he had where he and his friend biked around the world...came to Calgary and visited the stampede. I cringed a little. They weren't impressed and certainly, I never have in all my years here.