02-08-2008, 02:29 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Calgary
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City of Champ...err... leaning Pyramids
City of Leaning Pyramids
*Reeeaaaallly* they don't like the pyramids??  
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Edmo...34375-sun.html
lol - well at least they have finally got over their delusions of grandeur
Last edited by MaDMaN_26; 02-08-2008 at 02:31 PM.
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02-08-2008, 02:30 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
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WTF... that looks brutal
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02-08-2008, 02:32 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Toronto
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Well, the "City of Champions" isn't exactly accurate anymore...
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02-08-2008, 02:34 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: /dev/null
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I stopped reading at "Art Experts".
Perhaps we can off load those fugly white trees on Edmonton.
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02-08-2008, 02:36 PM
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Crash and Bang Winger
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Edmonton
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So the old game was to get drunk and take a leak on their sign, now it is going to escalate into climbing the Pyramids and letting er rip on traffic as they pass below before falling off and getting hit by the red arrow on its way by.
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02-08-2008, 02:48 PM
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Norm!
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[ Driver passing by the sign]
Driver: Dad, you better have a look at this.
Drivers dad: What is it, son?
Driver: I don't know, dad, but it looks like a giant...
Driver in car behind: Dick. Dick, take a look out of the window.
Dick: Oh my God, it looks like a huge...
Bird Watching woman: Pe$cker.
Bird-Watching Man: [ raising binoculars] Ooh, Where?
Bird-Watching Woman: Over there. What sort of bird is that? Wait, it's not a wood, it looks like someone's...
Army Sergeant: Privates. We have reports of an large object at the entrance to Edmonton. It has a long, smooth shaft, complete with...
Baseball Umpire: Two balls.
[ looking up from game]
Baseball Umpire: What is that. It looks just like an enormous...
Chinese Teacher: Wang. pay attention.
Wang: I was distracted by that giant standing...
Musician: Willie.
Willie: Yeah?
Musician: What's that?
Willie: [ squints] Well, that looks like a huge...
Driver: Johnson.
Passenger: Yes, sir?
Driver Get on the horn to Edmonton City Council and let them know about this.
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Last edited by CaptainCrunch; 02-08-2008 at 02:51 PM.
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02-08-2008, 02:48 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Chiefs Kingdom, Yankees Universe, C of Red.
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Notice how they will only be replacing the signs to the west and east of Edmonton. Still want the City of Champions sign to greet motorists from the south.
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02-08-2008, 03:04 PM
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Dances with Wolves
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Section 304
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"We feel confident, as does the architect, that it will not fall down," said Jule.
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That statement doesn't sound as assuring as it should. One more reason to stay the hell out of edmonton.
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02-08-2008, 03:10 PM
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In the Sin Bin
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Quote:
Originally Posted by burn_baby_burn
Notice how they will only be replacing the signs to the west and east of Edmonton. Still want the City of Champions sign to greet motorists from the south.
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Which is odd, given motorists from the south tend to laugh at the absurdity of the statement as we enter Edmonton.
I'm not sure what Edmonton is trying to prove here with a glow in the dark phallic symbol that can be seen for miles.
Seriously, why doesn't Edmonton just build 15' high truck balls as their entrance sculpture?
On a side note, I'm rather disappointed that the granite stone welcome sign as you enter Calgary from the East was not replicated from the north, south or west. They look a hell of a lot better than yet another tin road sign.
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02-08-2008, 03:12 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: sector 7G
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Resolute 14
Which is odd, given motorists from the south tend to laugh at the absurdity of the statement as we enter Edmonton.
I'm not sure what Edmonton is trying to prove here with a glow in the dark phallic symbol that can be seen for miles.
Seriously, why doesn't Edmonton just build 15' high truck balls as their entrance sculpture?
On a side note, I'm rather disappointed that the granite stone welcome sign as you enter Calgary from the East was not replicated from the north, south or west. They look a hell of a lot better than yet another tin road sign.
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02-08-2008, 03:23 PM
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Norm!
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After a design flaw makes the pyramid an impressive 7 inches tall
Mayor whatever: I do not, for one, think that the problem was that the city was down. I think that the problem *may* have been, that there was a pyramid monument at the entrance to Edmonton that was in danger of being *crushed* by a *dwarf*. Alright? That tended to understate the hugeness of the object.
Darryl Katz: I really think you're just making much too big a thing out of it.
Mayor whatever: Making a big thing out of it would have been a good idea.
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02-08-2008, 04:50 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: not lurking
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Mayor: How can we teach people about our long-past glory days, if can't even fit them in the city?! This needs to be at least.... three times as big!
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02-08-2008, 05:05 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Singapore
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Will they shoot laser beams?
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02-08-2008, 05:12 PM
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Backup Goalie
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: ABC
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The only councillor that is quoted as being against the entrance designs is Ron Hayter, who is consistently against anything remotely related to "beautification" projects. He is a "fix the potholes" councillor and although some financial restraint voices are required on council, he just comes off as a cranky, old man.
Typical Sun journalism. One guy says something and it's "They" or "Edmontonians".
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02-08-2008, 05:26 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Russic
That statement doesn't sound as assuring as it should. One more reason to stay the hell out of edmonton.
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I was going to point out the exact same thing. I'm a carpenter and I could just see if I told a homeowner " Yes I will build your house, and I'm pretty sure it won't fall down."
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02-09-2008, 12:03 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bluntus logicimus
The only councillor that is quoted as being against the entrance designs is Ron Hayter, who is consistently against anything remotely related to "beautification" projects. He is a "fix the potholes" councillor and although some financial restraint voices are required on council, he just comes off as a cranky, old man.
Typical Sun journalism. One guy says something and it's "They" or "Edmontonians".
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Hayter is a Hater!! 
By the way, Ronny asks that you please vacate the premises of his lawn.
I for one think that the phallic, leaning pyramids will thoroughly add class to Edmonton's fledgling underbelly of 'culture.'
(I hope they actually believe that) 
Hell. They cant be any worse than the "City of Champions who havent won anything in the last decade or so...." 
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02-09-2008, 09:51 AM
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Norm!
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We don't need fancy signs, people in Calgary don't need gimmicks and circus acts like Edmonton fans do
fancy signs, shootouts . . . .
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02-09-2008, 12:53 PM
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Redundant Minister of Redundancy
Self-Banned
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
We don't need fancy signs, people in Calgary don't need gimmicks and circus acts like Edmonton fans do
fancy signs, shootouts . . . .
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Said the town of a giant phallic symbol, mascots with gimmicky tongues, and THE GREATEST OUTDOOR SHOW ON EARTH!!!11!!
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