08-21-2008, 12:23 PM
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Crash and Bang Winger
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Renfrew
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Slow Edmontonians
So I work at Fort Calgary, for those of you who dont know, it is the Fort of the NWMP when they arrived here to try and stop the Whiskey Trade.
Anyway yesterday I was working the phones and a lady called and the conversation went like this.
Me- Good Afternoon Fort Calgary, how may I help you?
Her- Is this the thingy with the old stuff?
Me- Umm, I guess you could say that yes?
Her- Oh ok, I'm from Edmonton so I didnt really know.
Me- OK
Her- What time are you guys open tell tonight?
Me- 5, were open 9-5 everyday.
Her- Oh Awesome thankyou, oh, what time do you guys open?
Im not saying she represents all Edmontonians, but maybe a good chunk.
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08-21-2008, 01:01 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Calgary, AB
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Kind of related, I just hate it when I walk up to the counter at a store and plop down a couple items, I say "hello" and "that's all for me" to speed things up.
They reply, "anything else?".
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08-21-2008, 01:05 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Victoria
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There are stupid people in every city.
"Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say that there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe." - Frank Zappa
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08-21-2008, 01:09 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2004
Location: YSJ (1979-2002) -> YYC (2002-2022) -> YVR (2022-present)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rubecube
There are stupid people in every city.
"Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say that there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe." - Frank Zappa
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"Only two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." -Albert Einstein
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08-21-2008, 01:10 PM
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It's not easy being green!
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: In the tubes to Vancouver Island
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Is anyone else waiting with bated breath for OilKiller to show up and yell at you for generalizing all Edmontonians?
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08-21-2008, 01:13 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Calgary, AB
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kermitology
Is anyone else waiting with bated breath for OilKiller to show up and yell at you for generalizing all Edmontonians?
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Haha, I was thinking the same thing.
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08-21-2008, 01:13 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kermitology
Is anyone else waiting with bated breath for OilKiller to show up and yell at you for generalizing all Edmontonians?
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I can't wait for that.....
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08-21-2008, 01:16 PM
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Such a pretty girl!
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Calgary
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Having lived there for far too long, I concur with the OP's original statement. 
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08-21-2008, 01:29 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: in your blind spot.
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When I had to answer phones, I would always get the song "Banditos" stuck in my head.
"Everybody knows that the world is full of stupid people"
I always try to remember that everyone you ever meet knows something that I do not know; but geez, there are a heck of a lot of people that seem like a waste of oxygen sometimes.
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"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance--it is the illusion of knowledge."
—Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, former Librarian of Congress
"But the Senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity"
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08-21-2008, 01:29 PM
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Dances with Wolves
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Section 304
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Chances are he's avoiding this thread based off the title. That way he won't risk turning into the hulk.
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08-21-2008, 02:50 PM
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It's not easy being green!
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: In the tubes to Vancouver Island
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Russic
Chances are he's avoiding this thread based off the title. That way he won't risk turning into the hulk.
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Quick.. someone talk about how effin awesome Bell is!
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Who is in charge of this product and why haven't they been fired yet?
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08-21-2008, 02:56 PM
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Not the one...
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I'll PM OilKiller about how much praise Edmonton is getting for obeying speed limits.
When, actually, it's poor civic engineering and air viscous with stupidity that keeps them plodding!
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08-21-2008, 03:10 PM
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Dances with Wolves
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Section 304
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kermitology
Quick.. someone talk about how effin awesome Bell is!
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I hear they are bigg er, bett er and fast er
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08-21-2008, 03:28 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Violating Copyrights
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Russic
I hear they are bigger, better and faster
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Well, their bills keep getting bigg er and come to my house much lat er than the due date.
Stupid Edmonton, stupid Bell.
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08-21-2008, 04:16 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
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No comment...
Not anywhere near as good as you thought it would be, was it.
HA!
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08-21-2008, 04:20 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Victoria
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Quote:
Originally Posted by OilKiller
No comment...
Not anywhere near as good as you thought it would be, was it.
HA!
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Bell's PVR is not only better, but their HD is far superior to Shaw both in quantity of channels and quality of picture...
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08-21-2008, 04:26 PM
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Such a pretty girl!
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rubecube
Bell's PVR is not only better, but their HD is far superior to Shaw both in quantity of channels and quality of picture...
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Not to mention Shaw's service in Edmonton doesn't hold a candle to its Calgary system.
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08-21-2008, 04:31 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
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Oh man...you guys are classic. Thanks for the laughs today. I've beat the Edmonton and Shaw drum enough around here. Have at 'er...
Hey, I'm with Shaw because...and I live in Edmonton because the wife doesn't want to move. What else can I say.
<Nothing but a bunch of Bell & Calgary fanboys...>
:-)
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08-21-2008, 04:35 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Victoria
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Quote:
Originally Posted by OilKiller
Oh man...you guys are classic. Thanks for the laughs today. I've beat the Edmonton and Shaw drum enough around here. Have at 'er...
Hey, I'm with Shaw because...and I live in Edmonton because the wife doesn't want to move. What else can I say.
<Nothing but a bunch of Bell & Calgary fanboys...>
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You know the only reason you're in Edmonton is because Bell sponsors the Oilers.
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08-21-2008, 04:40 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rubecube
You know the only reason you're in Edmonton is because Bell sponsors the Oilers.
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Nice.
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