You know you're a Calgarian when...

[Dion]

Originally Posted by Sidney Crosby's Hat

It Figures you wouldn't know who she is...

[return to the red]

Originally Posted by albertGQ

You were on or knew someone that was on Kid Street and/or Mr.Wizard

what if you umm tried out for Kid Street

[Iowa_Flames_Fan]

Originally Posted by BlackEleven

- When you become disorientated you start looking for mountains to know which way is west

Oh, man--that is SO true. And when you move to another place--let's call it "Iowa"--you feel anxious, nauseous and lost when you can't find them.

[Flames in 07]

Originally Posted by Traditional_Ale

Yes. Bullwinkles ruled. Far superior to Chuck E Cheese.

Anyone remember the personal cinema in the game room where you would pay a token to see an episode of the TV show? That part seemed a little weird to me.

The best part about Bullwinkles over CEC's is that the security didn't care if you walked up the bowling lane and dropped all the balls into the 100 point hole. HELLO POTATO GUN and a MOUNTAIN OF CANDY!

Bullwinkles was where I learned that for the track and field video game, the real trick to running fast is to use a pencil and wedge it in your fingers and only press down on one side of the pencil and the tension in the wedge automatically presses down the other side. You could get like 9 meters in the long jump that way.

[socalwingfan]

[quote=redforever;1188917]

Originally Posted by Bend it like Bourgeois

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jyC796hkIE&feature=related Sports at 11:30 - last show (part 3/4)
Ed & the Honky Tonk Man, Disco Night

Thanks for posting that link!!! I crack up like an idiot everytime I think of the skits they used to do as Ed and the Honky Tonk man. Pure gold!!!!

As for the question at hand -> you were your school's safety patrol representative in the Stampede Parade. BTW, do they still have patrols at the elementary schools there?

[MissTeeks]

Originally Posted by Traditional_Ale

Yes. Bullwinkles ruled. Far superior to Chuck E Cheese.

I preferred Bullwinkles to Chuck E Cheese because of the water show they played at intermission for the creepy mechanical Rocky and Bullwinkle show.

[BlackEleven]

Originally Posted by sclitheroe

Is this a Calgary thing, a Saskatchewan thing, or a western Canada thing? It is one thing I really noticed when I moved here from Toronto 11 years ago, and I've found it a fairly reliable way of identifying Sakatchewan transplants.

For what it's worth, though, even though my wife and I still say "eh", my four year old (born here, obviously) says "hey", which we find amusing to no end.

-Scott

Good question. I've only ever heard it in Calgary, but I half the population there is from Saskatchewan, so that doesn't mean much. It's definitely not only people from Sask that do it though; I know lots of born-and-raised Calgarians that do it as well.

[Flames0910]

Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan

You know what "Bermuda Shorts Day" is.

[getbak]

Originally Posted by MissTeeks

I preferred Bullwinkles to Chuck E Cheese because of the water show they played at intermission for the creepy mechanical Rocky and Bullwinkle show.

Yeah, I really liked the water show, and the Chocolate Moose dessert.

My sister was on the opening staff at Bullwinkles, so I spent a lot of time there as a kid.

[pope04]

Originally Posted by Ford Prefect

If you've ever been Peakin' At The Beacon. Or know that the real H Block at SAIT was the Highlander and J Block was Jezebels.

ALL good SAIT Journalism Arts students held court at Jezzies.

[pope04]

Originally Posted by socalwingfan

BTW, do they still have patrols at the elementary schools there?

You betcha. I drove by Altadore School just a couple of days ago and stopped for one.

[Dion]

Originally Posted by pope04

ALL good SAIT Journalism Arts students held court at Jezzies.

SAIT business students celebrated at the Highlander.

[ResAlien]

This thread has managed to remind me of my childhood something sweet. Loved Bullwinkles, and would always harass the animatronic Dick Dastardly on the way in. Chuck E Cheese is window licking ######ed compared to that place. Is Lloyd's still around? Loved that place, and that random stand up arcade game "Xenophobia" they had. It's been a while....

[Ford Prefect]

Originally Posted by pope04

ALL good SAIT Journalism Arts students held court at Jezzies.

Unless a person was broke, in which case you could get a lot of mileage for your buck out of the jugs at the Highlander.

[burn_this_city]

Originally Posted by ResAlien

This thread has managed to remind me of my childhood something sweet. Loved Bullwinkles, and would always harass the animatronic Dick Dastardly on the way in. Chuck E Cheese is window licking ######ed compared to that place. Is Lloyd's still around? Loved that place, and that random stand up arcade game "Xenophobia" they had. It's been a while....

Lloyds is still around.. I would never set foot in there again but it appears to be in business..

[Ironhorse]

Originally Posted by ricosuave

- you bought off-sales from frankie and johnnys north or gotten drunk at denny andrews american bar

[burn_this_city]

I know Rocky and Bullwinkles was sweet, but what about Easy Street in Chinook..? That place was a pilgrimage to the holy land for kids.. I seriously dreamed of going all the time.. I remember being so depressed when it went under like 15 years ago..

[Sainters7]

Originally Posted by MissTeeks

I preferred Bullwinkles to Chuck E Cheese because of the water show they played at intermission for the creepy mechanical Rocky and Bullwinkle show.

I also liked how Bullwinkle would give you the shout out on your bday. He called me out for my 10th bday, it was the defining moment of my life.

[Ironhorse]

Originally Posted by burn_this_city

Lloyds is still around.. I would never set foot in there again but it appears to be in business..

Yup, still going. In fact, I was there last month with my Beaver troop. It seems to be in a bit of a resurgence, although the girl at the counter called my 4 wheeled roller skates "old school"...

[nik-]

Originally Posted by the crispy badger

http://youtube.com/watch?v=WA5VnKimBRs&feature=related

haha oh man, memories.

If Euro style singing ever happened at Flames games ... this would get my vote as a song to sing haha (changing the 2&7 part of course)