11-24-2008, 03:52 PM
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#101
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Originally Posted by mikey_the_redneck
Isn't Kramer a "hipster dufus"?
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Is Kramer really a hipster period? We all know these people.
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11-24-2008, 03:53 PM
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#102
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Auckland, NZ
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Originally Posted by ok, ok,....I get it
I approve of all things that involve fake breasts!
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It's even better knowing that other people pay for it and I get to stare at them for free. 
It's true, though, I would much rather know that these 'unemployed people' or 'hippies' ...lol... are doing something creative like playing music in a public park than clogging up downtown streets driving their Hummers and carrying chiwuauas around in their purses because they bored and their sugar daddy of a husband pays for everything.
To me, THAT'S worse than some recreational musician in a park.
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11-24-2008, 03:53 PM
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#103
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Originally Posted by peter12
Is Kramer really a hipster period? We all know these people.
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you sir owe me a new laptop.....
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11-24-2008, 03:53 PM
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#104
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Redundant Minister of Redundancy
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Montreal
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Originally Posted by peter12
The racism in Scandinavia will shock even the stupidest North American. I have friends who got treated differently there while traveling just because they had brown hair.
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LOL. Brown hair? This is one of the funniest things I've read in a long time.
As a born and raised Scandinavian, I have an extremely hard time believing this. Especially considering there are loads of Scandinavians with brown hair, myself included. I know its hard to believe, but not all Scandinavians are blonde.
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11-24-2008, 03:56 PM
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#105
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Originally Posted by BlackEleven
LOL. Brown hair? This is one of the funniest things I've read in a long time.
As a born and raised Scandinavian, I have an extremely hard time believing this. Especially considering there are loads of Scandinavians with brown hair, myself included. I know its hard to believe, but not all Scandinavians are blonde.
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I am Danish by birth, but raised in Canada, and I have brown hair. So yeah, I know it doesn't apply to ALL Scandinavians, but my friend was in Oreibo in Sweden and did get some hassle for her brown hair.
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11-24-2008, 03:56 PM
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#106
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Originally Posted by BlackEleven
LOL. Brown hair? This is one of the funniest things I've read in a long time.
As a born and raised Scandinavian, I have an extremely hard time believing this. Especially considering there are loads of Scandinavians with brown hair, myself included. I know its hard to believe, but not all Scandinavians are blonde.
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Where were you born?
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11-24-2008, 03:58 PM
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#107
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Redundant Minister of Redundancy
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Montreal
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Originally Posted by ok, ok,....I get it
Where were you born?
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Stavanger, Norway.
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11-24-2008, 03:58 PM
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#108
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary AB
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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
Cowboy, I understand the metaphor too. I just hate to marginalize a group of people because pre-conceived notions about their work ethic get in the way of otherwise productive members of society. Maybe they don't tend to venture towards corporate oil and gas like Albertans do, but they still contribute.
Unemployment in Quebec is sitting at just over 7%; that's about twice what it is in Alberta. However, comparing any province to Alberta is not a fair comparison in my opinion, as we are an exception to the rule when it comes to the Canadian economy.
And unemployment, for the most part, exists because people can't find work. Not because they don't want to work.
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Hey that's great that you played the 'don't judge a book by its cover' card, or the its 'prejudiced to assume work ethic based on hobby or personal experience' card. But please lay off a little. I wasn't even the person who coined the term 'bongo player in the park' in a negative light. I used the term facetiously in light of the earlier comments in the thread, acknowledging such a statement was very un-PC and presumptuous.
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11-24-2008, 03:59 PM
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#109
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Originally Posted by BlackEleven
Stavanger, Norway.
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Thank you.
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11-24-2008, 04:00 PM
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#110
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Redundant Minister of Redundancy
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Montreal
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Originally Posted by peter12
I am Danish by birth, but raised in Canada, and I have brown hair. So yeah, I know it doesn't apply to ALL Scandinavians, but my friend was in Oreibo in Sweden and did get some hassle for her brown hair.
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I've known many brown haired Swedes over the years. Something just doesn't add up here...
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11-24-2008, 04:01 PM
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#111
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Originally Posted by BlackEleven
I've known many brown haired Swedes over the years. Something just doesn't add up here...
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My friend is also half-Arabic?
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11-24-2008, 04:02 PM
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#112
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Originally Posted by peter12
My friend is also half-Arabic?
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there it is.......
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11-24-2008, 04:44 PM
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#113
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Redundant Minister of Redundancy
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Montreal
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Originally Posted by ok, ok,....I get it
there it is.......
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That's making some assumptions. It's hard to know without knowing what was said or done. At any rate, I sincerely hope it wasn't because of her race.
And yes, there are some racists idiots in Scandinavia, but I don't find it to be "shockingly" higher than Canada, that's for sure. It's far from cesspool of racism that some in this thread are making it out to be.
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11-24-2008, 04:48 PM
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#114
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Vancouver
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Originally Posted by peter12
Like take weekend trips to the mountains, go see concerts... I don't even drive a big truck and I'm not a racist. Thanks, moron. Go sit on a park bench and play... the bongos.
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Lol..you can dish it out but can't take it, eh cry baby? You make blanket statements about bongo playing hippies yet can't take a similar tongue in cheek comment about being an alberta redneck. Wah... 
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11-24-2008, 04:49 PM
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#115
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Calgary
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I burned a cross on the lawn of my neighbour when he played the bongos until 9pm one evening. We had to get up for a full day of baptist bible camp, and I just couldnt sleep with that burning grass smell and hippy drumming..
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11-24-2008, 04:55 PM
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#116
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Originally Posted by Igottago
Lol..you can dish it out but can't take it, eh cry baby? You make blanket statements about bongo playing hippies yet can't take a similar tongue in cheek comment about being an alberta redneck. Wah... |
Not crying. Just saying you're a goofball. Nice work on the Internet trash talking though.
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11-24-2008, 04:57 PM
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#117
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Vancouver
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Originally Posted by peter12
Not crying. Just saying you're a goofball. Nice work on the Internet trash talking though.
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Goofball? I'm hurt.
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A few weeks after crashing head-first into the boards (denting his helmet and being unable to move for a little while) following a hit from behind by Bob Errey, the Calgary Flames player explains:
"I was like Christ, lying on my back, with my arms outstretched, crucified"
-- Frank Musil - Early January 1994
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11-24-2008, 05:00 PM
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#118
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Originally Posted by Igottago
Goofball? I'm hurt.
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Do you own some bongos?
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11-24-2008, 05:00 PM
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#119
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Clinching Party
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Quote:
Originally Posted by peter12
But fun. Especially when it's stereotypes about people that don't matter. ie. hippies and their new incarnations, hipsters.
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Nice way to put it. They don't matter. They aren't nearly as important as you.
It is kind of funny, all us hard-working types, spending a work day afternoon bashing hippies for being lazy no-goodniks.
We call them leeches. I wonder how many of us hard-workers posted our thoughts and followed this thread while on the company dime.
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11-24-2008, 05:01 PM
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#120
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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos
Nice way to put it. They don't matter. They aren't nearly as important as you.
It is kind of funny, all us hard-working types, spending a work day afternoon bashing hippies for being lazy no-goodniks.
We call them leeches. I wonder how many of us hard-workers posted our thoughts and followed this thread while on the company dime.
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That's pretty funny, actually. Okay, you win.
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