06-28-2012, 08:02 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Calgary
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Hey Edmonton, that tornado was in '87. Stop milking it. 
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06-28-2012, 08:06 AM
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#22
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Calgary
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Does anyone even talk about the 1988 Olympics EVER? This is just sad. I feel bad for Edmonton if this is the best they could come up with. Remember when their radio station cried because of the Goala song? LOL
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06-28-2012, 08:08 AM
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#23
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One of the Nine
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Space Sector 2814
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As an outsider I can appreciate a few of the things on that shirt.. :P
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06-28-2012, 08:11 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Maryland State House, Annapolis
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Producing an "Edmonton Sucks" T-shirt is redundant. The word "Edmonton" on a shirt implies suckage to begin with.
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06-28-2012, 08:11 AM
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#25
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Lifetime Suspension
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mazrim
What? Southbound has always been Calgary Trail, Northbound has always been Gateway Blvd. This was never changed.
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The previous Edmonton major spent millions trying to change the name of Calgary Trail because it had Calgary in the name. Businesses all along the route resisted and it stayed.
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06-28-2012, 08:11 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cDnStealth
Does anyone even talk about the 1988 Olympics EVER? This is just sad. I feel bad for Edmonton if this is the best they could come up with. Remember when their radio station cried because of the Goala song? LOL
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Not really, asides from names like COP still being around (and the athletic training facilities that are still being used to train Olympians) I think the majority of Calgarians are past it. Heck we even took Hidy and Howdy off of our welcome to Calgary signs a bunch of years ago.
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06-28-2012, 08:18 AM
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CP Gamemaster
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: The Gary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm
The previous Edmonton major spent millions trying to change the name of Calgary Trail because it had Calgary in the name. Businesses all along the route resisted and it stayed.
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Ah okay, so more like "tried to" rather than they "did". Thanks for the info.
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06-28-2012, 08:19 AM
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Judea
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mazrim
What? Southbound has always been Calgary Trail, Northbound has always been Gateway Blvd. This was never changed.
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Nope. Gateway Blvd. is a relatively recent (8-10 years somewhere in there) change. It was previously Calgary Trail North / South until a few on Edmonton city council just had to change it to reflect Edmonton's status as the gateway to the fast growing and economically important 'north' (read Fort McMurray). Companies along the renamed route were up in arms due to the imposition of costs related to new signage, administrative registrations, and the like. Good old Edmonton.
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06-28-2012, 08:26 AM
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#30
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: still in edmonton
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I hate the Bear as much as I hate CJAY Extremely low brow and catering the lowest common denominator.
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06-28-2012, 08:43 AM
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#31
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Scoring Winger
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^^ Yes, wouldn't be surprised if CJAY created an Edmonton Sucks shirt in retaliation.
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06-28-2012, 08:48 AM
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#32
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: still in edmonton
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bradster57
^^ Yes, wouldn't be surprised if CJAY created an Edmonton Sucks shirt in retaliation.
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Probably complete with references to Firebirds, mullets, and sweatpants with good shoes.
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06-28-2012, 08:50 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: In my office, at the Ministry of Awesome!
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Wait....
#####ing cold
Chinooks are for Pussies
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06-28-2012, 09:13 AM
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#34
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary, AB
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Free Ben Hur!
Nope. Gateway Blvd. is a relatively recent (8-10 years somewhere in there) change. It was previously Calgary Trail North / South until a few on Edmonton city council just had to change it to reflect Edmonton's status as the gateway to the fast growing and economically important 'north' (read Fort McMurray). Companies along the renamed route were up in arms due to the imposition of costs related to new signage, administrative registrations, and the like. Good old Edmonton.
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/2000/08...rll000825.html
http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/2000/09/26/gtwy000926.html
It was changed in 2001, for a cost of $300,000, and I don't think that factored in the cost to businesses that had to change their addresses on everything.
What always made me laugh about this is that Calgary Trail is/was the main route to and from Calgary in Edmonton, but Edmonton Trail in Calgary hasn't been a major route to Edmonton for decades. Yet, if you were to suggest renaming Edmonton Trail, people would laugh in your face for being an idiot.
Of course, Edmonton Trail just kind of meanders along and gets uglier and uglier the further north you go, so in that way, it's like a little piece of Edmonton in Calgary.
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06-28-2012, 12:31 PM
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#35
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: I'm right behind you
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Quote:
Originally Posted by saskflames96
Regina smells like it sounds but I don't see any reason to put it on a T-shirt. Its a well known fact. They could say the exact same thing if the city was called "Edmontanus"
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I prefer the term "Edmontaint."
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06-28-2012, 12:57 PM
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#36
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
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"The Olympics were in '88 get over it"
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I LOL'd loud at this one from a city that still celebrates their 80's Stanley Cups and Grey Cups like they happened yesterday.
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06-28-2012, 01:19 PM
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#37
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Has lived the dream!
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Where I lay my head is home...
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Classic inferiority complex. Psychiatrists would have a field day.
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06-28-2012, 05:27 PM
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#38
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Calgary, AB
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The saddle dome does kind of look like a giant Maxi-Pad. That is pretty funny.
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06-29-2012, 12:46 PM
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#1 Goaltender
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jeffman
the shirts are probably all sleeveless
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Where would you carry your cigarettes then?
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06-29-2012, 01:04 PM
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#40
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Guest
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
Producing an "Edmonton Sucks" T-shirt is redundant. The word "Edmonton" on a shirt implies suckage to begin with.
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And the fact that they are all illiterate...
(yes, painting with a big brush here  )
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