I know, but this good.....

Chez Bubba · May 20, 2005, 04:46:54 AM

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by mws
 <blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by whitetailfan
 "Hey MWS, spot me a twoonie will ya, my pogey cheque was a little light. I need to get down to the board store and pick up a half-sack.
Actually what am I thinking...I need a couple suitcases at least - going camping May Long. Here's to Victoria!"

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Whitetailfan, how's the weather eh. I can do ya a loonie, but I only have enough left of my pogey to get a 2-4 and a mickey and some back bacon. Have a good camping trip...[;)]

Mike 

"Men like to barbecue, men will cook if danger is involved".
-John Wayne

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OK boys, enough of the gang-speak![:D]

Let's talk english![:D][:)]

Otherwise, I'll have to bust a cap in your wally & take out yo' slimers.[;)][:D][:D][:D]

Kirk

http://www.chezbubba.com
Ya think next time I check into a hotel & they ask "Smoking or Non?" they would mind?

tsquared · May 20, 2005, 05:52:15 AM

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">You know if you are from Florida when you have more hours on your boat than you do your job~~~<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"> Ditto for Vancouver Island. Gotta love it. BTW-If you ever wondered why Canuckleheads end everything in "eh"--it's all in the name. C eh, N eh, D eh. Don Cherry for Prime Minister!(or Red Green, take your pick)
Tom

psdubl07 · May 20, 2005, 05:03:10 PM

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Love him or hate him, that man has some great stylin suits....[8D]
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Yeah, the suits are great.

BTW, I asked my friend in Calgary what pogey is and she had no clue??? She said maybe something to do w/ bread?

whitetailfan · May 20, 2005, 06:03:11 PM

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by psdubl07
 
BTW, I asked my friend in Calgary what pogey is and she had no clue??? She said maybe something to do w/ bread?
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LOL
As a matter of fact is has everything to do with $$$bread$$$[;)]
Pogey is an unemployment cheque, and the reason your friend never heard of it is either age group, or the fact that she lives in a city with one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country.

whitetailfan
"Nice Rack"
Lethbridge, AB

psdubl07 · May 21, 2005, 05:54:17 PM

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As a matter of fact is has everything to do with $$$bread$$$[;)]
Pogey is an unemployment cheque, and the reason your friend never heard of it is either age group, or the fact that she lives in a city with one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

Probably both, she's only 19! [;)] [:p]

CLAREGO · May 30, 2005, 04:32:45 PM

how about the boiled penuts????

JJC · May 31, 2005, 06:12:38 AM

Sorry to be so late on this one, but every hockey fan in New England knows Don Cherry--he was a very popular coach of the Boston Bruins for several years!

In Boston: (and Humpa, help me out with this, please!)

1) a real surprise is a shockah

2) ask for a "regular coffee" and it comes with cream and sugar

3) Coke, Pepsi, Sprite and the like are referred to as "tonic"

4) a "milk shake" is literally milk that has been shaken; if you want ice cream in your milk shake you have to ask for a frappe

5) a yellow light means "speed up" and a red light means "just five more cars allowed to continue across the intersection"

6) a sub is a cold sandwich on a long roll; a grinder is the same thing heated up on a toasted roll

7) less than 3% of the population of Boston was alive when the Red Sox last won the World Series, although apparently 16% of the propulation claimed to have seen at least one of the 1918 World Series games in person

8) No one in Boston ever says they come from Boston--ask them where they're from and they say Southie, Dorchester, Brighton, North End, or whatever neighborhood they grew up in. Ask someone from the West Roxbury or Roslindale neighborhoods of Boston where they are from and they won't even say West Roxbury or Roslindale--they'll say "St. Ann's", or "St. "Theresa's" or whatever parish they belong to. we're not talking about a city of millions here--there's only about 600,000 folks within the city limits.

9) The Boston accents in the movie "Mystic River" were unbelievably bad--enough to make anyone in this area cringe. Fortunately, the movie was good enough to overcome this near-fatal flaw . . .

In northern New England (Down East if you're heading north along the Atlantic coast of Maine and up-country in you head inland):

1) folks from Massachusetts are called flatlanders in polite company and Massholes in most other settings. People in Massachusetts often refer to folks from Maine as Maniacs

2) less than half the work force in the states of NH and ME show up for work during the first week of deer season (this is a true statistic). Fortunately, about 40% of the workers are female, otherwise the number of employees left in stores, offices, state government etc, would be virtually zero.

3) In VT, NH and ME, the only place to buy hard liquor is in a State Liquor Store. Wine can be purchased in either a State Sore or any supemarket, 7-11 or the like. Beer is not sold at state Stores and can only be purchased at a supermarket or 7-11 type market. Go figure.

4) One of the amazing things about New England is that it is such a small area packed with incredible history, architecture, and natural beauty. Everything around here is on a much smaller scale than other parts of the country. I may have told this joke before on the Forum, but there's a classic story in which a Texas farmer is visiting Maine and decides to stop in at a typical farm (maybe 30-40 acres) just to see what it's like. The Maine farmer is really friendly and shows him the borders of his farmland from the front stoop of his farmhouse. The Texan is shocked by how small the farm is and says "Why, in Texas it takes me all day to drive around my farm in my Jeep". To which the Maine farmer replies "Ayup--had me a car like that myself once."

5) You aren't considered to be "from Maine" unless you are at least the 5th generation to have lived there. Your parents might have moved to Maine in say, 1890, when they were 20, had you 15 years later. You would now be 100 years old with 75-year old children and 50 year-old grandchildren who have 25 year old great-grandchildren. None of them would be considered to be "from Maine", even though everyone might have lived there whole life in Maine and the 25-year olds are the great-great grandchildren of the original family members who moved to Maine in 1890! The children of the 25-year olds could say they were "from Maine" because no one left alive could challenge just how long their ancestors had really been there. When you ask a Maniac why someone who has been born and raised in Maine all his/her life isn't considered to be from Maine, they will say "Just because a cat has her kittens in the oven doesn't make them muffins".

I'm sure Humpa and some other New Englanders will have some choice additions to contribute!

John
Newton MA

MallardWacker · May 31, 2005, 02:35:42 PM

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">a real surprise is a shockah
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SmokeOn,

mski
Perryville, Arkansas
Wooo-Pig-Soooie

If a man says he knows anything at all, he knows nothing what he aught to know. But...

Oldman · May 31, 2005, 04:17:28 PM

Ok I was not going to get into this. I might have referenced this before. Nevertheless this is true. When I was a young man

1.) I heard girls in Philly calling other girls "Guys."
2.) I heard guys in South Georgia calling girls "Cocks."

Olds

psdubl07 · May 31, 2005, 04:35:28 PM

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3) In VT, NH and ME, the only place to buy hard liquor is in a State Liquor Store. Wine can be purchased in either a State Sore or any supemarket, 7-11 or the like. Beer is not sold at state Stores and can only be purchased at a supermarket or 7-11 type market. Go figure.
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Same here in WA.

BigSmoker · May 31, 2005, 07:03:27 PM

JJC,
Best one yet[:D].

One note. Now you know how us Georgia Crackers feel about the accents in Deliverance and almost any other movie where a Southern Accent is attempted. You just gotta be born here to be able to do it[;)].

Jeff

Some say BBQ is in your blood, if thats true my blood must be BBQ sauce.

TheDude · June 03, 2005, 10:31:06 PM

Have you ever wondered why English is the most important global language? Here's a good example why.

A Navy Admiral was attending a Naval conference that included admirals from the U.S., English, Canadian, Australian and French Navies.

At a cocktail reception, he found himself standing with a group of half dozen or so officers that included personnel from most of the countries.

Everyone was chatting away in English as they sipped their drinks but a French admiral suddenly complained that, whereas Europeans learn many languages, Americans learn only English. He then asked: "Why is it that we always have to speak English in these conferences rather than speaking French?"

Without hesitating, the American Admiral replied: "Maybe it's because the Brits, Canadians, Aussies and Americans arranged it so you wouldn't have to speak German."

Suddenly the group became very quiet!

Now you know.

BigSmoker · June 04, 2005, 12:03:26 AM

Very funny[:D][:D][:D][:D][:D]

Jeff

Some say BBQ is in your blood, if thats true my blood must be BBQ sauce.

Oldman · June 04, 2005, 02:53:39 AM

TheDude you are a bad man~~! LMSO!

Olds

MWS · June 04, 2005, 05:02:22 AM

[:0][:D][:D][:D]

Mike 

"Men like to barbecue, men will cook if danger is involved".
-John Wayne