# Canadian 'dopers, Freedom Convoy? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [February 10, 2022, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-dopers-freedom-convoy/959186 "2022-02-10T00:07:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 36
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2022, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-dopers-freedom-convoy/959186/701 "2022-03-04T14:25:08Z")
“Thank you for calling the CAA Help Line. Assistance is on the way! It will reach your destination of … Yarrgh! … in only … eight hours …. However, you still have phone reception and can kill time fishing for muskie. Watch out for black flies!” ---
**Author:** ![Latimera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/latimera/32/497_2.png) [@Latimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Latimera)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2022, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-dopers-freedom-convoy/959186/702 "2022-03-04T17:27:28Z")
In our family they were always called “snails”. I had no idea they were also called “nun’s farts” until this thread… ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2022, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-dopers-freedom-convoy/959186/703 "2022-03-04T18:23:48Z")
Remember, this is a list of things scarier than _universal health care_. Boo! This is my last post of this thread hijack. I know people who eat dulse like potato chips and who put it on sandwiches. Yum? You can take normal rum and convert it to screech by adding molasses, paint thinner and sadness. Like all fine foods, such as Icelandic shark buried underground until rotten, it is almost strictly for tourists. A log driver has two significant advantages over you. 1. You are not particularly light on your feet. 2. You rarely please people completely. But learn to dance, sure. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2022, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-dopers-freedom-convoy/959186/704 "2022-03-04T21:59:27Z")
O.k. I’m trying to google dulce, and all I can find are references to dulce de leche. Is Canadian “dulce” something different? ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2022, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-dopers-freedom-convoy/959186/705 "2022-03-05T00:41:58Z")
Yes, it is a salty seaweed consumed as a snack in New Brunswick and other Maritime provinces. ---
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2022, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-dopers-freedom-convoy/959186/706 "2022-03-05T01:10:43Z")
Dulse (with an s) > **[Palmaria palmata](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmaria_palmata)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > Palmaria palmata, also called dulse, dillisk or dilsk (from Irish/Scottish Gaelic duileasc/duileasg), red dulse, sea lettuce flakes, or creathnach, is a red alga (Rhodophyta) previously referred to as Rhodymenia palmata. It grows on the northern coasts of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. It is a well-known snack food. In Iceland, where it is known as söl \[ˈsœːl̥\], it has been an important source of dietary fiber throughout the centuries. > The ea... ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2022, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-dopers-freedom-convoy/959186/707 "2022-03-05T20:44:06Z")
Thanks! And thanks to @Chingon , too! ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2022, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-dopers-freedom-convoy/959186/708 "2022-03-05T20:56:34Z")
The newspapers have said another freedom convoy is planned today going from Windsor and Sarnia north through Toronto. Do not know if this is true or if Ottawa is the destination. Now that the attention of the world is elsewhere do not know if anyone much cares. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2022, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-dopers-freedom-convoy/959186/709 "2022-03-05T23:26:05Z")
Note that with the exception of Nickleback and Pepperettes, these items are all from eastern Canada. I had to google several of them. > [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > I can think of scarier things that might come to Texas from Canada. These include dulse, screech, Nickleback, milk which comes in bags, “Cowboy steaks”, gas station Pepperettes, Anne Murray, nuns’ farts, Maudite, spruce beer, brewis, Lisa Lampanelli, black flies and “The Log Drivers Waltz”. And I don’t understand the reference to Lisa Lampanelli at all; she’s American? ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-dopers-freedom-convoy/959186/710 "2022-03-06T00:28:32Z")
Perhaps Lampanelli is American. I’m not sure. You probably have a point here. It is very Canadian to criticize a _hypothetical list_ for not being properly representative of the many provinces and territories. However, I lack the time and resources to canvass communities across the country for contributions to my silly list. Apologies to those concerned. What additions would you suggest? Purdys? Red River cereal? Pablum? Ketchup chips? I recall black flies out west, but more mosquitoes and deer flies. What is scary about Western Canada? The things I liked least about BC were being forever tailgated by trucks and SUVs, gas prices and the grocery stores requiring a membership for kind of rational prices. Random items were sometimes $15. Or, if you were a store member, 3 for $5. Mountain biking is scarier than universal health care. My sister has spent much time in Yellowknife and complained slightly about the cool temperatures and the price of food there, but I cannot speak for her. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-dopers-freedom-convoy/959186/711 "2022-03-06T01:03:36Z")
Maybe I am Canadian for feeling bad that a hypothetical list could have been more representative? ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-dopers-freedom-convoy/959186/712 "2022-03-06T02:31:10Z")
A Globe column today suggests our national symbol should be potholes. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-dopers-freedom-convoy/959186/713 "2022-03-06T03:46:10Z")
Putin lover’s convoy ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-dopers-freedom-convoy/959186/714 "2022-03-06T15:34:35Z")
I’d be really curious at this point to know what social media looks for +/- 10 days from the invasion of Ukraine in the broad aggregate. It’s almost a perfect natural experiment to see what impacts Russian influencers/bot-farms actually have on discourse in Canada and the US. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-dopers-freedom-convoy/959186/715 "2022-03-06T17:44:03Z")
Now Ottawa’s looking at _competing_ protesters… > **[Two weeks after convoy occupation, opposing rallies take to Ottawa's downtown...](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/opposing-rallies-protests-ottawa-downtown-covid-19-convoy-accountability-1.6374461)** > > Two very different demonstrations — one calling for an end to COVID-19 mandates, another demanding accountability after the recent occupation — took to the streets of downtown Ottawa Saturday. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-dopers-freedom-convoy/959186/716 "2022-03-07T07:50:11Z")
Are we using this thread to discuss the trucker convoy to Washington too? I’m not seeing a separate thread for that. Their protest strategy is driving laps around DC on the Beltway. This article says the plan is to add an additional lap each day. There is an obvious limit to this. Raw Story article with some details and then the usual collection of Twitter snark: > **[Convoy ridiculed for costing truckers thousands in diesel — then getting lost...](https://www.rawstory.com/truck-convoy-lost-fuel-costs/)** > > The average semi-truck gets about 6.5 miles per gallon, said ArrowTruck.com in an advice post for how to save fuel. TopMark also noted that claims that there are trucks that can somehow get 10 miles per gallon are "a fantastic pipedream." At a time... > [@](#): > > As some noticed, the convoy is going to be forced to pay out thousands for just a day of protest. The lowest price for diesel in Hagerstown, Maryland, is $3.93 per gallon, according to GasBuddy, and the highest is $4.56. So, at an average of $4.25 per gallon and the average trip from Hagerstown to I-495, and around the Beltway and back to Hagerstown, is about 184 miles. > > That means each drive from Hagerstown, a loop around the Beltway, and back to Hagerstown will cost about $120.32 each trip for one truck. If there are 100 trucks that’s over $12,000 in diesel fuel. > > Given the disasters abroad, some are asking how many refugees fleeing Ukraine could get hot meals from the World Central Kitchen for that amount. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-dopers-freedom-convoy/959186/717 "2022-03-07T14:10:22Z")
I think that article is majorly underestimating the cost of this thing. I assume that the 6 miles per gallon is for highway driving. Given the start/stop nature of traffic on the beltway the actual cost will be much higher. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-dopers-freedom-convoy/959186/718 "2022-03-07T14:19:56Z")
And what do they plan to do when [the Wilson Bridge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodrow_Wilson_Bridge) [opens?](https://youtu.be/aCWrudhPAb4) ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-dopers-freedom-convoy/959186/719 "2022-03-07T15:20:21Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Given the disasters abroad, some are asking how many refugees fleeing Ukraine could get hot meals from the World Central Kitchen for that amount. These Me-Dom idiots don’t give two shits about anyone other than themselves. That’s their whole thing; selfishness above all. Me first and to hell with anyone else. Also, I would not be surprised if many of them were not Putin supporters. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-dopers-freedom-convoy/959186/720 "2022-03-07T15:54:42Z")
Didn’t show up this morning. They appear to have severely miscalculated just how long it would take to get to the beltway from Hagerstown in time for rush hour. They need to leave at around 300AM, or else they’ll just be sitting on 270 until like noon. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-dopers-freedom-convoy/959186.md?page=35) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-dopers-freedom-convoy/959186.md?page=37)