# French in Montreal

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-in-montreal/110247>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 22, 2002, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-in-montreal/110247 "2002-05-22T05:03:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**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:** [May 24, 2002, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-in-montreal/110247/21 "2002-05-24T06:27:55Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Bryan Ekers \*  
> **And I blanked on the Pie-IX metro station, too. The few times I’ve been to the stadium, I’ve always left via the Viau metro (walking a bit East, though I live to the West) so I could get a seat before the huge throng of disappointed Expos fans could crush into the train at Pie-IX.**

Another advantage of getting off at Viau is that you actually get to see the Stade Olympique, since Viau is not connected to the Stade. (At Pie-IX you walk inside all the way from the Métro to the Stade.)

All the construction and practicality problems aside, the Stade is really impressive to see from the outside. Driving around it at night, it looks like a huge space ship about to take off - I could easily imagine Captain Picard on the bridge…

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-in-montreal/110247/22 "2002-05-24T06:37:44Z")

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Yes, but 50-tons chunks rarely fall off the deflector dish.

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