# Look, I defended you when you sent us that mad cow. . . **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 8, 2004, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-i-defended-you-when-you-sent-us-that-mad-cow/223323 "2004-01-08T00:40:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-i-defended-you-when-you-sent-us-that-mad-cow/223323/1 "2004-01-08T00:40:05Z")
. . . but you damned Canadians should keep your motherhumping arctic cold fronts to your freakin’ selves. My face is chapped. My toes are cramping. It’s a piss freezing -2 with the windchill. Stop sending us this shit! ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-i-defended-you-when-you-sent-us-that-mad-cow/223323/2 "2004-01-08T00:44:38Z")
_pfeh_ Wimp! Here in Toronto, we call it “patio weather.” ---
**Author:** ![deb2world](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@deb2world](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deb2world)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-i-defended-you-when-you-sent-us-that-mad-cow/223323/3 "2004-01-08T00:57:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Biggirl \* > \*\*My face is chapped. \*\* Uhm, when riding a horse shouldn’t you put your chaps on yous legs. Just some friendly helpful advice from a person who lives where the snow don’t go. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![CheekyMonkey613](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e480ec/32.png) [@CheekyMonkey613](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheekyMonkey613)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-i-defended-you-when-you-sent-us-that-mad-cow/223323/4 "2004-01-08T01:01:17Z")
LOL Biggirl … I was ready for a fight … but now that I read the rest of your post … only one thing to say: I ’ M S O R R Y ! ! ! Not that it will make you feel any better, but we’re about to get hit with a COLDER THAN A WITCH’S NIPPLE cold front too. We’re talking MINUS 18 FARENHEIT plus windchill, which ends up being about -42. At that temp, Celcius and Farenheit meet up and are about the same. THAT is how cold it is. But before you blame Canada, shit there must be somewhere that WE are getting it from! Who’s in charge of the Arctic? I’ve got a complaint to lodge! ---
**Author:** ![bizzwire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/958977/32.png) [@bizzwire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizzwire)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-i-defended-you-when-you-sent-us-that-mad-cow/223323/5 "2004-01-08T01:49:23Z")
Yeah, thanks, Canada… …Thanks for dicking with our Jet Stream… …razzin’ frazzin’ frostbacks… ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-i-defended-you-when-you-sent-us-that-mad-cow/223323/6 "2004-01-08T01:56:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CheekyMonkey613 \* > \*\*But before you blame Canada, shit there must be somewhere that WE are getting it from! Who’s in charge of the Arctic? I’ve got a complaint to lodge! \*\* Um, I’m pretty sure that’s you guys. You know, if you can’t keep track of the territory you have you should give it to someone else who can. Like the Danes. They seem to do a good job with Greenland so they’ve got some experience with this arctic thing. ---
**Author:** ![liirogue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dbc845/32.png) [@liirogue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liirogue)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-i-defended-you-when-you-sent-us-that-mad-cow/223323/7 "2004-01-08T01:58:20Z")
I think it’s time for a rousing rendition of “Blame Canada” ala **South Park** 😃 ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-i-defended-you-when-you-sent-us-that-mad-cow/223323/8 "2004-01-08T02:00:39Z")
**BigGirl** , where my parents are, on Monday it was -50. Without the windchill. Perhaps you should just be thanking your lucky stars rather than ranting at this point. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-i-defended-you-when-you-sent-us-that-mad-cow/223323/9 "2004-01-08T02:03:38Z")
You there Canadians, all proud and stuff: You like it, you make it, you keep it! ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-i-defended-you-when-you-sent-us-that-mad-cow/223323/10 "2004-01-08T02:04:20Z")
How many fucking times do I have to tell you not to call me a Mad Cow? I’m so gonna kick your n-rican butt next weekend. Or buy you a beer. Whichever. ---
**Author:** ![CanadianSue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@CanadianSue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanadianSue)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-i-defended-you-when-you-sent-us-that-mad-cow/223323/11 "2004-01-08T02:06:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Biggirl \* > \*\* It’s a piss freezing -2 with the windchill. Stop sending us this shit! \*\* -2 with the winchill? It was -41 here with the winchill the other night. I thought we were being kind sending you the mild weather 😉 Tomorrow it’s warming up to -4 which is practically shorts weather. ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-i-defended-you-when-you-sent-us-that-mad-cow/223323/12 "2004-01-08T02:17:25Z")
Count your blessings. Last year they sent us their snow. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-i-defended-you-when-you-sent-us-that-mad-cow/223323/13 "2004-01-08T02:47:07Z")
I was in Montreal a few years ago and was talking to a native about their weather. “Don’t you get tired of the winters here?” “Yes,” she said, “I’m saving up so I can move south where it’s warmer.” “Oh, where are you moving?” “Minneapolis.” . . . and she was _serious_ . . . ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-i-defended-you-when-you-sent-us-that-mad-cow/223323/14 "2004-01-08T02:56:29Z")
I’d think **Eve** ’s anecdote was funny if I didn’t have one closer to home. My grandfather moved from Presque Isle, ME to Portsmouth, NH because the winters were much milder. The kicker is, he was right. They are. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-i-defended-you-when-you-sent-us-that-mad-cow/223323/15 "2004-01-08T03:27:45Z")
33C here today. I think I’ll have a beer. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-i-defended-you-when-you-sent-us-that-mad-cow/223323/16 "2004-01-08T03:36:37Z")
27 C here in the Caribbean. I just thought you wanted to know. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-i-defended-you-when-you-sent-us-that-mad-cow/223323/17 "2004-01-08T04:08:45Z")
"Oh, I’ve grown pale beneath the streets of Montreal Where the voices ring like bells in French-Canadian And the rivers stand imprisoned till the thaws I am alone at night and dream of my own Pontchartrain I’m goin’ back where my garden blooms all year Where the wintertime speaks softly in the fallin’ rain I’m goin’ back to my green eyed lover there and we will dance along the banks of old Lake Pontchartrain" From Nanci Griffith’s song “Banks of the Pontchartrain” Sounds like some of y’all need to head South! ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-i-defended-you-when-you-sent-us-that-mad-cow/223323/18 "2004-01-08T04:12:20Z")
Mr. avabeth and I have discussed moving to Canada. Considering I can’t even take the cold in Virginia right now, I think we’ll skip becoming Canucks. _sigh_…another dream shot down. On the other hand, Mexico’s looking pretty fucking good from here. Ava ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-i-defended-you-when-you-sent-us-that-mad-cow/223323/19 "2004-01-08T14:00:12Z")
I’ve always been tempted to move to Canada. I _like_ winter. Yes, I know I’m deranged, but I’m sick of all the darn wussy winters we’ve been getting down here lately. I’ll have you know that the current spate of frosty goodness is the direct result of my patented 7 day snowdance… ---
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-i-defended-you-when-you-sent-us-that-mad-cow/223323/20 "2004-01-08T14:11:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Biggirl \* > **Look, I defended you when you sent us that mad cow. . .** Celine Dion? How could you. . . ? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-i-defended-you-when-you-sent-us-that-mad-cow/223323.md?page=2)