# Mars wants our women. Canada wants our scientists. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 19, 2006, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-wants-our-women-canada-wants-our-scientists/384783 "2006-12-19T15:41:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2006, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-wants-our-women-canada-wants-our-scientists/384783/21 "2006-12-23T04:05:03Z")
Calgary is not so much for the festivals. I mean, we have them here, and they are well-attended, but they just don’t seem to be all that thrilling. We’re more about the driven money-making. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2006, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-wants-our-women-canada-wants-our-scientists/384783/22 "2006-12-23T05:30:47Z")
[QUOTE=featherlou] Calgary is not so much for the festivals. I mean, we have them here, and they are well-attended, but they just don’t seem to be all that thrilling. We’re more about the driven money-making. 😃 [/QUOTE] Hey, there’s the Calgary Stampede, the Folk Fest, Shakespeare-in-the-Park… Well, I like them anyway. **Featherlou** , just as an aside, I’m back in Calgary for the next few weeks. Did you want to try getting together at Brewster’s to discuss Calgary’s growth, its reliance on the car, and its lack of public transit, like we once discussed? ---
**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:** [December 23, 2006, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-wants-our-women-canada-wants-our-scientists/384783/23 "2006-12-23T06:35:37Z")
We’ll make a deal. Send us your women. Send your scientists to Mars. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2006, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-wants-our-women-canada-wants-our-scientists/384783/24 "2006-12-23T19:50:31Z")
[QUOTE=Spoons] Hey, there’s the Calgary Stampede, the Folk Fest, Shakespeare-in-the-Park… Well, I like them anyway. [/quote] Don’t forget the Lilac Festival and the Salsa Festival. 🙂 > [@](#): > > **Featherlou** , just as an aside, I’m back in Calgary for the next few weeks. Did you want to try getting together at Brewster’s to discuss Calgary’s growth, its reliance on the car, and its lack of public transit, like we once discussed? Oh yeah! That’s a good idea - Jim hasn’t been out for wings and beer for weeks now - he’s probably in withdrawal. Could you send me an email, and we’ll work out the timing? (featherlou @ [yahoo.com](http://yahoo.com)) ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2006, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-wants-our-women-canada-wants-our-scientists/384783/25 "2006-12-23T23:08:23Z")
[QUOTE=GingerOfTheNorth] You forget I’m an ice and snow girl. I mean that Edmonton’s summer festivals are unparalleled. [/QUOTE] They finally started a festival for mosquitos? ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-wants-our-women-canada-wants-our-scientists/384783/26 "2006-12-24T00:00:27Z")
[QUOTE=adam yax] They finally started a festival for mosquitos? [/QUOTE] Yeah, we call it Raven Mad Daze and it’s in Yellowknife. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-wants-our-women-canada-wants-our-scientists/384783/27 "2006-12-24T19:43:51Z")
They’re all festivals for mosquitoes. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-wants-our-women-canada-wants-our-scientists/384783.md?page=1)