# Only in Canada, eh? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 17, 2005, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-in-canada-eh/290569 "2005-02-17T17:38:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-in-canada-eh/290569/21 "2005-02-18T02:16:08Z")
> [@detop](#): > > I’m sad, they didn’t even mentioned our world famous [furry trout](http://www.magicofchristopher.com/frierson/Furry-Trout.jpg) , the perfect catch for an afternoon of ice fishing ☹ That’s even funnier than a [[www.paxton-gate.com/](http://www.paxton-gate.com/)](http:// [url) nat\_sci/jackaloupe.html]jackelope ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-in-canada-eh/290569/22 "2005-02-18T02:20:38Z")
Sorry about the busted link. [Jackelope](http://www.paxton-gate.com/nat_sci/jackaloupe.html) ---
**Author:** ![Keapon\_Laffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e274bd/32.png) [@Keapon\_Laffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keapon_Laffin)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-in-canada-eh/290569/23 "2005-02-18T02:59:42Z")
Wait, I’m confused. Is there a large population of Eskimos in Canada? Is it true what they say about sharing wives? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-in-canada-eh/290569/24 "2005-02-18T03:16:54Z")
We have no Eskimos and the [Master speaks.](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/meskimowifeswap.html) I think you’re out of luck. 🙂 Ok **Bibliophage** speaks, but that takes longer to type out. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-in-canada-eh/290569/25 "2005-02-18T05:23:56Z")
> [@Flutterby](#): > > Invisible snow gophers you mean? No, no. The snow snakes live on the invisible snow gophers. Part of the food chain and all. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-in-canada-eh/290569/26 "2005-02-18T14:42:24Z")
Supposedly, New York City is still a contender for the Olympics… but I still haven’t seen the inevitable e-mails about new events like “pothole jumping” and “taxi dodging.” Personally, I think the “winners” are the cities that get bypassed! Why would any city be eager to shell out billions of dollars to subsidize the Olympics? Why not pick one city (Athens would be fine by me) as permanent host? Is there ANY good reason to build hundreds of brand new facilities every 4 years??? ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-in-canada-eh/290569/27 "2005-02-18T16:08:23Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > No, no. The snow snakes live on the invisible snow gophers. Part of the food chain and all. Next on Hinterland Who’s Who…Sleet Bunnies of North ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-in-canada-eh/290569/28 "2005-02-18T17:24:44Z")
> [@Grey](#): > > Sleet Bunnies of North One of the problems I have with things Canadian is telling the difference between nightclubs and native fauna. ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-in-canada-eh/290569/29 "2005-02-18T17:51:33Z")
Gets easier in the summer. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-in-canada-eh/290569/30 "2005-02-18T18:00:12Z")
> [@Grey](#): > > Gets easier in the summer. You have Summ… No, no, I won’t. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-in-canada-eh/290569/31 "2005-02-18T18:30:56Z")
I spend all that effort to be the straightman and you duck it? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-in-canada-eh/290569/32 "2005-02-18T19:34:00Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Is there ANY good reason to build hundreds of brand new facilities every 4 years??? Worse, it’s every TWO years now. And NYC won’t get the Olympics unless the IOC is very, very cruel. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-in-canada-eh/290569/33 "2005-02-18T19:45:05Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > You have Summ… > > No, no, I won’t. > 🙂 Yes, we **do** have summer. But, we don’t like to talk about it. That’s when the black flies and the mosquitoes come out. ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-in-canada-eh/290569/34 "2005-02-18T20:38:46Z")
Yeah those are the worst two days of the year 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-in-canada-eh/290569/35 "2005-02-18T20:45:17Z")
> [@kingpengvin](#): > > Yeah those are the worst two days of the year 🙂 Maybe in BC. Here it’s **one** day, June 21. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-in-canada-eh/290569/36 "2005-02-18T21:26:40Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > a.k.a. Watsleftuvit? Nope. We call it “TheRestOfIt”. Or “SomeOfIt”. Or “Bob”. ---
**Author:** ![Wearia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Wearia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wearia)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2005, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-in-canada-eh/290569/37 "2005-02-19T01:49:03Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > _Dammit_, Wearia, you didn’t tell me about the moose! > I could have had my brains eaten! Hey better an American than one of us. You know why there are so few Canadians up here? Its the _fucking_ moose! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2005, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-in-canada-eh/290569/38 "2005-02-19T01:55:25Z")
It snowed here around New Year’s. Stayed on the ground for _two days!_ ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2005, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-in-canada-eh/290569/39 "2005-02-19T06:23:38Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > That’s even funnier than a [[www.paxton-gate.com/](http://www.paxton-gate.com/)](http:// [url) nat\_sci/jackaloupe.html]jackelope Dude. _Nothing_ is funnier than a jackelope. (I don’t mean me; I mean the antlered rabbit. DAMN, that’s funny.) ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2005, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-in-canada-eh/290569/40 "2005-02-19T06:38:04Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Q: I have a question about a famous animal in Canada, but I forget its name. It’s a kind of big horse with horns. (USA) > > A: It’s called a Moose. They are tall and very violent, **eating the brains of anyone walking close to them.** You can scare them off by spraying yourself with human urine before you go out walking. Ok, now I understand what happened to Dubya. Thanks for clearing that up! 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-in-canada-eh/290569.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-in-canada-eh/290569.md?page=3)