# The CanaDoper Café (2012 edition of The great, ongoing Canadian current events and politics thread.) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 1, 2012, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014 "2012-01-01T03:31:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 17
**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:** [January 19, 2012, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/321 "2012-01-19T04:33:18Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Works for me. We could get **Spoons** and **Le Ministre** to sing “The Last Saskatchewan Pirate” as the festivities begin. > > “By Regina’s mighty shores…” Hey, I’m game. **Le Ministre**? ---
**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:** [January 19, 2012, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/322 "2012-01-19T06:04:47Z")
Alright! We have a plan! ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2012, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/323 "2012-01-19T14:53:02Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Hey, I’m game. **Le Ministre**? May we interpolate some of The Mikado as well? \*My object all sublime I shall achieve in time to make the punishment fit the clime, the punishment fit the clime! The **Piper** shall repent - I’m making him sleep in a tent in the province in which he’s resident in which he’s resident.\* That’s a first draft… ---
**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:** [January 19, 2012, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/324 "2012-01-19T15:16:43Z")
I’d love to come west this summer. (Insert usual disclaimer about money, job, etc.) My aunt and I were thinking of visiting and trying to find some of our long-lost prairie relatives. She could show me where the family lived in Regina. PS: My aunt can sing, too! ---
**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:** [January 19, 2012, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/325 "2012-01-19T15:17:39Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > May we interpolate some of The Mikado as well? Of course! Actually, I’m wondering if we could do a medley of show tunes, specifically rewritten for our errant friend. Perhaps songs like the following: In the Province Where You Live (from _My Fair Piper_) Brush Off Your Auto (from _Kiss Me Kauai_) Little Shop of Hawaiis (from the show of the same name) What I Did For Gloves (from _A Conga Line_) Oh, What A Freezing Cold Morning (from _Saskahoma!_) … and so on. I think we could have a lot of fun with this! ---
**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:** [January 19, 2012, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/326 "2012-01-19T17:31:27Z")
Don’t forget _On the Bonnie, Bonnie Banks of Poi’pu_! ---
**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:** [January 19, 2012, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/327 "2012-01-19T17:33:25Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Next time we see you for a beer, I think we’re going to have to deliver noogies on behalf of all the Canadian Dopers. 🙂 what are noogies? ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2012, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/328 "2012-01-19T17:37:20Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > May we interpolate some of The Mikado as well? > > \*My object all sublime > I shall achieve in time > to make the punishment fit the clime, > the punishment fit the clime! > > The **Piper** shall repent - > I’m making him sleep in a tent > in the province in which he’s resident > in which he’s resident.\* > > That’s a first draft… More! More! > [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > what are noogies? Noogies.. You know, grab someone in a headlock and rub your knuckles into their scalp? Favourite thing older siblings do to little siblings everywhere! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2012, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/329 "2012-01-19T17:45:55Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > what are noogies? Oh, don’t worry. You’ll love 'em! ---
**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:** [January 19, 2012, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/330 "2012-01-19T17:59:58Z")
Noogies are a type of cookie that’s made with nougat and chocolate. {Wink wink} (Help me out here, Dopers!) ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2012, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/331 "2012-01-19T18:11:12Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Noogies are a type of cookie that’s made with nougat and chocolate. {Wink wink} (Help me out here, Dopers!) Right.. I got mixed up, since I don’t make them that often. Special occasions call for special cookies though! ---
**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:** [January 19, 2012, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/332 "2012-01-19T18:19:51Z")
Now I’m chuckling at the thought of you mixing up cookies and knuckle rubs and thinking of your son - “I’d like some cookies, mom, but please don’t scrub my head!” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2012, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/333 "2012-01-19T18:39:17Z")
Lol! I’d probably not get far, he doesn’t like me playing with his hair (messing it up or styling it). He’d be all ‘Mooooom don’t touch my hair! I want a cookie!’ ---
**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:** [January 19, 2012, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/334 "2012-01-19T19:32:37Z")
> [@Flutterby](#): > > Right.. I got mixed up, since I don’t make them that often. Special occasions call for special cookies though! I could make some of my ‘special’ ice cream. Wasabi mint? ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2012, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/335 "2012-01-19T21:14:39Z")
> [@mnemosyne](#): > > Proposed: **Northern Piper** gets banned from the Dope … or at least this thread… until he returns from vacation because his posts about how nice it is in Hawai’i constitute being a jerk. Hey now the man is just trying to enjoy his vacation, no need to be hasty. The fact that I’m currently 22 days from my vacation and don’t want to set a precedent has no impact on my opinion ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2012, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/336 "2012-01-19T21:23:16Z")
Bah! It’s -15 outside, my theromstat is broke, and I think the roof is going to collapse from the weight of the snow…who the hell wants to be in smelly Hawaii? 😃 Florida in 2 days… ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2012, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/337 "2012-01-19T21:24:23Z")
> [@Moonlitherial](#): > > Hey now the man is just trying to enjoy his vacation, no need to be hasty. > > The fact that I’m currently 22 days from my vacation and don’t want to set a precedent has no impact on my opinion I’m unemployed and even if I land a job tomorrow I’m unlikely to get any vacation at all for a full year. [Bender]So bite my cold, pasty no-vacation Canadian ass![/bender] 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/338 "2012-01-20T00:49:20Z")
> [@mnemosyne](#): > > I’m unemployed and even if I land a job tomorrow I’m unlikely to get any vacation at all for a full year. Sorry to hear that. Did I miss something? Last I recall you were in the aerospace industry. Of course I could be totally out to lunch and perhaps it’s none of my business anyway. But shucks, sorry about your situation: been there, done that, etc. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/339 "2012-01-20T03:04:12Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Sorry to hear that. Did I miss something? Last I recall you were in the aerospace industry. > > Of course I could be totally out to lunch and perhaps it’s none of my business anyway. But shucks, sorry about your situation: been there, done that, etc. In my dreams, **Leaffan** , in my dreams:) Actually, I just graduated from university (again!) and I had summer jobs in that industry. I took the summer off to travel and relax and slowly started looking for work in the fall, but haven’t landed anything yet. I hope things get sorted out soon! Before this degree, I was in pharmaceuticals. I overstate my inability to travel/take vacations simply because we took a big trip to Europe this summer and over the past few years I’ve been able to tag along on several of my husband’s business trips that coincided with my school breaks. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/340 "2012-01-20T03:16:28Z")
> [@Uzi](#): > > More research after finding this site: [Subway Canada](https://www.facebook.com/SubwayCanada?sk=app_167210543339143) > > There is a ‘fat free Italian’ and a ‘House Sandwich sauce’ also referred to as ‘Zesty Italian’ on another site. At the Subway at Bathurst & Sheppard in Toronto, the only Italian sauce was the House Sauce, which had Zesty Italian in brackets after it. Oddly, no other Italian sauces were available. The thing that I like about Subway is that they’ve made it very easy for people who have specific diets - Step 1 at the ordering counter had a menu divided three ways. “If you want to eat Low-Carb, order A-G and avoid H-L. If you want to eat Low Fat, order M-Q and avoid R-V. If you want to eat Low Salt, order W-X and avoid Y-Z.” The place was absolutely packed on a Thursday’s lunch time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014.md?page=18)