# The CanaDoper Café, 2013 edition. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 1, 2013, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736 "2013-01-01T03:29:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 28
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/541 "2013-03-07T19:25:51Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Shit. RIP Stompin’ Tom. A Canadian legend. Very true. He and Stan Rogers both had the ability to write and sing very Canadian songs about ordinary people. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2013, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/542 "2013-03-10T03:33:43Z")
There was a [bench-clearing brawl](http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/baseball/nasty-brawl-breaks-out-between-canada-and-mexico-in-wbc-game/article9574289/) in the Canada-Mexico baseball game today. You don’t get to see that every day… ---
**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:** [March 10, 2013, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/543 "2013-03-10T06:48:52Z")
[Here’s a nice video -](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWLLdoWPyPk)do they not know what our national sport is? Either official or unofficial (lacrosse or hockey), we are not afraid to throw down! ---
**Author:** ![Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dread_pirate_jimbo/32/3897_2.png) [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dread_Pirate_Jimbo)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2013, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/544 "2013-03-10T06:54:09Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > [Here’s a nice video -](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWLLdoWPyPk)do they not know what our national sport is? Either official or unofficial (lacrosse or hockey), we are not afraid to throw down! Speaking of brawls, there was one at the end of the Buffalo Bandits-Colorado Mammoth game in the NLL tonight. I know, this game wasn’t in Canada and they aren’t Canadian teams, but the majority of the players on both teams are Canadian so it totally counts. [Check the second-last highlight](http://www.nll.com/news_article/show/236565?referrer_id=389123) (2:25:01) in the video package for all the fun. Is it a full moon tonight or something, with all the brawls? Or just people on edge about having to set their clocks ahead an hour? ---
**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:** [March 10, 2013, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/545 "2013-03-10T07:07:29Z")
> [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](#): > > Is it a full moon tonight or something, with all the brawls? Or just people on edge about having to set their clocks ahead an hour? Oh, thank goodness. Sunset an hour later. I will be much happier from here on. As CanaDopers, in northern lattudes as we all are, can attest, we look forward to when sunset is an hour later. More daylight! ---
**Author:** ![Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dread_pirate_jimbo/32/3897_2.png) [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dread_Pirate_Jimbo)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2013, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/546 "2013-03-10T07:07:49Z")
My apologies, there were in fact[TWO lacrosse brawls](http://www.nll.com/news_article/show/236567?referrer_id=389123)tonight! w00t! Once again, check the action in the second last video highlight of the series (2:29:52). This one only included four guys instead of ten, but still. Two games, two brawls. I like that ratio! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dread_pirate_jimbo/32/3897_2.png) [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dread_Pirate_Jimbo)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2013, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/547 "2013-03-10T07:09:07Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Oh, thank goodness. Sunset an hour later. I will be much happier from here on. > > As CanaDopers, in northern lattudes as we all are, can attest, we look forward to when sunset is an hour later. More daylight! Seriously, don’t let my wife see this post. She will drive down to Lethbridge and slap you silly. Consider yourself forewarned. 🙂 ---
**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:** [March 10, 2013, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/548 "2013-03-10T07:12:05Z")
> [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](#): > > Seriously, don’t let my wife see this post. She will drive down to Lethbridge and slap you silly. Consider yourself forewarned. 🙂 With the daylight, I’ll be able to see her coming. Bring it on, **Cat!** Um… no. Not really. Um… Hi Cat. You doing well? Good! Um … stay well. Friends yes? ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2013, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/549 "2013-03-10T07:19:04Z")
She’s from Saskatchewan. We don’t believe in saving daylight here. Spend it all the moment we get it. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2013, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/550 "2013-03-10T08:37:59Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > She’s from Saskatchewan. We don’t believe in saving daylight here. Spend it all the moment we get it. Aw, from here on (for the next number of months anyway), you’re on the same time as I am. Makes things easier when I drive through. Except for **Cat Whisperer**. Hello, Cat…this is your old friend Spoons here… wish me well on my jouneys? ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2013, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/551 "2013-03-10T15:52:23Z")
> [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](#): > > My apologies, there were in fact[TWO lacrosse brawls](http://www.nll.com/news_article/show/236567?referrer_id=389123)tonight! w00t! Once again, check the action in the second last video highlight of the series (2:29:52). This one only included four guys instead of ten, but still. Two games, two brawls. I like that ratio! 🙂 When I was a McGill student, one time I was wandering through campus on a weekend and I saw part of a Lacrosse game going on outside on campus. From what I saw, the object of the game seemed to be to beat up the opposing teams’ players with your stick. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2013, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/552 "2013-03-10T19:22:57Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > When I was a McGill student, one time I was wandering through campus on a weekend and I saw part of a Lacrosse game going on outside on campus. From what I saw, the object of the game seemed to be to beat up the opposing teams’ players with your stick. That’s what sets lacrosse apart from ice hockey. In ice hockey, the players use their fists, whereas in lacrosse, the players use their sticks. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2013, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/553 "2013-03-10T19:43:03Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > That’s what sets lacrosse apart from ice hockey. In ice hockey, the players use their fists, whereas in lacrosse, the players use their sticks. Oh, okay. Thanks for explaining. 🙂 ---
**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:** [March 10, 2013, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/554 "2013-03-10T21:07:19Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > When I was a McGill student, one time I was wandering through campus on a weekend and I saw part of a Lacrosse game going on outside on campus. From what I saw, the object of the game seemed to be to beat up the opposing teams’ players with your stick. Well, there’s a ball in there somewhere, but as far as I can tell, its only purpose is to distract your opponent so you can hit him with your stick… ---
**Author:** ![Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dread_pirate_jimbo/32/3897_2.png) [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dread_Pirate_Jimbo)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2013, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/555 "2013-03-10T21:56:49Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > When I was a McGill student, one time I was wandering through campus on a weekend and I saw part of a Lacrosse game going on outside on campus. From what I saw, the object of the game seemed to be to beat up the opposing teams’ players with your stick. > [@Muffin](#): > > That’s what sets lacrosse apart from ice hockey. In ice hockey, the players use their fists, whereas in lacrosse, the players use their sticks. > [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > Well, there’s a ball in there somewhere, but as far as I can tell, its only purpose is to distract your opponent so you can hit him with your stick… You’re all right to a point, but when the stick just isn’t getting it done, you are welcome to start asserting your presence with your fists. And if you do things just right, you can blast someone upside their head with the ball, then cross check them in the back while they’re stunned from the ball hit, and then pummel them into submission with a series of haymakers to the nose. 🙂 ---
**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:** [March 10, 2013, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/556 "2013-03-10T22:00:00Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > She’s from Saskatchewan. We don’t believe in saving daylight here. Spend it all the moment we get it. That’s right. I don’t hold with all this silly “Change your clocks now. Now change them back again. Now change…now back…” > [@Spoons](#): > > Aw, from here on (for the next number of months anyway), you’re on the same time as I am. Makes things easier when I drive through. > > Except for **Cat Whisperer**. Hello, Cat…this is your old friend Spoons here… wish me well on my jouneys? Of course! Don’t forget to stop for ice cream at the Dairy King in Swift Current. 🙂 > [@EmilyG](#): > > When I was a McGill student, one time I was wandering through campus on a weekend and I saw part of a Lacrosse game going on outside on campus. From what I saw, the object of the game seemed to be to beat up the opposing teams’ players with your stick. I think you have the basics down okay. > [@Muffin](#): > > That’s what sets lacrosse apart from ice hockey. In ice hockey, the players use their fists, whereas in lacrosse, the players use their sticks. “Ice hockey?” I think we got a poseur here, guys! > [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > Well, there’s a ball in there somewhere, but as far as I can tell, its only purpose is to distract your opponent so you can hit him with your stick… That’s more of a finesse play, but yes, true enough. 😃 > [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](#): > > You’re all right to a point, but when the stick just isn’t getting it done, you are welcome to start asserting your presence with your fists. And if you do things just right, you can blast someone upside their head with the ball, then cross check them in the back while they’re stunned from the ball hit, and then pummel them into submission with a series of haymakers to the nose. 🙂 That’s the _real_ high level playing - gettin’ all fancy with the fists and stuff! ---
**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:** [March 10, 2013, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/557 "2013-03-10T22:08:44Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > “Ice hockey?” I think we got a poseur here, guys! That was my thought as well! ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2013, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/558 "2013-03-10T23:09:14Z")
What the hell is “ice hockey”? A mixed drink? ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/559 "2013-03-11T00:55:52Z")
I don’t know, but hockey is what the Habs are beating the East in! OH YEAH!!! (forced segue into thread? perhaps! sorry I’ve been away so much (I know **Leaffan** missed me!)) ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/560 "2013-03-11T01:47:03Z")
This Northern Ontario rink has been doing some serious curling in the Briar playoffs. Constantly taking the high risk/high reward shots and making them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736.md?page=27) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736.md?page=29)