# 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:** 29
**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:** [March 11, 2013, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/561 "2013-03-11T01:51:50Z")
> [@mnemosyne](#): > > 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!)) I did miss you, of course. I missed you bi-daily updates about your glorious Habs! On another note, anyone watching “Jack” right now. Good story. I can’t wait to find out how it ends. ---
**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 11, 2013, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/562 "2013-03-11T03:49:52Z")
> [@mnemosyne](#): > > “Ice hockey?” I think we got a poseur here, guys! > [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > That was my thought as well! > [@RickJay](#): > > What the hell is “ice hockey”? A mixed drink? Ice hockey as opposed to field hockey. In ice hockey you hit your opponent with your fists. In both lacrosse (which I played) and in field hockey (my cousin was on our national team), you hit your opponent with your stick – with lacrosse by cross checking when the poor bastard isn’t expecting it, and with field hockey by playing golf with the opposition’s shins. ---
**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 11, 2013, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/563 "2013-03-11T03:52:20Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > 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. Northern Ontario won the Brier! Whoo-hoo! ---
**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 11, 2013, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/564 "2013-03-11T04:13:01Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > Ice hockey as opposed to field hockey. In ice hockey you hit your opponent with your fists. In both lacrosse (which I played) and in field hockey (my cousin was on our national team), you hit your opponent with your stick – with lacrosse by cross checking when the poor bastard isn’t expecting it, and with field hockey by playing golf with the opposition’s shins. Yeah, but here in Canada, when _Canadians_ are talking about hockey, it’s just hockey, unless it’s field hockey, in which case we specify field hockey. So, which division of Al Quaeda do you belong to? ---
**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 11, 2013, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/565 "2013-03-11T04:25:23Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Yeah, but here in Canada, when _Canadians_ are talking about hockey, it’s just hockey Which is why true _Canadians_ do not talk about lacrosse, let alone watch it. ---
**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 11, 2013, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/566 "2013-03-11T05:05:11Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > Which is why true _Canadians_ do not talk about lacrosse, let alone watch it. But…but…lacrosse is fun! They haven’t ruled all the fun out of it yet! ---
**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 11, 2013, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/567 "2013-03-11T07:25:47Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Yeah, but here in Canada, when _Canadians_ are talking about hockey, it’s just hockey, unless it’s field hockey, in which case we specify field hockey. Agreed. “Field hockey” is a bunch of girls in short skirts clobbering each other’s shins with funny-looking sticks. Not a bad thing, but not true hockey. True hockey is guys on ice who drop the sticks, gloves, and helmets; and duke it out in a manner that would have them thrown out of any bar in the country. Oh, and they occasionally score goals on the other team. Not sure why our European and Southern Hemisphere friends have problems differentiating between “field hockey” and just plain “hockey.” Never seen a girl in a short skirt playing for the Habs, for example. 😃 ---
**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 11, 2013, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/568 "2013-03-11T13:00:27Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > \ Never seen a girl in a short skirt playing for the Habs, for example. > > 😃 Well, sometimes they _play_ like girls…🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jools](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b3f665/32.png) [@jools](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jools)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/569 "2013-03-11T14:18:17Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Well, sometimes they _play_ like girls…🙂 Hey hey hey not this year they don’t… And let’s not discuss last year! ---
**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 11, 2013, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/570 "2013-03-11T23:44:57Z")
The Montréal Canadiens are in first place in the Eastern Conference and the Calgary Flames are last in the Western Conference. If I gave a rat’s ass about this year’s NHL, I wonder which of my two most favourite teams I’d be cheering for… ---
**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 12, 2013, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/571 "2013-03-12T00:21:07Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Not sure why our European and Southern Hemisphere friends have problems differentiating between “field hockey” and just plain “hockey.” And then there’s the lead story in my local newspaper: [boot hockey](http://www.chroniclejournal.com/content/news/local/2013/03/11/boot-hockey-tourney-planned-fundraiser). Not that boot hockey is the only [news around here](http://www.chroniclejournal.com/content/news/local/2013/03/06/wolves-have-residents-edge): > [@](#): > > “It was in the afternoon,” she recalled. > “We just let him out . . . and then we just heard all this barking, and then our dog was gone. > “We never found our dog,” she said. > “There are probably about five dogs from our neighbourhood that are all missing.” > The most-recent sighting of the wolves was Tuesday morning, the resident said. It was the closest the wolves had come to her home. > “They were huge,” she said. “We have miniature horses on the property; they’re bigger than our miniature horses. > “They’re about six feet, at least, long, and probably about 33, 34 inches tall, shoulder-wise. > > In addition to the horses, the resident also has llamas on her property. ” OMG, a LAMA DRAMA! ---
**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 12, 2013, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/572 "2013-03-12T02:11:10Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > And then there’s the lead story in my local newspaper: [boot hockey](http://www.chroniclejournal.com/content/news/local/2013/03/11/boot-hockey-tourney-planned-fundraiser). > > Not that boot hockey is the only [news around here](http://www.chroniclejournal.com/content/news/local/2013/03/06/wolves-have-residents-edge): > > OMG, a LAMA DRAMA! I found llamas in a Halifax phone book. [Cite](http://s80.beta.photobucket.com/user/muzition/media/Halifax%202012/060_phonebook.jpg.html?sort=3&o=58) ---
**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 12, 2013, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/573 "2013-03-12T04:53:02Z")
Boot hockey? Well, that’s just weird. 🙂 ---
**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 12, 2013, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/574 "2013-03-12T11:46:46Z")
Did anyone ever play broomball? I have not-so-fond memories of a semi-flaccid, crappy soccer ball hitting my face at 20 MPH and wrapping itself half-way around my head like an alien face-hugger. All this at -20. Getting hit with the ball caused far more pain than getting hit with the 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 12, 2013, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/575 "2013-03-12T13:17:14Z")
Floor hockey with a large felt ringette ring – don’t know what the proper name for that sort of hockey was. ---
**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 12, 2013, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/576 "2013-03-12T13:25:30Z")
Found it – it’s called floor hockey after all. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/577 "2013-03-12T14:08:16Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Boot hockey? Well, that’s just weird. 🙂 What do you wear when you play street hockey? Skates? Stilts? Stilettos? ---
**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 12, 2013, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/578 "2013-03-12T14:35:25Z")
There was an attempt at a crackdown on street hockey in a town near here. I don’t remember if it succeeded, though. ---
**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 12, 2013, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/579 "2013-03-12T17:05:03Z")
All those poor kids sent off to the gulag for playing street hockey. A lost generation. ☹ ---
**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 12, 2013, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/580 "2013-03-12T17:30:31Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > Floor hockey with a large felt ringette ring – don’t know what the proper name for that sort of hockey was. We just called it floor hockey. We didn’t use a felt ringette ring though. Not sure why, because our school certainly could afford such a thing. Instead, we played with a car’s air filter. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736.md?page=28) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736.md?page=30)