No one said that this group is limited to the ‘smart’ Canadians. Otherwise, I’d have no one to chat with!
I don’t think we have any Dennis’. I think I’m related to every Mennonite in Canada, though. 
You really should. You have to be prepared, though - once you come out here, you might never want to go back. It’s happened to people before.
Hey, they let me in here! And I abuse smileys like there’s no tomorrow! 
Lyrics aside, it is really nice here in the fall.
I got a friend you can go to workin’ for.
H&M pulls fashion headdresses from Canadian shelves for being too offensive (to three people). Interesting world we live in.
A long shot: Anyone remember Mother’s Pizza? Probably only a Calgary chain. What I’m after is the correct recipe for ‘Pizza on a bun’. Damn, I have a craving! A half slab of french bread with some form of garlic butter, a tangy tomato sauce, and other pizza toppings. I know I can make a pale substitute, but I’d like the real deal.
Mother’s Pizza repped Southern Ontario hard in the 1980s, can’t help with the recipe though.
Concurred. There was a Mother’s Pizza in Sarnia that lasted about 3 or 5 years back in the early 80s.
Yeah, I’m no help either.
Yes, I have been to Sarnia and dimly recall it was somewhere around Front and Wellington.
I’ve also seen a Mother’s Pizza or two east of Toronto up through 1990 (?) or so.
Anti-Keystone Pipeline commercial. It’s a teeny bit over-the-top. 
Agreed. I ate many Mother’s pizzas in southern Ontario back in the 1980s. No idea about the recipe, but it was good.
I think it’s hilarious! Incredibly stupid, but hilarious!
Update: I’m back home in Alberta now.
As it was the last few years, this was another driving trip; and though I’ve done it before, there is always something fun and interesting to experience. This time around, I enjoyed a sunshiny morning drive through Lake Superior Provincial Park; discovered that the hot, happenin’ place for Dryden, Ontario’s young people on a Sunday night is the local McDonald’s; and experienced “Rider pride” at a Regina sports bar on Friday night when the Riders took on the Stampeders.
Of course, there are downsides. Construction delays are inevitable, and traffic accidents cause other delays–there was a horrific semi-truck accident on Highway 17 west of White River that closed the road in both directions for a while. Most of the trip home between Thunder Bay and Kenora was done in the rain, and driving that route in the rain wasn’t much fun.
But overall, I’d say that the “fun and interesting” aspect outweighs the downside. I’d suggest that all Canadians get out and see the country this way–yes, we live in a huge country and it’s usually quicker and easier to fly places, but it seems to me that you can get a better picture of Canada and its people if you take a long drive even just once.
And I’m heading into Calgary next week! For a 2 hour layover on the way to BC.
While you were waiting to the east of it, I was waiting to the west of it. (Went out that way for work on Thursday, and spent the next couple of days with a friend on isolated beaches along the North Shore.)
Glad to hear you made it back, Spoons - sorry I missed you. Also sorry the game didn’t have a better result, you being in the heart of Riderville! What fine local pub were you gracing with your preaence?
The Pipers were in a wee settler’s cabin at a B&B near the Cypress Hills, listening to the game on the Riders App on iPhones, because wee settler’s cabins don’t have tv!
Strongly recommend the B&B for anyone travelling in that area: Ghostown Blues, 2 km out of Maple Creek, 20 minutes from the Park.
Well, you should have waved as I went by. Seriously, it was not pretty, as you found. We all (eastbound and westbound traffic) had to wait until the diesel fuel that was spilled was cleaned up; and then, going through, we saw the results. The truck’s engine was lying in the westbound lanes, and the cab was an unrecognizable mess. I hope the driver was okay, but I don’t know.
It was the bar at Casino Regina. I headed there as I knew the game would be on TV at the casino bar (and I really don’t know Regina that well, so I didn’t know where else to go), and a cab got me there with no problems.
It was fun! I was the only one who wasn’t wearing a green jersey. But the fans were welcoming to a stranger, and in spite of the fact that I lived in Calgary for a number of years, I found myself cheering for the Riders. It was hard not to–it’s great to see a city behind its CFL team. I never saw such fan support when I lived in Calgary or Toronto or Edmonton.
When the game was over, I decided to try my luck at the crap table. Let’s just say that I made back my expenses (cab fares and drinks), plus a nice profit.
Glad to hear the night wasn’t a total loss!
Two stats tidbits:
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The Roughriders rank third in Canada amongst professional sports franchises for sales of team memorabilia, ranking behind the Habs and the Leafs. They outsell all the other Canadian NHL teams, all the other CFL teams, the Raptors and the Jays.
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A few years ago, there was a stat floating around that the Riders outsell all but the top six teams in the NFL.
So go to the online Rider store, and gear up for your next trip through Regina!
The Roughriders are hugely popular because in Sask you are pretty much limited in recreational activities to rooting for the Roughriders or watching your dog run away toward the horizon for an afternoon.