# TORONTO! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 12, 2000, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toronto/15892 "2000-04-12T01:57:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Carl\_Berry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@Carl\_Berry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Berry)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toronto/15892/1 "2000-04-12T01:57:00Z")
## I’v just returned from a week in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. I believe it to be the best city on earth! I traveled the world there! I talked with people from all over the earth, Africa, Eastern Europe, the Former USSR, I even met a native! I want to move there! (I may have to devorce my wife to do so) If you haven’t visited Toronto, please do! (anybody want my leftover “twonie”?) Carl ---
**Author:** ![The\_Sip\_n\_Fly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/91b2a8/32.png) [@The\_Sip\_n\_Fly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Sip_n_Fly)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toronto/15892/2 "2000-04-12T02:02:00Z")
I met a muslim once does that count? ---
**Author:** ![BigRoryG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f07891/32.png) [@BigRoryG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigRoryG)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toronto/15892/3 "2000-04-12T02:06:00Z")
BigRoryG Reprezenting. You are quite correct in that, good sir. This is the finest city in the world. Thanks for the vote of confidence. [last word] Wally’s from T.O [/last word] * * * “My drinking team has a Rugby problem.” _This sig line has been brought to you by the creative mind of Wally_ If you need a graphic solution, [http:\ alk.to\Piglet](http://http:%5C%09alk.to%5CPiglet) ---
**Author:** ![BigRoryG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f07891/32.png) [@BigRoryG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigRoryG)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toronto/15892/4 "2000-04-12T02:08:00Z")
And what is this Muslim stuff?\> We do have a wide variety of cultures and ethnicityies and religions, but I don’t quite see… ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toronto/15892/5 "2000-04-12T02:14:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Carl Berry: > **I’v just returned from a week in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. > I believe it to be the best city on earth!** Well, _they_ think so. Those of us in the rest of Canada, even the rest of Ontario, know the truth. ---
**Author:** ![saucy\_potato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/edb3f5/32.png) [@saucy\_potato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucy_potato)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toronto/15892/6 "2000-04-12T02:21:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Tengu: > \*\* Well, _they_ think so. > > Those of us in the rest of Canada, even the rest of Ontario, know the truth.\*\* Um… hey! Jealousy is ugly. 🙂 * * * _That was a well-plotted piece of non-claptrap that never made me want to retch._ ---
**Author:** ![delilah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@delilah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delilah)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toronto/15892/7 "2000-04-12T05:10:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Tengu: > \*\* Well, _they_ think so. > > Those of us in the rest of Canada, even the rest of Ontario, know the truth.\*\* ha…in politis, we discussed what our prof suggested as a good idea…torontonia…see how well the rest of ontario does without toronto’s citizen’s taxes. ---
**Author:** ![Anandot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Anandot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anandot)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toronto/15892/8 "2000-04-12T05:21:00Z")
I used to live in Toronto, went to high school there for a year. I liked it quite a bit, and it /is/ a great city. Though there’s a certain antiseptic and distant quality that you get there which I’ve not felt in any other major city really. I far prefer London, and would jump through hoops to go back /there/. ---
**Author:** ![mega\_the\_roo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@mega\_the\_roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mega_the_roo)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toronto/15892/9 "2000-04-12T05:25:00Z")
wow!! you’ve been to every city in the _world_??? * * * “Organs gross me out. That’s _organs_, not orgasms.” -the wallster ---
**Author:** ![Squee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@Squee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squee)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toronto/15892/10 "2000-04-12T05:31:00Z")
> [@](#): > > I far prefer London, and would jump through hoops to go back /there/. Is that London, England, or London, Ontario? As much as I love Toronto, I liked London, ON much better! * * * “Penises don’t belong in the mouth, girls and boys. You’ve got the wrong hole there. Just like you wouldn’t shove pizza up your nose.” -From the **Brother Jed** flyer- ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toronto/15892/11 "2000-04-12T13:00:00Z")
My wife’s and my opinion of Toronto is on the bad side. We were driving from Montreal to Niagara Falls. When we going through Toronto, my wife asked me to get off at the next exit 'cause she needed a restroom. Unfortunately, around the next bend was the mother of all traffic jams! And no exits in sight! We went for about 1 hour at a crawl. By this time, I too need a restroom. We’re both in pain. I finally find an exit that looks like it might lead to an area with fast food restaurants. Sadly no. It took us to a back road that led down to Lake Ontario. We finally stopped in some apartment building’s parking lot, walked down to the lake, and did our business. So both my wife and I say, “Piss on Toronto!” 😃 😃 * * * Wrong thinking is punished, right thinking is just as swiftly rewarded. You’ll find it an effective combination. ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toronto/15892/12 "2000-04-12T16:25:00Z")
LOVE Toronto, been several times, and would move there if the great love of my life would wise up and marry me. Esprix * * * [Ask the Gay Guy!](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/001376.html) (or, if you prefer the Jesusfied version, [Asketh the damn Priest Guy!](http://www.askjesus.org/ask.cgi?http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/001376.html)) ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toronto/15892/13 "2000-04-12T19:33:00Z")
Dearest Esprix, We have been over this numerous times. I was hoping to keep this off the board, but you obviously intend to make this a public spat. 1) I cannot marry you, I am married to a woman. 2) Toronto does not allow bigamy any more than here - even if the second spouse is a different gender. I don’t care if that’s what you read in Weekly World News, it just ain’t so. I am content to keep our relationship as is, why must you rock the boat? Love, “Playin’ Doctor” Jackson * * * Sig! Sig a Sog! Sig it loud! Sig it Strog! – Karen Carpenter with a head cold ---
**Author:** ![saucy\_potato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/edb3f5/32.png) [@saucy\_potato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucy_potato)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toronto/15892/14 "2000-04-12T19:46:00Z")
AWB-You can’t judge a city based on it’s highway traffic jams. ☹ Every major city is annoying during rush hour. * * * _That was a well-plotted piece of non-claptrap that never made me want to retch._ ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toronto/15892/15 "2000-04-12T22:24:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Carl Berry: > (anybody want my leftover “twonie”?) You mean no one has taken you up on that offer yet? I want it! Lucky you Carl, it’s great being retired, idnit? (I’m assuming you’re retired.) ---
**Author:** ![Studi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Studi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Studi)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toronto/15892/16 "2000-04-12T23:14:00Z")
Yes…hail Toronto. Studi * * * When I grow up, I want to be the Minister of Silly Walks. ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2000, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toronto/15892/17 "2000-04-13T15:12:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by **Doctor Jackson** : > > Dearest Esprix, > > We have been over this numerous times. I was hoping to keep this off the board, but you obviously intend to make this a public spat. 1) I cannot marry you, I am married to a woman. 2) Toronto does not allow bigamy any more than here - even if the second spouse is a different gender. I don’t care if that’s what you read in Weekly World News, it just ain’t so. > > I am content to keep our relationship as is, why must you rock the boat? Dammit, why do you have to do this to me while I’m at work? {SOB!} Esprix * * * [Ask the Gay Guy!](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/001376.html) (or, if you prefer the Jesusfied version, [Asketh the damn Priest Guy!](http://www.askjesus.org/ask.cgi?http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/001376.html)) ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2000, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toronto/15892/18 "2000-04-13T19:11:00Z")
Toronto the best city on earth? Obviously, hon, you haven’t been to Montreal. I’ll show you around. ---
**Author:** ![Carl\_Berry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@Carl\_Berry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Berry)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2000, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toronto/15892/19 "2000-04-13T19:27:00Z")
## I have visited Montreal & my opinion stands. Going to Vancouver in June, some say that I’ll change my mind. We’ll see! And yes, Arnold, I am retired & enjoying it! Carl