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I'd be willing to wager that far more Canadians care passionately about hockey than Americans do about _________________.
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If caring passionately means burning down your city when your team loses, I'm pretty happy about that.
disclaimer: Yes, I know it was a limited, idiotic, non-representative few and that I'm stereotyping. I am making a joke. A bon mot. A jest.
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What troubles me is that the first reaction to a sporting event gone bad is to trash your city and loot merchants who are trying to make the city better. Society surely is going in the wrong direction.
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On a happier note, a lot of people are turning in vids and pics to help the police.
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Jeez, you're all behaving as if you've never seen footage of Eurotrash endings to soccer matches.
They're not pounding property, they're pounding people.
And most of the Euro "houligans" are known to be from the country that you 49th parallel dudes still call, "Mommy."
Gotta admit though, the USA is still #1 when it comes to riots in the developed world. We've had so many, we have to sub-divide them by root cause--unions, race, sports, etc.
On a happier note, The Stanley Cup now resides about 20 minutes from my house-----Boiz!
Last edited by BobKay; 06/18/11 01:34 AM.
Always call the place you live a house. When you're old, everyone else will call it a home.
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On a happier note, The Stanley Cup now resides about 20 minutes from my house-----Boiz!
WAIT - that's closer to me than Vancouver, but it's on the wrong side of the border. Should I be happy or go trash something?!!!???  
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On a happier note, The Stanley Cup now resides about 20 minutes from my house-----Boiz!
WAIT - that's closer to me than Vancouver, but it's on the wrong side of the border. Should I be happy or go trash something?!!!??? I thought you were on the wrong side of the border. Either way, it's now globally considered "Canadian" to trash your town without the need of a G8 summit. Please, feel free. Seriously, Dan, I don't know why Canada is even in a hockey league with American teams. It'd be like losing the World Series to Japan, or worse, The Dominican Republic. If we allowed the competition, sooner than later we'd lose. Or, since we've stolen almost all the available Canadian players, it's be akin to losing an NBA title to Italy, with 75% of the team being Americans. Put an end to it. Close your borders---both ways.
Always call the place you live a house. When you're old, everyone else will call it a home.
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Bob, I just noticed your sig line. That's hilarious! I'm sure Ray will agree. 
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I noted that an announcer said there were lots of Canadians rooting for the Bruins because, after all, all but one of the Bruins roster were Canadian.
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Indeed! And they all live here--with The Stanley Cup.
Gee, since I really don't care all that much, I guess my Stanley Cup "nya, nya" jokes are just pure a-hole, huh?
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