[QUOTE=FFStudios;30273496]tbh that's just kinda dumb
i understand the whole vancouver pizza thing but "boston cream" is a type of food
if it was italy vs. USA in the world cup finals we wouldn't re-name all of our italian restaurants to american restaurants because they're not american, they're italian.[/QUOTE]
Hockey is serious business in Canada.
[QUOTE=FFStudios;30273496]tbh that's just kinda dumb
i understand the whole vancouver pizza thing but "boston cream" is a type of food
if it was italy vs. USA in the world cup finals we wouldn't re-name all of our italian restaurants to american restaurants because they're not american, they're italian.[/QUOTE]
It's obviously just to make bank on the vast majority of the population that follows a huge event like the Stanley cup when their home town is playing in the final (at least in Canada, can't speak for everywhere in the States).
Boston Pizza did the same thing in Quebec when they played Montreal, with certain locations temporarily renaming the restaurant.
[QUOTE=GrickleGrass;30275104]It's obviously just to make bank on the vast majority of the population that follows a huge event like the Stanley cup when their home town is playing in the final (at least in Canada, can't speak for everywhere in the States).
Boston Pizza did the same thing in Quebec when they played Montreal, with certain locations temporarily renaming the restaurant.[/QUOTE]
If by make bank you mean make money I'm pretty sure Tim Horton's would sell boston cream donuts like crazy even if they called them shitholes :v:
It's still neat though i suppose
[QUOTE=hula whoop;30275208]If by make bank you mean make money I'm pretty sure Tim Horton's would sell boston cream donuts like crazy even if they called them shitholes :v:
It's still neat though i suppose[/QUOTE]
You're right, but I work with plenty of assholes who would gladly parade into the workplace with a donut that fits outside of their usual routine because "hurf durf, hey everyone, check out my [i]Vancouver[/i] cream. Don't you momentarily find me clever for the purchase of an item that simultaneously reflects both my love for the Canucks and a topically relevent interest than many of you, my fellow Canadian coworkers, share?"
Don't they have this kind of shit in America with popular sports franchises in playoff runs? Like for the Yankees or BoSox, or the Packers or Cowboys?
I personally think the idea is nothing more than "cute." It does not influence my potential purchase, but I recognize why it would for others and a business would not bother with the effort if it weren't resulting in temporarily boosted sales.
We're never changed the name of anything when the Red Sox or Patriots were in the World Series/Superbowl.
Vancouver fans are notoriously fickle. Seems like during the regular season people barely care about the canucks but once we're deep in the playoffs everybody is the biggest fan you've ever met.
seriously the Province had like, two stories that weren't about the canucks throughout the week. the canucks have spilled out of the sports section and taken the place of real news. I'm somewhat further removed than usual from the great ebb & flow of information because of the playoffs.
[QUOTE=Barblunder;30278878]Vancouver fans are notoriously fickle. Seems like during the regular season people barely care about the canucks but once we're deep in the playoffs everybody is the biggest fan you've ever met.
seriously the Province had like, two stories that weren't about the canucks throughout the week. the canucks have spilled out of the sports section and taken the place of real news. I'm somewhat further removed than usual from the great ebb & flow of information because of the playoffs.[/QUOTE]
Tell me about it, there are so many airheads walking around with Bruins jerseys on these days its hard to tell who's a real fan and who's just along for the ride. Not that I'm complaining about the jerseys themselves, I love seeing people sporting black and gold.
Canucks keep playing like this, and I think we can sweep Boston. *knocks on wood*
I can't imagine what it would be like in and around Toronto if they ever make a run like this one. No matter how we do, the stadium is always full and you regularly see people wearing the jerseys all year round. The sports section just wouldn't be the same without the constant criticism and overanalysis.
People around Toronto are shameless, though. Nearly everyone here is a Leafs fan except for those who want to be edgy, or happen to have moved here from somewhere else.
(Jesus, there was a great pause between me writing and posting this because right before I was about to hit post, Horton got creamed.
I'm not a Boston fan by any means, but I hope he's okay. He clearly got knocked unconscious before he even hit the ice. The hit was late, but that'll teach you to keep your head up regardless).
That's really shitty for Horton.
[QUOTE=aydin690;30214836]Wanna hear a joke? Bostons Powerplay
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:/
Edit: That horn you hear is the crazy train, flying off the rails in Boston. :/
[QUOTE=GrickleGrass;30295398]I can't imagine what it would be like in and around Toronto if they ever make a run like this one. No matter how we do, the stadium is always full and you regularly see people wearing the jerseys all year round. The sports section just wouldn't be the same without the constant criticism and overanalysis.
People around Toronto are shameless, though. Nearly everyone here is a Leafs fan except for those who want to be edgy, or happen to have moved here from somewhere else.
(Jesus, there was a great pause between me writing and posting this because right before I was about to hit post, Horton got creamed.
I'm not a Boston fan by any means, but I hope he's okay. He clearly got knocked unconscious before he even hit the ice. The hit was late, but that'll teach you to keep your head up regardless).[/QUOTE]
I was going to say it would be 10x worse if Toronto was in Vancouvers position, but I figured people would laugh at me because that wont happen for a long time most likely.
[QUOTE=hula whoop;30297400]I was going to say it would be 10x worse if Toronto was in Vancouvers position, but I figured people would laugh at me because that wont happen for a long time most likely.[/QUOTE]
One day I will be old and frail and all of these years of hopeless dedication will finally be worth it... maybe.
Oh my.
I won't be going downtown tonight. It will be hard to get around the flipped over cars and broken storefront glass.
bobby lu breaking down?
I'm not watching the game but i know its 4-0 boston and all the goals have come this period.
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also, go boston.
[QUOTE=hula whoop;30297647]bobby lu breaking down?
I'm not watching the game but i know its 4-0 boston and all the goals have come this period.
[editline]6th June 2011[/editline]
also, go boston.[/QUOTE]
Fuck tim thomas.
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[QUOTE=hula whoop;30297647]bobby lu breaking down?
I'm not watching the game but i know its 4-0 boston and all the goals have come this period.
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also, go boston.[/QUOTE]
What's your problem dude? You're Canadian but you're cheering for boston?
[QUOTE=aydin690;30297961]Fuck tim thomas.[/QUOTE]
I concur wholeheartedly.
[QUOTE=aydin690;30297961]Fuck tim thomas.
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What's your problem dude? You're Canadian but you're cheering for boston?[/QUOTE]
yeah... I just have an irrational hate for the Canucks; I don't have a reason to hate them. But I admit it would be cool if they won because they [i]are[/i] Canadian and it would be nice to have the cup again.
If the Bruins won though, the cup would probably come here because Ryder's a Newf.
[QUOTE=hula whoop;30298514]If the Bruins won though, the cup would probably come here because Ryder's a Newf.[/QUOTE]
But he'll just fill it with screech. It needs the kind of love that only a province who didn't wait so fucking long to join confederation can provide.
[QUOTE=GrickleGrass;30298573]But he'll just fill it with screech. It needs the kind of love that only a province who didn't wait so fucking long to join confederation can provide.[/QUOTE]
awwwwwwwwww :smith:
Hahaha, loving the finger taunts.
Damn, they're really going at each other.
That was so fun to watch.
Vancouver is totally silent. I don't hear any cars, I don't hear birds....I hear absolutely nothing but the wind.
That was annihilation.
