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  • #81
    As a born and raised Canadian, I will go against all my nationmates. POUTINE IS POO, EWW. Cheese curds on deep fried potato smuthered with animal fat. ICK!! I think its the staple diet of Quebecians.

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    • #82
      ah smarties... does any one else remember going to the saturday matinee (always cowboy movies) - buying a pack of smarties, eating them waaay too fast, and then tearing the lid flap off so you could blow into the box when the kissing started?? um, anyone?..
      I never thought of them as British either, I guess our heritage runs deeper than I thought!
      I can always tell when breeding season begins,.. it is a diet of Hortons, Hortons, chocolate chunk peanut butter cookies, and more Hortons...
      a moment of heresy here... I don't actually think the coffee is good.. I swear they have put something into it that has made us all addicted...
      now mounties....
      or bicycle policemen.. cherham.. now, they ARE that good looking close up!!
      A Fine Romance. April 1991 - June 2016. Loved forever.

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      • #83
        Smarties: the only candy whose packaging becomes a musical instrument!
        That really does bring back memories.

        I like Tim's coffee. Maybe it's because as a phone repairman, I spent so much time with the guys, drinking coffee, eating donuts, instead of working!

        The bicycle cops were definitely one of the perks of working outdoors, in the city, in the summer! MMMMM. Tasty.

        less hard work, more fine dining.
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        • #84
          Fred...I don't drink Timmy's coffee anymore (yes...I'm ashamed to admit it....), but I absolutely LOFF their French Vanilla Capuccino! That's my addiction......

          And...blowing into the Smarties box....the memories!

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          • #85
            Yay, White Spot! Comfort Food to Go! Only in BC though.

            They will soon have to dictate exactly how far from an intersection Tim Hortons' can be located. More than once, the intersection on the way to work has been gridlocked against the lights due to people waiting to turn in for the drive-thru in the morning. To me it tastes like it has machine oil in it... oops, I live in Ontario, I think I just dissed as much an icon as the Leafs, the Maple Leaf, the Beaver and the Queen all thrown in one. I too dont understand the addiction that has frightenly taken over Ontarians. It costs more than a million dollars to buy a Franchise, but it is money in the bank! Can you imagine a Timmy's at Palgrave?

            Dancing Lawn, You have your own rendition of 12 Days of Christmas there! 10 Pounds of Onions, 4 Chickens Cooking, And A Box of Smarties to Blow!

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            • #86
              Hi Riggs et al!

              I'm with you on the Tim horton's coffee Riggs-not my favourite either-S-Bucks all the way!!! And man, Krispy Kremes get my vote too (horsey related as I heard the franchise is owned by a horsey family!)

              BUT I do have a soft spot for Timmies as when my second daughter was a week over due, I had the biggest craving for Timmies!!?? My water broke in the parking lot minutes after I'd put down my cup!! So you see, you've always got time for Tim Horton's!!

              Maybe that maple donut contributed some to her birth weight of 10 lbs 8 oz?!

              [This message was edited by Limerick on Apr. 11, 2004 at 10:58 AM.]

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              • #87
                <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by beameup:
                and what does EMG stand for? i want to join. i also want a mountie.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

                If he is anything like Esprit's mountie, you definitely do. Drooooool.

                Riggs, we know what to bring you next time we see you.

                Fred, tell us a drive-in story!!! Love to hear it.

                Instant mashed potatoes are a Canadian invention - how gross is that? My husband the kartoffelkopf German likes them. White Spot is definitely BC - too bad Closet thing to it is a Denny's in the States but nicer. But, Pay Days!!!! We don't have Pay Days!!!! Riggs, I'll see your Smarties to a Pay Day, any day.

                The highest concentration of Tim Horton's is in Nova Scotia - they have one for every block just about. I think it was Halifax. Tim Horton played for the Buffalo Sabers but lived in Toronto. He was killed in a car accident on the QEW on his way back to Toronto after a game.

                For us non-beer drinkers, how about a Bloody Ceasar? Impossible to find outside of Upstate New York. Who can do Sunday brunch without a Ceasar?

                "Your only purpose in life may be to serve as a warning to others."
                \"Your only purpose in life may be to serve as a warning to others.\"

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                • #88
                  Ok I just got up and its easter sunday!.All I want is a coffee and a box of smarties
                  Sooooo on my way to the stable I must stop for coffee and smarties.I wasn't going to go till later but must go now

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                  • #89
                    Another EMG'er checking in (I'm Wally). Here is an example of my far too great bank of useless knowledge:

                    Tim Horton originally played for the Leafs (they retired his number) and was traded to the Sabres. He actually lived in St Catharines and was on his way home from a game/practice when he was killed. He was so bitter about the trade that he vowed there would never be a Tim's in Toronto. Apparently that changed after his death.

                    I live in Hamilton (which I could have sworn was the Tim capital of the world) and I do not like their coffee. Can't admit that in public though. But it is time for Frozen Cappuccino's, YUM!

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                    • #90
                      Another interesting bit of smarties trivia:
                      A few years ago, at Christmas, Eaton's carried GOLD smarties. Yes, really. little chocolate smarties, plated in real gold. They cost a small fortune, but looked stunning, in a crystal candy dish. And, they were edible. Some ancient cultures believed that by eating a bit of gold regularly, you would stay healthy. This is because gold repels bacteria. Why, I don't know. But it does.

                      less hard work, more fine dining.
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                      • #91
                        Hi Wally, long time
                        (I owned Duke) but not now.
                        I love Tim's coffee, but sometimes I have had some terrible brews, undrinkable. Of course it was from a drive through, and you are too far away to turn around.
                        Smarties, are ok, but I love KitKat bars, yum
                        my horse will stand on his head for a Timbit though.

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                        • #92
                          LOL, Fred! I used to love the Smarties box kazoo.

                          On that note and at the risk of revealing that I'm still a kid at heart, has anyone noticed that blowing into the Smarties box no longer works anymore? Very disappointing. They must have changed the design on us...

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                          • #93
                            You guys are worse than me... going on and on about blowing into people's boxes... I'm SHOCKED!

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                            • #94
                              There are at least two local radio stations who have morning call in games....
                              The caller has a series of names and they decide.....
                              Dead, Alive or Canadian :-)

                              WE actually have a White Spot restaurant where I live...it's a greesy spoon aka old fashioned diner with the little burgers. They are famous for their Gus burgers... A mini hamburger with a fried egg on top. Blech...
                              Of course the Friendly's in Bastun... that I went to years ago with an old flame served fried with melted cheese on top. That was too yummy.
                              WHat are cheese curds really? I'm thinking of greasy fries with cottage cheese on them. That CAN"T be what you're eating??!!!
                              And well, I KNOW where the Bostonians R's went. THere is a small group of Virginians that live int eh Tidewater area that have them. They say things like 'What arrah you doing?" HUH?
                              TO keep this mildly horse related we had an easter egg hunt today... I mananged to find the most eggs desipte having to grab my poor screaming horse out ot the stall and hang graze him. He's on stall rest and was totally LIVID that we would dare play in the yard without him. Spoiled rotten pony.

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                              • #95
                                Didn't you guys hear about the study they did? Apparently Timmies has nicotine in it. Now that would explain everything!

                                Me, I'm a Bucky by week and a Timmer on the weekends. I swear I'm far more jangle-y after the Timmies.

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                                • #96
                                  Cheese curds are basically bits of cheese - white cheese - mozzerella or something.

                                  BC has White Spot - US has White Castle although not the same at all.

                                  I wanna Payday! Wah!

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                                  • #97
                                    jakeable, yes, it's true, you just can't get a good note from a smarties box anymore.. and here I just thought it was me!...
                                    those ice caps are good.. I usually treat myself to one on the way home from collecting the stallion...
                                    Anyone who gots through the drive through at Clappison's - you know those big yellow things? - one of them is on an angle?...well, it came in close contact with a big white suburban... I was on my way really really early, to take Fred to an event.. and I guess I just wasn't quite awake yet... boom! oops, I'm awake now....
                                    and speaking of Horton's, grrrrrrrr THREE YEARS and not one d**n donut in the roll up to lose, er, win.
                                    Hi wally!

                                    note to newcomers: notice the occasional, subtle references to horses ?...this is a horse related bb, so, if you want the thread to continue, it needs to be at least nominally horse related!
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                                    • #98
                                      Edmonton has a White Spot, though I've never been there.

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                                      • #99
                                        I'm a big Timmies drinker...and hadn't won anything in 3 years. Of course on my way home Saturday morning, I got a coffee and rolled my rim as I drove in to the gas station to check my Super 7 ticket...and wouldn't you know, i won a donut. I mean, I'm grateful to win something, but I knew right then and there that I was out 21 million

                                        To make it horse related, the 21 M was going to be my horse fund.

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                                        • #100
                                          Am I the only one who likes the hot Apple Cider from Tim's? Ok, it's a bit sweet for every day drinkage, but the occasional one is lovely!

                                          On a horse related note, we had a horse jump out of a paddock, and an hour and a half later, we caught him outside of the Tim's down the road.



                                          .....smart people bring me coffee.....

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