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    Dear Canada: Leave The Pranks To Us

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    Image of mariospants mariospants
    02/09/09

    In reply to Dear Canada: Leave The Pranks To Us
    any reason why you spelled it "humorous" a la Canada/Britain?
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    Image of Andrew Didorosi Andrew Didorosi
    02/09/09

    @mariospants: The Canadian way is humourous. Far too many u's for my liking.
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    Image of Nitrous Oxide Nitrous Oxide
    02/08/09

    In reply to Dear Canada: Leave The Pranks To Us
    As an act of repentance, I suggest that Mr. Didorosi stamp two maple leaves on his own body parts of his choosing. That should certainly comfort our northern friends.
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    Image of Andrew Didorosi Andrew Didorosi
    02/09/09

    @Nitrous Oxide: OMDB.
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    Image of Captain69 Captain69
    02/08/09

    In reply to Dear Canada: Leave The Pranks To Us
    As usual, Jalopy (intentional spelling) got it wrong again in trying to make fun of Canada. Canadians are the originals and not some half-informed bunch of half-wits who mistakenly think they are are better than everyone else.


    In my conversations with Jalopy editors, it has been become clear that there is a true anti-Canadian attitude (actually anti-everything not American). I voiced said concerns and was told I could post so long as I was respectful??!!! Was that article respectful? Were the comments respectful? Respect is a two way street.


    Most of us just want to read about cars and anything motorized. Time for Jalopy to raise its standards above bigotry! Guess I'll be banned for sure now as I've challenged the American 'better than thou' status quo.

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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    02/08/09

    @Captain69: Another Canuckistani heard from. Did you happen to notice that los Jalops make fun of EVERYTHING? Including Canada. The only country named after a container.


    Next thing you know, you'll want to be properly credited for assembling all those crappy American cars.


    And when you see him, say hello to Dearthair. Remember to duck if he takes a swing at you for screwing up his good thing.

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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    02/07/09

    In reply to Dear Canada: Leave The Pranks To Us
    To get their honor back, they better do something very cool with a six pack of Beetles. I'm waiting, but not patiently.
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    Image of Boosted Lego Wagon Boosted Lego Wagon
    02/06/09

    In reply to Dear Canada: Leave The Pranks To Us
    Never mind the fact that the red jackets have successfully hung beetles off bridges pretty much every year, including off the Golden Gate in '01.


    Lame Andrew. This is my hometown you tried to urinate on.

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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    02/07/09

    @boosted-lego-wagon: Boosted? You're a Canajan too? How did I not know that? Are you still in Vangoober?
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    Image of Boosted Lego Wagon Boosted Lego Wagon
    02/07/09

    @Deartháir: Born and bred. Still rocking the 'Couve, although right now I'm off the coast on one of the Gulf Islands.
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    02/07/09

    @boosted-lego-wagon: No shit! Which one? My dad and his brothers own most of the buildings and businesses in Ganges on Saltspring Island.
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    Image of Boosted Lego Wagon Boosted Lego Wagon
    02/07/09

    @Deartháir: Galiano. First stop, least developed. We've friends on SSI too.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    02/06/09

    In reply to Dear Canada: Leave The Pranks To Us
    Oh, and as for sign hacking, I want to hack one to say "I haven't been hacked yet."
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    02/06/09

    In reply to Dear Canada: Leave The Pranks To Us
    Wait, you forgotz Polarz!!
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    Image of smalleyxb122 smalleyxb122
    02/06/09

    In reply to Dear Canada: Leave The Pranks To Us
    Convert your units before your calculations, people!


    lbs=/=kgs


    =Fail.

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    Image of Citroen_SM Citroen_SM
    02/06/09

    In reply to Dear Canada: Leave The Pranks To Us
    No, Canadian engineering students have done this stunt properly in Windsor, Ontario for example. It's just that BC is a bunch of pot smoking hippies, and they were probably too high to figure it out. Not that I have anything against smoking pot, just saying....
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    02/06/09

    @Citroen_SM: We're not ALL pot-smoking hippies!


    Wait, I don't live there anymore.


    Okay, yeah, they're all pot-smoking hippies.

     Reply
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    02/06/09

    In reply to Dear Canada: Leave The Pranks To Us
    I am usually one of the first to make fun of Canada. My roommate in college was from the Northern State.


    However, there are certain good things that came from Canada:

    1. Hockey.

    2. Strange Brew ("Eh, hosehead, once you get there you can have all the free beer and sausages you want.")

    3. IMAX

    4. I'll think of something...

    5. Molson and Labatt

    6. Dearthair


    So, there you have it. There are 6 good things from Canada.

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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    02/06/09

    @engineerd - fighting zombies one sign at a time: I like that I ranked below "I'll think of something..."


    Don't forget Crown Royal. And basketball. And the telephone.

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    Image of Smells_Homeless Smells_Homeless
    02/06/09

    @Deartháir: And John Candy. And sacks-o-milk.
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    Image of theeastbaykid theeastbaykid
    02/06/09

    @engineerd - fighting zombies one sign at a time: I was backpacking in Europe a few years ago, and I stayed at a hostel with this Canadian dude who gave me the list of the three greatest Canadians of all time:


    3. Some hockey announcer who's name escapes me

    2. The guy who invented Penicillin (which I later looked up and found not to be true)

    1. Wayne Gretzky

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    Image of Triborough Triborough
    02/06/09

    @engineerd - fighting zombies one sign at a time:

    There are many lovely lasses from Canada as well as some other great stuff such as Tim Horton's, quality entertainment (such as Made in Canada and The Newsroom), Glenn Gould, Shatner, ketchup flavoured potato chips, and so on.
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    02/06/09

    @Triborough: Shatner, ketchup flavoured potato chips


    Seriously... you're not helping.

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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    02/06/09

    @Smells_Homeless: bags-o-milk FTMFW! All the better if it's bags of homo milk.
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    Image of Triborough Triborough
    02/06/09

    @Deartháir: How about Sarah Polley?
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    Image of mechimike mechimike
    02/06/09

    @engineerd - fighting zombies one sign at a time: Wasn't Dan Ackroyd Canadian, eh?


    Canadian Bacon- hysterically funny...for those US citizens fortunate enough to live within a day's drive of our neighbor to the North.


    Also, see my COTD on Canada...

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    02/06/09

    @Deartháir: I prefer Kentucky whiskey or scotch, but the Canuk stuff ain't bad neither.
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    Image of Jo Schmo Jo Schmo
    02/06/09

    @engineerd - fighting zombies one sign at a time: POUTINE!!!
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    02/06/09

    @Triborough: Personally, I would have chosen Elisha Cuthbert, among others...


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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    02/06/09

    @engineerd - fighting zombies one sign at a time:

    7. Evangeline Lilly

    8. POLAЯ

    9. 4th-gen F-body

    10. Paul Tracy

    11. SkiDoo


    Jalop lists go to 11 now, remember?

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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    02/06/09

    @Tomsk can park himself, thank you: That was just to get the conversations started.


    Oh, and Dearthair, I thought you would enjoy your placement in that list.


    As far as the Canadian women go, there are many beautiful women from all over the world so, in my haste I didn't go through specific instances of beautiful women from Canadia. However, the examples given above are primo and have made me feel the need to go molest my wife.


    Finally, Don Cherry should be considered a national disgrace in Canada. Kind of like Michael Jackson is to the US.

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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    02/06/09

    @engineerd - fighting zombies one sign at a time: I'm starting to suspect that my efforts at keeping a low profile on Jalopnik, so to thusly avoid the Wrath and All-Seeing Eye of Wert, have been somewhat less than successful.
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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    02/06/09

    @Deartháir: You mean...YOU'RE THE SIGN HACKER?!?!?! *dramatic music*
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    02/07/09

    @Deartháir: Damn. Sorry to blow your cover, man.
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    02/07/09

    @engineerd - fighting zombies one sign at a time: Amanda Tapping.
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    Image of skulldriveshaft picasaweb and youtube skulldriveshaft picasaweb and youtube
    02/08/09

    @Deartháir: don't you wonder why they've pinned a yellow star on you?
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    02/08/09

    @skulldriveshaft: You know, that could be read another way...
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    02/08/09

    @skulldriveshaft: Nah. I've had it for long enough now that I assumed it was granted when Pete or Matt went on a drinking bender one night, and never bothering to fix the carnage they caused.


    @Van Sarockin: Depending on whether it has five or six points?

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    Image of Stoatmaster Stoatmaster
    02/09/09

    @Deartháir: the telephone is more of a Scottish thing. Like a surprising number of inventions, as it goes.


    But you know that anyway.

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    Image of Joshuman Joshuman
    02/06/09

    In reply to Dear Canada: Leave The Pranks To Us
    Since my paycheck comes from Canada, I have to express my disappointment at the lack of strength in the pulley system. They should have had more block and tackle.
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    02/06/09

    @joshman: Considering how closely the engineering community in western Canada watches for the stunt each year, these kids have failed on a massive, epic scale. Not only did they fail at their stunt, but they got caught doing it. I think this is the first time in the history of the UBC Engineers' Beetle Stunts that they've ever done either.


    NO JOBS FOR YOU.

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    Image of General Halfshaftery General Halfshaftery
    02/06/09

    In reply to Dear Canada: Leave The Pranks To Us
    Canada. America's hat...to cover its balding head.


    Why are the writers of Jalopnik sucking the nationalistic tit so hard lately?

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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    02/06/09

    @General Halfshaftery: I think it's more that some Jalopnik editors like to take cheap shots at Canada. Possibly because of certain Canadians who like to take cheap-shots at them.


    (I. Blame. POLAЯ.)

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    Image of TENGRAM TENGRAM
    02/06/09

    @General Halfshaftery: because canucks will take it, eh.
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    Image of Matt Hardigree Matt Hardigree
    02/06/09

    @Deartháir: We like to think it's an even give-and-take. For instance, I think we've written positively about almost all the cars produced by Canadian-based carmakers.
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    Image of Jo Schmo Jo Schmo
    02/06/09

    @Matt Hardigree: @Deartháir: /ducks under his desk
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    02/06/09

    @Matt Hardigree: You mean, like GM? That's true, your fawning adoration for the Camaro has been nothing short of... inspiring.
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    Image of domino domino
    02/06/09

    @TENGRAM:
    so you've heard about those windsor girls too, eh?
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    Image of wheatieboy wheatieboy
    02/06/09

    In reply to Dear Canada: Leave The Pranks To Us
    The italicized words are the misspelling of English words that require a "u" in the (humour, rumour etc...)


    As a former UBC sudent and resident of Vancouver, I can assure you that this is not a copy of an American stunt. UBC Engineering students have been hanging Beetles off the Iron Workers Memorial and other bridges across Vancouver harhour for 40 or more years.


    Yes they failed but it certainly wasn't an attempt to copy an newer American stunt.

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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    02/07/09

    @wheatieboy:


    "Yes they failed but it certainly was an attempt to copy an older American stunt."

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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    02/06/09

    In reply to Dear Canada: Leave The Pranks To Us
    UBC Engineers have been doing this every year for decades. The stunt goes back to, I'd say at least the mid-1970s. They are the originals.


    My personal favourite was when they somehow broke down a Beetle, broke into the Dean's office, carried it in, and reassembled the entire car. Quickly enough that they did it between the security guard's half-hourly rounds.


    Beetles have also been found atop GM Place, atop BC Place Stadium, and, I believe, inside a SkyTrain.

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    Image of theeastbaykid theeastbaykid
    02/06/09

    @Deartháir: Your personal what?
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    Image of Jo Schmo Jo Schmo
    02/06/09

    @Deartháir: They stole that stunt from Weird Science
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    02/06/09

    @Jo Schmo *Now with 30% more obscure references: I didn't think Weird Science was around in 1999...
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    02/06/09

    @Deartháir: I think someone did that at Michigan State when my dad was there.
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    Image of Jon Jon
    02/06/09

    @Deartháir: The original Weird Science movie was 1985: [www.imdb.com]


    But that's not the movie they stole it from. They stole it from Real Genius (also 1985, and way better): [www.imdb.com]


    Real Genius did it better, too, because they used a Citroen.


    Real Genius, of course, was loosely based on the pranks pulled at California Institute of Technology, likely dating back to the 60's - 50's.


    Crap, I know a lot of useless info.

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    Image of Jo Schmo Jo Schmo
    02/06/09

    @Jon: Thank you for the clarification and I was referring to Real Genius. Stupid Friday afternoon stuck at work...


    oh and heart-clicky for you pal

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    Image of Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing
    02/06/09

    @Jon:

    Absolutely true. Caltech is well-documented as having done countless pranks, including disassembling a prof's MG and reassembling it on a building's rooftop, AND hacking the Rose Bowl's electronic scoreboard on New Years 1984 (my Junior year there as an undergrad).


    Sadly, the Olympics were coming to L.A. in summer of 1984, and security concerns were at a high level. The hack embarrassed some important people at a very bad time, and the poor students were prosecuted mercilessly. Reminiscent of the hacked traffic signs this week, eh? No one has a sense of humor anymore.

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    Image of Bumblebee Bumblebee
    02/06/09

    In reply to Dear Canada: Leave The Pranks To Us
    Hey, if you pull out all the italicized words... they don't form a coherent thought.


    ?

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    Image of littleYodaPickup littleYodaPickup
    02/06/09

    @Bumblebee: I was thinking maybe the posting was a Mad-Lib?
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    02/06/09

    @littleYodaPickup dont need no man step: Most of Diddles posts are barely a step above MadLibs.
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    Image of Landau_Calrissian loves our President Camacho. Landau_Calrissian loves our President Camacho.
    02/06/09

    @Bumblebee: It's because they're all spelled correctly and not in canadian!
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    Image of Triborough Triborough
    02/06/09

    @Landau_Calrissian is a Plastic Paddy: No, they are spelled incorrectly and are in American!
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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    02/06/09

    @Triborough: What are you talking aboot?
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    02/07/09

    @Bumblebee: So You Think It's Good, Yeah?
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