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    Lots of World Events in Edmonton lately...

    A comment on the "hate us" thread got me thinking. A lot of people living in big cities point out that there are "other things to do than go to the football game" as a partial explanation why their team doesn't sell out their stadiums.

    This invariably leaves residents of the smaller cities lucky enough to have a CFL to get what I call "little man syndrome" and puff out their chests to proclaim "We can do exactly what you can, only we have a proportionally fewer number".


    Normally, I agree with this latter position.


    But then I was thinking back to events we've had lately. WORLD CUP events, WORLD CUP stops, or WORLD CLASS events.

    ITU Triathalon World Cup stop
    World Rugby Cup
    Grand Prix
    World Squash Cup
    (next summer) FIFA U-20 World Championships
    Largest Fringe Festival in North America (2nd in the world)
    Edmonton International Film Festival

    Hell...even look at the Phantom of the Opera and the new Cirque du Soleil productions...and all this (with the exception of soccer) just in the past MONTH!!!!



    Looking at this...have to say...sure makes me PROUD to live in Edmonton. I didn't really realize how international we are. And I ALSO wonder how many people don't quite appreciate that fact!
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    Re: Lots of World Events in Edmonton lately...

    I envy that. That is another reason why Sask can blow. NOTHING comes here. And whooppee, about the Stones.

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      #3
      Re: Lots of World Events in Edmonton lately...

      Edmonton is an interesting city. It's not the most aesthetically pleasing city I've spent time in, but it does have the biggest heart. People here are passionate. They cheer more, help more, are more charitable, but also fight more, kill more and swear more!

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        Re: Lots of World Events in Edmonton lately...

        swear more!

        ****ING EH!!!

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          Re: Lots of World Events in Edmonton lately...

          I want to bang my head every time I open a paper down here and Alberta news is all Calgary all the time (I'm particularly looking at you G&M)

          I told someone here that I was a UofA grad - they said "so that's in Calgary right?" I said "no - it's in Edmonton".

          I suppressed my inside voice that was saying "no you f*ckwit it's the 98 year old institution located in the Edmonton - you know the one with those other Green and Gold champions as well! And there's a bunch more to the city than the mall...it isn't some godforsaken outpost...at least it's got some politicians with forward-thinking balls who don't have to ship their trash to Michigan"
          Last edited by Steve Vale; 09-29-2006, 02:42 PM.
          There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.

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            Re: Lots of World Events in Edmonton lately...

            I told someone here that I was a UofA grad - they said "so that's in Calgary right?" I said "no - it's in Edmonton".
            the UofC was originally just a campus extension of the previously founded UofA in Edmonton. It was originally called the University of Alberta Calgary campus
            Before you insult a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you insult him, you'll be a mile away, and have his shoes.

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              Re: Lots of World Events in Edmonton lately...

              Originally posted by Opus
              the UofC was originally just a campus extension of the previously founded UofA in Edmonton. It was originally called the University of Alberta Calgary campus
              I know. I coulda done that, but I didn't want to annoy him too much since we were splitting the cost of a pitcher of beer - I didn't want to be left with the entire bill
              There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.

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                Re: Lots of World Events in Edmonton lately...

                wise man
                Before you insult a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you insult him, you'll be a mile away, and have his shoes.

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                  #9
                  Re: Lots of World Events in Edmonton lately...

                  I wish we were still called the Alberta Oilers....just to frost the city of cows.

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