Happy Canada Day, eh? - DPChallenge Forums

07/02/2015 08:23:39 AM · #26

I grew up in nova scotia; if it's not "deep fried chicken" it's "deep fried potatoes" or "deep fried turkey" or "deep fried...." well, anything. Nova Scotia's signature dish is deep frying normal things.
Deep fried candy bars? Yup.
Deep fried hot dogs? Sure.
Deep fried ice cream? Yup, they've got it.

jgirl57

07/02/2015 08:26:07 AM · #27

love deep fried ice cream... that candy sounds really gross ewwwwwweeeeee

07/02/2015 09:04:37 AM · #28

yeah...and if it's not deep fried, it's boiled, or baked-to-sh!t overdone in a lot of places.
one of the "go to" meals growing up was "boiled dinner" - corned beef, cabbage, potatoes, turnip, carrots, peas, and a few other random vegetables (based on who is cooking) all cooked together in a big pot until you can't tell one taste from another, and then instead of draining the water, they put it in a gravy boat to pour over their meals again. ugh. couldn't stand it then, and the thought of it turns my stomach now.

hooray though, I live in Ontario now, where people are normal! :)

07/02/2015 09:25:40 AM · #29

Believe me, I like Canada as much as the next person, many fond memories in Toronto and Montreal.

But none of the food mentioned sounds the least bit photogenic. Poutine, if done right, tastes like heaven, but looks like vomit.

I'm not "poutine" that in my picture!

Here is what I think you have to do(for the Americans out there)-

Take an American shot but avoid typical American sterotypes, or anything that might be seen in a country music video,
and then, make the shot more polite, slightly more British, and/or hockey themed.

Or take a picture of Nickelback, the hotel du chateau frontenac quebec, or any of the actors from the Trailer Park Boys.

Message edited by author 2015-07-02 09:26:15.

07/02/2015 09:44:05 AM · #30

yeah, I'd avoid food, unless you're taking a picture of a lobster or maple syrup.

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07/02/2015 10:01:46 AM · #31

Originally posted by RyanW:

yeah, I'd avoid food, unless you're taking a picture of a lobster or maple syrup.

Sounds like a good combo.

aliqui

Nikon D300s

07/02/2015 11:45:30 AM · #32

Seeing as I just moved to Canada this month, I feel like this should be a mandatory challenge for me. Ugh... hmmm.

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

07/02/2015 11:54:44 AM · #33

How Canada is perceived around the world
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My PERSONAL favorite "fun fact" is that Canada consumes more Macaroni and Cheese (or as we call it here Kraft Dinner, or KD) than anywhere else, up to 55% more than Americans.
of 7 Million boxes sold weekly World-Wide, Canada purchases 1.7 million. Yup - we love our cheesy pasta.

My least favorite fact I saw in these pages is "The first Canadian casualties of the Afghanistan war were from an American pilot bombing a training exercise"

Message edited by author 2015-07-02 12:07:09.

MarkB

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07/02/2015 01:11:32 PM · #34

I'm going to take a picture of a canoe with outriggers ;-)

Bear_Music

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07/02/2015 01:55:44 PM · #35

This explains a lot :-)

"Large parts of Canada have less gravity than the rest of Earth. The phenomenon was discovered in the 1960s."

GeneralE

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07/02/2015 02:40:54 PM · #36

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07/02/2015 03:14:37 PM · #37

Sad about the Afghanistan war fact, but in reality, for all the criticism from the North, nothing has kept Canada more safe and saved more Canadian lives, than having the belicose USA as a big neighbor.

So happy Canada day!

RayEthier

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

07/02/2015 04:35:40 PM · #38

Originally posted by blindjustice:

You do know that Canada was only invaded by one country right... any idea as to which country it was.

As much as I love our neighbours to the south, what you are advancing here is but mere speculation. Rather difficult to gauge something that never happened.

Happy 4th in a few days.

Ray

Message edited by author 2015-07-02 16:35:54.

tnun

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07/02/2015 05:08:34 PM · #39

thank you Ray. truly we have more to concern ourselves about in Canada than wafer thin hypothetical threats to our sovereignty from outside North America. some Canadians seem to want to give this country away - its water, its resources, its peacableness, its responsibility to ALL its citizens, its respect for privacy, its resistance to fear mongering.

yeah. happy fourth, you guys. every now and then you get it right too.

nam

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07/02/2015 08:23:15 PM · #40

Honestly not aimed at anyone in particular because I love you all, but could we keep the pokes and jabs to the Trash Talk Thread (where they don't seem to be all that popular, either) and celebrate WITH one another?

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07/02/2015 08:59:33 PM · #41

Originally posted by RayEthier:

Originally posted by blindjustice:
Sad about the Afghanistan war fact, but in reality, for all the criticism from the North, nothing has kept Canada more safe and saved more Canadian lives, than having the belicose USA as a big neighbor.

So happy Canada day!

You do know that Canada was only invaded by one country right... any idea as to which country it was.

As much as I love our neighbours to the south, what you are advancing here is but mere speculation. Rather difficult to gauge something that never happened.

Happy 4th in a few days.

Ray

As I hit post, i knew it would spark you up Ray, but Happy Canada Day nonetheless, and on the 4th we will certainly think well of our Canadian friends, despite being on the wrong side of the revolution, if there even was a Canada then!
Cheers!

Eta-Sorry Nikki, but this goes deep into why there even is this challenge. I am not a flag waiving 'mercan, but sometimes the negativity needs a response...

Message edited by author 2015-07-02 21:03:29.

sfalice

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07/02/2015 09:29:56 PM · #42

You know, last year, when a speed challenge that centered on "the 4th of July" was announced, there was more than a little comment about a lack of days celebrating other national days. It's all in this thread. and it specifically referred to Canada Day...

It occurred to me then, and was confirmed now, that

Langdon put those comments in his date book. Nice to see a country-specific challenge other than the USA in the mix.
:)

FocusPoint

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07/02/2015 10:04:48 PM · #43

This will be a "goose chase" for me (wink wink)

nam

Sony DSLR-A580

07/02/2015 11:54:06 PM · #44

Just don't call them Canadian geese as so many do. It's Canada goose or Canada geese, never Canadian goose/geese. That's just what they are called.

Originally posted by FocusPoint:

This will be a "goose chase" for me (wink wink)

FocusPoint

XIAOMI Redmi Note 8 Pro

07/03/2015 02:36:27 PM · #45

Originally posted by nam:

Just don't call them Canadian geese as so many do. It's Canada goose or Canada geese, never Canadian goose/geese. That's just what they are called.

Originally posted by FocusPoint:
This will be a "goose chase" for me (wink wink)

I thought it was Canadian, since they go "eh..eh..eh...eeeeeh..." When they call :-/