Canadian GB?

[GTX_Admin]

Folks,

Rather than run a new poll, I propose the next Group Build be a "Canadian GB" given this option came a very close second in our last poll.  If anyone has an issue with this, please speak up.  Please also speak up if you are willing to moderate it.

Poll will probably commence 1 August, so this weekend.

[Mig Eater]

O Canada!

[GTX_Admin]

Well that's one.  Calling all Canadians, time to step up to moderate.

[Kerick]

I have a project all lined up for that including decals. I say let’s do it!

[apophenia]

... Calling all Canadians, time to step up to moderate.

And we always answer the call!  Count me in for moderating duties 

[Litvyak]

1. How long would this run?

2. Would AltBC stuff count?

[Jeffry Fontaine]

Canadian GB!  All your bases belong to us! 

[apophenia]

... Would AltBC stuff count?

Yes, if I have a say. So, just one more good reason to vote for me if moderator choices come to scrap 

[apophenia]

Canadian GB!  All your bases belong to us!

Come and get 'em, eh ... but first, rise for one of our alternative National Anthems:

"Sucked in by the victim world; Thirsty as a cultured pearl;
Culled and wooed, bitten, chewed; It won't hurt if you don't move ..."

[GTX_Admin]

1. How long would this run?

I'm thinking 3mths

[GTX_Admin]

... Calling all Canadians, time to step up to moderate.

And we always answer the call!  Count me in for moderating duties 

Done!

[Litvyak]

1. How long would this run?

I'm thinking 3mths

Sweet. And would something in my Independent British Columbia universe fit?

[apophenia]

It is now official. I have been assigned the near-limitless powers as Moderator of the Canadian Group Build! (Feel free to genuflect now if hoping for moderatorial beneficence in future.)

Sweet. And would something in my Independent British Columbia universe fit?

Litvyak: Yes. Your Independent BC fits. (I'd say any scenario based with the boundaries of RW Confederation fits.)

Jeffry Fontaine: Brace yourself for a barrage of Canadian quotes/lyrics. On the latter, we're talking The Guess Who, DOA, DGA, Stan Rogers, The 'Hip, Alanis Morissette ... the lot. And, remember folks, it is all Jeff's fault 

[Jeffry Fontaine]

Hey, that All Your Bases Belong To Us was not in any way meant to Dis this GB.  It was my attempt at showing support through an ancient internet meme. 

Also, congratulations on you new responsibilities! 

[apophenia]

Hey, that All Your Bases Belong To Us was not in any way meant to Dis this GB.  It was my attempt at showing support through an ancient internet meme...

Nah, I took it as a good-natured jibe, Jeff ... but I had no idea of your phrase's background! Had to look it up:

-- https://www.podcastawesome.com/2092855/episodes/17087901-set-us-up-the-meme-the-strange-tale-of-all-your-base

That is frickin' awesome! Still, any day is a good day to quote The Tragically Hip ... so, you're welcome! 

[Litvyak]

I had no idea of your phrase's background! Had to look it up:

All Your Base is like, the definitional meme for us Xennials (and also the OG Internet Meme)

[Old Wombat]

Jeffry Fontaine: Brace yourself for a barrage of Canadian quotes/lyrics. On the latter, we're talking The Guess Who, DOA, DGA, Stan Rogers, The 'Hip, Alanis Morissette ... the lot. And, remember folks, it is all Jeff's fault 

Even THIS?

 

[Dr. YoKai]

 Much that I am today, I owe to watching the CBC out of Winnepeg in the 70's. (Went to HS in North Dakota.) I'm in

[apophenia]

All Your Base is like, the definitional meme for us Xennials (and also the OG Internet Meme)

And now I feel even older! From context, I was pretty sure that 'OG' wasn't a reference to an Officer of the Guard.

(For other Boomers as clueless as me, the Cambridge Dictionary assures me that, here, 'OG' just means original -- initially standing for 'Original Gangster'.)

[apophenia]

Even THIS?

"Danser"! Absolutely, gotta include Montréal's Men Without Hats ...

"We can leave your friends behind; 'Cause your friends don't dance;
And if they don't dance; Well they're no friends of mine" - MWH (Safety Dance)

And then there's:

"Johnny played guitar, Jenny played bass; Name of the band is The Human Race" - MWH (Pop Goes the World)

Much that I am today, I owe to watching the CBC out of Winnepeg in the 70's. (Went to HS in North Dakota.) I'm in

Welcome aboard, Doc'!  And speaking of The 'Peg ... The Guess Who said:

"Moose Jaw saw a few, Moosomin too; Runnin' back to Saskatoon; Red Deer, Terrace and Medicine Hat; Sing another prairie tune ..."  although I was never quite sure how Terrace snuck onto a list of Prairie towns