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<strong>Title: </strong> <a href="/link.php?id=19845" target="_blank">British writer rips Winnipeg</a> (click to view)

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<strong>Posted By: </strong> <a href="/modules.php?name=Your_Account&op=userinfo&username=Alta_redneck" target="_blank">Alta_redneck</a>
<strong>Date: </strong> 2007-03-11 07:07:48
<strong>Canadian</strong>

[rockindel1]

this coming from the country that blindly follows the americans into war like puppets of GWB, whos dental hygine makes the wolfman look like a poster child for good dentistry, and the only place in the world that deep fries toast and chocolate bars, yea... they are in a position to criticize

[Wullu]

And once again, we find ourselves flushed with righteous indignation over what someone in another country thinks or says of us. Will we ever fucking grow up? Ever?

[Arctic_Menace]

Winnipeg is splattered with the blood of baby seals? He just lost any possibly credibility.

[Blue_Nose]

I think this was an excellent reaction by the mayor:

"It's not really deserving of a comment. It's absolutely ludicrous. It appears his sense of humour is not as good as he thinks it is,"

[sandorski]

Winterpeg needs to chill! err, umm, wait..

I found it funny. The inaccuracies only add to the humour.

[bootlegga]

I remember during the 2001 World Track and Field Championships some Brit writer called Edmonton Deadmonton in an article. Rather than being smart enough to ignore it, the mayor paid for tour around the city, a trip to Jasper, etc.

Seems like Winnipeg;s mayor did the right thing.

[Sherminator333]

$1:

this coming from the country that blindly follows the americans into war like puppets of GWB, whos dental hygine makes the wolfman look like a poster child for good dentistry, and the only place in the world that deep fries toast and chocolate bars, yea... they are in a position to criticize

Canadian beer isn't that bad, beats crap like Budweiser anyway.
Deep fried chocolate bars, that's a bit rich coming from the people that gave the world poutine!

[Scrappy]

Wow seals in Winterpeg, how'd they get there? Did the tree huggers airvac them off NFL in the dead of night to save them?

[Arctic_Menace]

$1:

Wow seals in Winterpeg, how'd they get there? Did the tree huggers airvac them off NFL in the dead of night to save them?

[ShepherdsDog]

Seals? They don't even have those at Assiniboine Park. The only seals I've seen in Winnipeg were at the Red River Ex. What's next the Beachcombers of Churchill are environmentally concious? Relic hit a polar bear with his jet boat. Nick the Greek is molesting Jesse in the residential schools?

[Mr_Canada old]

$1:

One paragraph reads: "Winnipeg. The very name conjures up ghastly images of tumbleweed rolling across a snowy wasteland splattered with the blood of dead baby seals, dreadful beer with a dash of maple syrup and a Prime Minister who speaks French. What could possibly be worse?"

Thomas, who has never visited this country, said the insults were meant to be tongue-in-cheek.

That's one hell of a tongue-in-cheek comment! An actual reporter?

I wouldn't trust this guy if I KNEW it was true now. If he told me that clouds are made of water, I'd go find another source,

$1:

"No offence intended. You should see what we say about your chums to the south ... "

First, what else have you said about Canada?

Then maybe we can see some of thee... uh... jokes about your buddies to the south....

$1:

Thomas also refers to Winnipeg as a "hick town in possibly the third-worldishest first-world country on the planet."

Maybe someone took a picture of a garbage can in New York, sent it to this guy and told him is was Winnipeg? I don't know how he got this image.

[jazzman]

Hmm, sounds like GB.