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Bud Shootout - Flu-Like Symptoms Bring Happy Back to Harvick | | By Carol Einarsson | 02/09/2010 | Category: Cheers and Jeers | | | CHEERS to the new and improved RACE DAY built by the Home Depot! Kyle Petty as the middle man is perfect, and guarantees increased viewership. And we like the fuller head of hair on Herman, courtesy of his new transplant.
CHEERS to Hershey’s milk and milkshakes. I wonder how much extra chocolate milk they’ve sold in the past week.
CHEERS to the Clydesdales at the track. Who doesn’t love that? Especially since they’re at Daytona even before their new Super Bowl ad premiers. You saw ‘em here first!
CHEERS to NASCAR listening to the drivers and NOT taking away the yellow line rule. Some things just make sense, and that’s a good rule.
CHEERS to replaying the Daytona footage of the infamous scuffle, “And there’s a fight!”
CHEERS to Mark Martin on the pole for his 50th Daytona race.
CHEERS to Kevin Harvick looking like he’s feeling better. Nice to see him at the track, better late than never. I wonder, though, why we’re all calling his ailment “flu-like symptoms” rather than just saying he had the flu? Is FLS a new disease?
CHEERS to opening the door on stage and letting them out all at once to stand together for introductions. See, we can still do this because nobody hates anyone else yet. Ahhh… the start of a new season!
CHEERS to the unspoken finish to a sentence. Denny said, “We don’t want to tear up this race car…” and it sounded as though the unspoken part was “…but we will if we have to!”
CHEERS to the verbal competition at the start of the FOX broadcast. “It’s going to start with me in victory lane… no, me… no, ME…”
CHEERS to DW’s easy summation of what it means for NASCAR to loosen the reins on the drivers. “It means you don’t have to apologize.” I wonder if it also means that you don’t have to make excuses like your brakes failed or your throttle hung or you got side-loose.
CHEERS to “Welcome to the center of the universe…” Only in February. If it were August, the center of the universe would have already shifted to Bristol, Tennessee.
CHEERS to the Zac Brown Band!! I liked their pre-race concert, and we really liked their a capella anthem presentation!!
CHEERS to Bobby in red. It’ll take some getting used to, but maybe we can adapt. How nice to see big brother standing there to wish him well, too!
CHEERS to Mike, Larry, and Darrell. I wonder if they know they all look thinner in HD.
JEERS to not telling us who the four eligible drivers are that aren’t in the race. That would have been nice info to know without looking it up.
CHEERS to another year not letting us down as DW’s connection to the in-car fails to work on the first try.
CHEERS to Mike Joy reading my mind! Geoff Bodine, Bill Elliott, Terry Labonte, and Sterling Marlin are the four missing of those that were eligible.
CHEERS to the history of this race dating back to the Busch Clash, but JEERS that it’s no longer last year’s pole sitters.
CHEERS to the first green flag. Did Darrell drop a Boogity there by mistake?
CHEERS to the pack in the back (because when I called them a backpack, it just sounded weird.) We wish the director would just hold a camera there for a minute, though, because there are five cars in two rows and Kurt Busch doesn’t seem very happy with JPM to his inside.
JEERS to some kind of change in Junior’s car 20 laps in. So nothing has changed during the off season, right?
CHEERS to a yellow-line strategy. Dip a wheel below the line to scare the guy in front of you off of it. Then when he moves up, you pull to the right of the line so you’re legal, and drive on by. I guess with the relaxing of NASCAR, we won’t be hearing about “in the act of passing”, right?
CHEERS to a 51 car missing everything that can cause the worst damage to his car. JEERS to a costly way to remove window tear-offs, though.
CHEERS to “Pave it all, take away all the yellow lines, and let ‘em race….. That wouldn’t be a good idea; I just said that.”
CHEERS to the long shot of gas cans shaking, and crews running around like crazy as though they were pitting under green.
CHEERS to the improvisation of the 14 team. Lost a piece? Run to the garage to get one. Locked out? Jump the fence. Tired out? Hand off to the next runner. VERY nice sprinting through the pits to get that piece back on the car! I was waiting for someone to be either impaled or decapitated, though.
CHEERS to that break coming just in time before the cut in Harvick’s rear tire caused a problem. Rather be lucky than good, right?
CHEERS to Jamie McMurray, a contender. At least until he finishes second again. Maybe this time it’ll be different. And CHEERS to Mike Joy’s Bass Pro Shops reference, “Here comes McMurray, hook, line, and sinker!”
JEERS to speed never looking so fast as when a car is flying through the Daytona grass. And CHEERS to Darrell Waltrip’s “Hang on Sloopy” reference. Raise your hand if you immediately recalled the tune.
CHEERS to the Visa commercial reminding us of one of the best Olympic come-backs ever, and putting tears in our eyes within their 30-second time slot. Dan Jansen skating a victory lap with his daughter Jane.
JEERS to “Jamie had trouble getting up to speed…” Actually, he accidentally turned off his car. Oops.
CHEERS to Jeff Burton doing everything but wrecking… well, until just now.
CHEERS to customers in Buttheadistan. “Sssshhhh….”
CHEERS to Smoke and Harvick up front. If Tony wins, we get all kinds of references about how his victory fence-climbing helped win today by giving that example to his crewman. If Harvick wins, he does so after never practicing that car and having it set-up by his teammates.
JEERS to presuming JJ is trying to get to the front to help Jeff Gordon. I have a greater suspicion he’s trying to get to the front to help himself, not his teammate.
JEERS to “Mark Martin’s car stopped running.” Well that’s an interesting diagnostic.
CHEERS to the racing strategies of Juan Pablo Montoya. If you think he’s helping you, you’re mistaken.
CHEERS to on the edge of our seats racing. McMurray takes the lead with his new team, Harvick who spent the practice days puking, Tony who had a piece fall off in the first segment… it’s anyone’s game. Well, except Derrike Cope, of course.
JEERS to more trouble for Michael Waltrip. Flyin’ Ryan’s flyin’ right through NAPA.
CHEERS to “They left Biffle out on the race track,” giving us the idea that poor Greg just had a big practical joke played on him.
CHEERS to the benefit to the leaders being that “the pack of animals behind them has to go two and a half miles without wrecking.”
JEERS and WOW… Gordon wrecked Biffle? If he had a flat tire, it happened after Gordon wrecked him. Lift a guy off the ground like that, and what happens? You wreck the field. And wasn’t last year’s plate debacle over NASCAR restricting bump drafting all because Jeff Gordon went to the governing body with concerns?
JEERS to catching Schrader up in that mess, too. I wonder if Jeff Gordon finally realized that he won more when all the fans hated him, and he’s trying to get back to that life.
CHEERS to Kevin Harvick, fourth driver to win back-to-back shootouts, and maybe the first driver to ever win without practicing.
CHEERS to smiles all around, but JEERS to that wet droplet of Budweiser on the camera that made Monica look like she was in the witness protection program.
CHEERS to people standing around with cameras, but I always wonder what they do with pictures of driver’s backs. “And this is the back of Kasey Kahne. And here’s the back of Jeff Burton. This one is the back of Carl Edwards…”
And finally,
CHEERS to “a sick little man won the race.” There’s no better cure for ANY illness than a big ol’ trophy to take home! I worry, though, with how superstitious drivers can be… might Kevin find a way to make himself vomit every Thursday and Friday just so his teammates will practice his car for him?
| | | Comments: | | CHEERS to Carol for catching me up on the race. The entry rules were to contrived for me to be interested and watch it.
Instead of backpack you could go British/open wheel and say back markers.
CHEERS to U tube (this is not a commercial) that let me see the interesting parts of the race.
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| | "CHEERS to smiles all around, but JEERS to that wet droplet of Budweiser on the camera that made Monica look like she was in the witness protection program."
That was HILARIOUS!!!!!!! and the camera kept moving to block her face! I have no idea what Harvick said, cause I was laughing so hard at that! lol!!! |
| | I'll accept the JEERS to Gordon, he did get too pushy and got in the back of Biffle(although I will add that if there is any time where getting pushy might be acceptable it's on the last couple of laps when you are going for the win). Perhaps Biffle being on old tires also factored in although that does not absolve Gordon of blame.
What I do find interesting by it's absence is no Jeer of mention of Mark Martin taking out Kurt Busch. Guess you were in the kitchen getting some refreshments when that happened.
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| | @ BillB-
Mark manned up and took blame for taking out Kurt.
I dunno about Carol, but I find it hard to JEERS a man that owns his mistake.
Along those lines, I also find it hard to JEERS a man (even one that I love to JEERS) for being overly aggressive with less than 2 laps to go. That's when all the cards are on the table and it is time to make things happen if you want to win.
I may not CHEERS either for those specific action, but not sure either deserves a JEERS. my $.02 :) |
| | @eddo,
I can agree with that. It's a very fair assessment.
Did Jeff get a chance to own up to his mistake afterward. I didn't get a chance to watch the postrace show because I had to go out and shovel the 2 feet of snow we were getting pummelled with. |
| | | CHEERS to Zac Brown Band for a great national anthem, but JEERS to Zac Brown for not taking off his stocking cap!!! |
| | | I still don't understand why the rule said it would finish under a green flag and then it didn't. |
| | | CHEERS to Zac Brown Band for a great national anthem, but JEERS to Zac Brown for not taking off his stocking cap!!! |
| | CHEERS to the Shootout! Where all rules... sorta kinda go out the window!! No points, lets race!
CHEERS to all of the pre race festivities, I loved it all! Zac Brown is awesome!
JEERS to your JEERS of Jeff Gordon... it was a non points race, within a GWC, so you go for it!! Yes, Jeff was the lead advocate of tighter restrictions on bump drafting, but Nascar lifted all restrictions, sooooo.... that point is mute now.
Also, just a quick note, Biffle has stated that the tire was going down prior to Jeff's push.
JEERS once again to your silly comment about Jeff "realizing that he won more when the fans hated him, and that he is trying to get back to that life"... lol That is simply the most ridiculous comment ever, it was a non points race, where drivers typically take risk they might not normally take... I think your going a little overboard here.
CHEERS to Kevin Harvick, winning the race, and feeling better! WTG! Nice to him starting off the season with a win! Even if it is a non points win, maybe this will carry over!
CHEERS to the 500 this Sunday!! I think we will see a different mind set with the teams, playing it a little more conservative, until the last lap of course!
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| | | dawnp223's observation got me wondering... What is the situation with wigs & toupees with respect to the national anthem? Techncially it a hat made of hair. Is there any provision in the official rules of the national anthem that specifically addresses that? LOL |
| | Hi Carol,
You wrote: "I wonder, though, why we’re all calling his ailment “flu-like symptoms” rather than just saying he had the flu? Is FLS a new disease?"
I think this started with all the paranoia about swine flu last year. The gov't wanted to track the progress of the "epidemic", so they wanted folks with flu to be tested to see if it was swine flu, some other flu, or something else entirely. Since the test takes a week, they started referring to people who didn't have results yet as having "flu like symptoms".
And you wrote: "CHEERS to the Zac Brown Band!! I liked their pre-race concert, and we really liked their a capella anthem presentation!!"
I liked the anthem, which was well done, but the rest of it struck me as "don't quit your day jobs". Different tastes for different folks, I guess.
Also you wrote: "CHEERS to Mike Joy reading my mind! Geoff Bodine, Bill Elliott, Terry Labonte, and Sterling Marlin are the four missing of those that were eligible."
But JEERS for not telling us why they chose not to compete, excepting for Bill.
Plus you wrote: "CHEERS to “…the six pack strangler, the St. Bernard, the flock of geese, the marsupial, the sherpa, the claw, even the more advanced Labrador Retriever.”
And CHEERS to the less-than-thrilled expression on the face of the guy who got the Labrador Retriever beer. It's the small details that make a commercial.
You also wrote: "JEERS to “Jamie had trouble getting up to speed…” Actually, he accidentally turned off his car. Oops."
Hate it when that happens. Reminds me of the time Ryan Newman wore his pit crew out trying to push-start the car, only to discover he'd accidently flipped the kill switch.
And you enscribed: "JEERS to “Mark Martin’s car stopped running.” Well that’s an interesting diagnostic."
In fairness, that's what Martin said: "I dunno, it just stopped running".
Lastly, you said: "JEERS and WOW… Gordon wrecked Biffle? If he had a flat tire, it happened after Gordon wrecked him. Lift a guy off the ground like that, and what happens? You wreck the field. And wasn’t last year’s plate debacle over NASCAR restricting bump drafting all because Jeff Gordon went to the governing body with concerns?"
I haven't figured out if that was simple bad judgement, an experiment to see how far he could push it, or a not-so-subtle statement to NASCAR. Either way, it'll be interesting to see if it affects how other drivers work in the draft with Gordon in the big race.
John
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| | @lovequilternc:
The Shootout is now run under standard NASCAR rules, meaning that they get one attempt at a GWC finish. If the yellow comes out during the GWC, then the race ends.
John
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| | | When I saw the commercial that Carol was referring to (where she mentioned me) about how to carry beers...my only thought? What a bunch of yellow striped rookies. You can only carry 6 beers? Come on now boys, I was doing that for snack time in the first grade. Rookies. |
| | CHEERS to Rob in Grade One: Yet another example of the superiority of the Canadian school system!!
JEERS to hating on JG. If you're going to get all excited about a non-points race where guys can let it all hang out, then you can't get upset when someone actually does it.
IMHO, "flu-like symptoms" sounds like the "suspect" who's shown on TV with the gun in his hands, blazing away at the police. He hasn't been convicted yet, so we don't know for sure. By the same token, you can't say Kevin Harvick actually had the flu, unless he's been tested for it. But, what if he was tested, and it was H1N1? What bucket of worms would that have opened up?
CHEERS, therefore, to Happy, and his (apparent) quick recovery. Victory Lane is the best convalescent suite in the world?
And...CHEERS to Team 29, and their big win. Practice is overrated. Testing is overrated. CHEERS to Happy's teammates for setting up the car, and to Happy for driving the wheels off of it.
CHEERS to signs of continued improvement over at RCR. Maybe this year will be the title run that we've all been looking forward to since 2001!
So...howcome the center of MY universe is Long Pond, PA???
--Mike. |
| | @giluvracing: Don't worry, the center of MY universe, much as I hate to admit it, is Fiorano, Italy, but I think there's a lot of people who bleed Rosso Corsa who would agree with me. ;-)
I must say, I do miss the old "Busch Clash" name--among other things, it didn't see my dad calling me every year from Florida to ask what the heck a "shootout" is in regards to racing--but I miss the original format even more. "All right, boys. You all won poles last year, so we know you're all fast. Fifty miles, winner gets a bunch of money, everyone else gets tires and gas. Don't kill anyone out there. Go to it!" Of course, those days died when people stopped bringing beaters to run, after realizing that they could use this as a mini-test session for the 500, and they didn't want to risk their primary car, but... |
| | @rdfox: The thing that _I_ liked about the old Busch Clash, was that I could record that race, and the ensuing Daytona 500, on the same VHS cartridge (6-hour mode) and save a tape. The current version of the race, and coverage, is two hours-plus, which I can barely edit down to a single DVD.
Of course, the coverage of everything is overblown these days. Even the Daytona 500, with its vaunted "1:00PM start time" is advertised on Fox as starting at noon, so they can get all of their fluff in.
Oh, for a return to the days of "Welcome to this weeks' NASCAR race! Here's the starting lineup, and here's the green flag!!"
--Mike. |
| | and a big JEERS to Danica, Danica, Danica. I'm sick of her name already. She thinks she's God's gift to the world and now NASCAR? Give me a break.
No, I'm not anti women in NASCAR just tired of hearing about her already. |
| | CHEERS to laughing out loud at the next race information widget at the top right hand of screen...
In 1990, Derrick Cope won. Yes, really...
LOL... |
| | @ nlittleton
Well, you mine as well get used to hearing.. Danica... because Nascar has found their next cash cow, and yet another way to garner more attention. The commentators will be talking about Danica non stop.... kinda like they have Jr for so long.
I just wonder if Danica will be another who will fall short of all the hype or if she will surprise us??? I guess we will have to wait and see... I am not holding my breath. |
| | @nlittleton,
Of course, you do realize this was a Danica-free page until your comment, right? :) |
| | I only saw a few laps of the ARCA race, but Ms. Patrick's stock-car debut went pretty much as I expected. She drove a steady race and brought the car home in one piece to a strong, albeit unwinning, finish.
The brutal truth of the matter is, as spectacular as she is on magazine covers and domain provider commercials, she's rather unspectacular as a race driver.
This can be good news, and bad news.
The good news is, on the track, she does a good job of keeping the car under her, doesn't make a lot of stupid moves, and generally finishes in the top-half of the field. She's a bit reluctant to mix it up with the fast guys on the high-banked ovals (which made Saturday's sixth-place finish a bit surprising), but she finds a place to run that's comfortable and stays right there.
She's a car-owner's dream: her "star quality" has sponsors bowing at her feet; thus, money is easier for her car owners to come by than, say, Ed Carpenter's. Also, she doesn't tear up a lot of equipment, so the cash outflow is less than, say, Milka Duno's.
The bad news is, don't expect your mantelpiece to be weighed down by a lot of trophies as long as she's in your car.
So, if you like being bored on race day, but titillated on the other six, Danica's your driver!
--Mike. |
| | Greg in Dallas,
So far you win for my favorite comment in the string! LOL
giluvracing,
Are you of the impression that Rob is Canadian?
C |
| | is Rob Canadian? If so, he hides it well. I have yet to see him add and extra "u" to words like color, check, labor, etc. ;)
as for Danica (since nlittleton just had to got here...)
I was impressed with her debut. She recovered from her spin very nicely, and while she didn't get out and lead a ton of laps or win, she held her own and learned a lot.
and that was her goal: to learn. And she did. I give her a solid A for her performance. |
| | LOL No he's not Canadian, but this is how rumors get started!
C |
| | I was just reading that one of the chnages NA$CAR is going to make is a possible revision to the green/white/checkered rule
With the new rule, NA$CAR will make sure the track is clean, run multiple green laps before waving the white and finally the checkered flag. Now I like this possibility, especially if there were say 5 laps to go when the caustion came out and they ran the 5 laps, or if it meant they would do more than one attempt.
Where it gets murky is the statement from Robin Pemberton "At least with the new rule they're going to race (one full lap of green) and then go on the white if we do this."
Exactly how does that differ from what we have now? Green lap, white lap, checkered. Has he watched a race?
Also eddo... check im Camada (assuming you mean pay variety) is "cheque. So you add a que and minus the ck. LOL
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| | JEERS to Ugly Snow
JEERS To snow last weekend.
JEERS to snow yesterday.
JEERS To maybe more snow this weekend
JEERS to maybe 20,000 without electric from last Saturday in the lower half of the state I live in. [5 0r 6 days so far]
CHEERS to the 125's today
CHEERS to the fact I still have Cable, Electric and Telephone today.
JEERS to the thought the above statement may prove to be a lie before the green flags drop today.
JEERS to the clowns that say all this blasted frozen crap on the ground is the result of global warming.
JEERS to the fact that even if I could drive a car I can't get out of my [cuss word here] front door.
May as well get out "Back to the Ice Age" and watch it today.
In the meanwhile JEERS to Snow
Jim @ Home [wishing I could see some ground] |
| | C....
I thought Rob said he was Canadian earlier on. Or, maybe it was something else. Darn this creeping senility! Darn it to heck!!
On the plus side, I'm making a whole lot of new friends every day....
Maybe it was the "beer in Grade One" that threw me off. Dunno.
Anyway, my apologies and so forth to Rob.
CHEERS that the big snowstorm missed the Luvracings' fair city low and outside. Again. I've had the snowblower out a grand total of once this year. If it stays parked in the garage, my heart would not be broken.
JEERS that other cities, not usually equipped for big snows, are being dumped on, however. We Snow Belters can snicker all we want, but if your town doesn't have proper plows, sanders, and so forth, it can be a pretty big safety issue. I'm thinking that a lot of those fire trucks don't have "Insta-Chains" installed like ours do.
Anyway...if you find yourself in one such a situation...stay inside, try to stay warm, and please stay safe. Watch the 125s. That should take your mind off things a bit.
JEERS that sports sites are blocked from my work computer -- won't be able to track the 125s from here. If you can monitor the races, please give a little cheer for Michael Waltrip and Dave Blaney for me.
--Mike. |
| | | Didn't the 125's chnage to the 150's a couple of years ago? or is my Candian brain frozen????? |
| | | That should read Canadian.. so I guess it is frozen |
| | @jim88,
I'm right there with you. I live just south of Baltimore. In the last five days we've had between 40 and 50 inches depending on who's doing the measuring. Armed with only a shovel I have moved a ton of snow if I've moved a pound. Please get here soon Spring.
@Blknight3,
Yes they are now the twin 150's. Inflation. |
| | It's 150s, not 125s??????
Great. I've flunked geography AND math in one message thread. A new low. Even for me.
Guess I'm not smarter than a fifth grader after all.
Sulking in the corner, I remain....
--Mike. |
| | @ Blknight3:
The way I heard the rumor is that the GWC rules will change to require at least one lap of green flag racing. So if there's a GWC and the caution comes out after the white, the race ends; but if the caution comes out before the white, then they'll try again.
Since most GWC to date have featured a wreck as soon as the green appears, this should be a good change (assuming it actually happens).
John
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| | @jim88
I am going to JEER your snow too, because I have been watching some of the coverage on the weather channel and it is monsterous! I feel bad for all of you that are affected by the massive snowstorms. I do hope things quickly improve for you.
Speaking of global warming.... I live in the South, in an area that rarely ever gets snow and we have actually had three little snow storms blow through here, and the weather folks are calling for snow on Sunday! Very unusual... so much for global warming. |
| | @possum
You're right. I heard during the show that they are now going to make 3 attempts at finishing the race under green They wnat the leader to take the white flag under green conditions if at all possible. |
| | I am from Canada. In fact, I am "ot in a boot" tonight (out and about) Looking for a "silver sissy" as we speak (Coors Light). Later, I am going to "sh o o t the water" (Go fishing) And of course, my fav Canadian comment. "Every woman is wrong until she cries, then she is immediately right."
I am not from Canada, but the way this winter is going, I just as well move there.
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| | Canuckville ain't so bad right now, .. living in the direct path of the infamous 'lake effect' crap... actually, we still have green stuff showing.. frozen like a rock, but, we can still see it.. And... NO !!! I do not want to trade it with you. !!!
Nascar2dozen... That's Newfie talk.. Hope that they don't see your comments. !
Eddo... lol lol.. lot's of place's for extra 'u's'... Glad to see you pick up on that, really. Gotta run over to the Shopping Centre now... :)
With this winter stuff going on, I HATE to say it, but, it is probably a good idea that they are NOT racin' in Rockingham next weekend, for all those that miss the old schedule. Studded Tire's ??? lol lol |
| | @mikeyfan: Rockingham's already got a race in this year.
Also...as I mentioned above: Insta Chains! Great for traction in the snow. Just flip the switch, and go!
Probably a couple guys down in Daytona could use a set of those....
--Mike. |
| | Rockingham was always had a bad date in the schedule- as did Richmond. Richmond's got a date later in the year, while Rockingham got dumped. 'tis a shame, really.
and LOL @ Mikefan! Take off, ya hoser! :) |
| | To eddo:
As a Canuckian, I must set you straight. It's "Take off, EH! Ya hoser" |
| | @ Nascar2dozen:
As long as you don't have a moose loose aboot the hoose you should be OK. (and as long as you're not in Quebec, home of the continent's worst drivers).
@giluvracing:
Saw those automatic tire chains out in Colorado couple of years ago. Pretty neat idea.
John
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| | @possum:
You are correct about the Quebec drivers, however, it sure makes for good Defensive Driving Habits, when you move out. :)
The only two places that I have ever seen any Moose are at the zoo, and hanging over the mantel at my hunter friend's house.
@eddo: You are absolutley right about Rockingham. The schedule hurt them so badly; oui ??? I still believe that they would have more fans there next weekend than Cali. will, even if it is still snowing there.
C'est la vie. |
| | Iff'n Y'all want to see moose, jus' cross the pond to Da Rock (Newfoundland) I think they out number people 2 - 1
@possum Quebec doesn't have the worst drivers on the continent... but after working there for a year I am sure Washington DC does. I spend 2 weeks out of every month in Quebec ( usually Montreal) and they can't hold a candle to DC |
| | @Blknight3:
"moose" is Scots (or Newffie, same language) for mouse.
Apropos of Quebecois drivers, the problem must be that the bad ones are all _here_ (south Fla), rather than infesting their native roads.
John
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| | @possum
Having just gotten back from Newfoundland, and spedning a decent amount of time there otherwise I have never heard them refer to a mouse as a moose.
A mouse lives in the house. A moose is one of them 1200 lb (600 kg) roving speeed bumps that can pop up almost anywhere on a Nfld highway. |
| | @ Blknight3:
You must not have run into anyone with a strong Scots accent.
To quote from Wikipedia: ""There's a moose loose aboot this hoose" ("There's a mouse loose about this house") is standard cliché highlighting Scottish pronunciation."
John
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| | @possum
Aye sir.... That it tis. My Grand dad on my fathers side was Scottish.
Just never heard anyone in Newfoundland promounce it that way. Of course it could also be that I'm used to it as well.
Afterall.... It's y'all that have the strange accents:)
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