Any thoughts for ‘indian giver’? Obviously super racist, but the meaning is widely known. Ican’t think of a phrase to replace it, so I just end up with awkward dead air when I’m talking.

Dunno, did he sound ‘rad’?

And now I have a nice little rabbit hole to fall down!

Touché. And truely the Mr is the winesnob. I don’t really even drink :(

Oh for sure! The goofy/regular/switch thing was terrible, and I actually know what that all means. There was some explanation of the different grabs (indie, cab, etc.) but no explanation of why riders make those choices - rotation, degree of difficulty, having one arm longer than the other...I still don’t know!

If they’d paired him with a more traditional announcer, it might have worked better. McMorris was a little too inside snowboarding to not have someone along to translate.

I’m sure he’s a great boarder, but he was basically unintelligible. I had to keep translating for Mr. Winesnob, who does not snowboard, and I was baffled a whole bunch of times.

It was terrible. You could almost watch the riders getting pushed back mid jump. Just about everyone landed flat at one point or another.

It covers the two reliably nice months in Canada: July and August. Any other month could have a snow storm, depending on where you live.

Also, unlike other sports, there’s no season. I got fatigue because there’s no end and no resolution, just event, event, event. The sport I care about most is hockey, with an 82 game season and endless playoffs, but there’s still an off season. So when the weather gets cold, I can look forward to the return of hockey,…

Even high school me appreciated the safe sex message in that track.

Touché. Mr. Winesnob has had some success being stationary with a pair of Columbia boots (literally standing for hours on an ice rink), but he also generates more heat than I do. Short electric boot warmers, you’re probably stuck with stamping and jumping.

Your sorels aren’t up to the task? I’m rocking mine today in the snow and toasty warm. Mind you, I sprang for the ones rated -40c, so....

Canadian here: having a baby probably cost me less than $100. All of that in parking fees. My second kid will likely be a bit more expensive as I’m hoping for a private room. So about $350, except that we have extra benefits from Mr. Snob’s work, so really more like $75.

Charring is perhaps an over statement. More like baking on. It’s not burned, and still edible, but a beast to clean up.

Thanks! I think you’ve described half of all my cooking issues - cooking while distracted.

I’ve made this a few times, and it’s good, but not worth the hassle of cleaning the pot after. How do you keep it from charring? Non-stick pot?

Amazingly, I’ve never seen this video before, but I sure know all the lyrics.

I watched it today, and might actually REWATCH it. To be clear: last week’s episode was a hot mess, the last season finale was also a hot mess. The weremonster one from last season was the only one I actually enjoyed.

Would that all Canadians recognized this obligation. I find it can be sadly lacking these days, as the ‘me first’ types try to take over public discourse. Some of the rhetoric surrounding Syrian refugees in particular was disgusting. I don’t always love Trudeau, but I’m glad he made it clear that it was our duty to…