o canada
After posting last night’s hockey entry, I crawled into bed and turned on the television to catch the weather forecast. The Weather Channel was airing a segment about Alberta province in Canada. The segment featured a report on the popularity of ice hockey, and the voiceover included this: “hockey is the national sport of Canada.” I’m afraid they didn’t check their facts. Most people assume ice hockey is the national sport of Canada, and it would appear to be an obvious assumption. But it’s not. Care to guess what the real national sport of Canada is? Leave your answer in the comments section.
And while I’m writing about Canadians, word has it one of my all-time favorite bloggers will be returning to Blogville this weekend. Woohoo! I’ll take one Steven over a dozen Wil Wheatons any day (adding my contribution to the Wheaton backlash…).
Actually you’re all wrong. Lacrosse is Canada’s official summer sport while hockey is Canada’s official winter sport.
And it’s the province of Alberta, not Alberta province, eh.
I am sorry Ying – but Trivial Pursuit is wrong! Lacross is not the national sport!! Anyone who has spent any time in Oh Cananda! knows it is drinking ale and fist fighting with your friends! How on earth did you think the game of hockey got started in the first place?
As in the state of Massachusetts, not Massachusetts state, eh? Makes sense to me … I stand corrected.
It has been widely misquoted that lacrosse is the national sport of Canada. It turns out that a certain Dr. George W. Beers tried to make lacrosse the national sport of Canada, but was never officially successful. To this day, hockey is the national sport of Canada.
Of course, Jack knows this because he is the Gold Medal Winner in Ale drinking, Mr. Baxter came in a close second, and I would imagine that know one knows fist fighting better than the Florida champ, DeeDee. At least it seems she has been beaten around the head a little bit, why else would she think that Coke has more sugar than Pepsi?
Shel wins … it’s lacrosse. Whodathunkit? Although he did have a slight advantage, being a sex-ay Canadian cyberqueersuperstar himself. Although Geno’s comment about “wishing they were part of the US” had me in stitches.
Ahhh, the few, the proud, the Wheaton backlash. Good to have you aboard.
I would’ve guessed football, by the way, based purely on what limited knowledge I have of Doug Flutie’s career.
If I remember correctly, it’s curling. Can this possibly be true?
I, too, feel as though it is curling, the illustrious “move stones around with brooms” sport…
It is a tie between, curling and wish they were part of the US…
No guess here. It’s Lacrosse.
And now that you have seen how g-dd-mned cold it is up here, care to come up and warm me up a bit? anyone? bueller? bueller?
Lumberjacking? Just a guess…