In the neighbourhood called (accurately enough) Ottawa South, off Bank Street just south of the Glebe.
Xander: I still don't get why we came here to get info about a killer snot monster. Giles: Because it's a killer snot monster from outer space. I did not say that.
'Never Leave Me'
Atlantic Canadian Monday Madness
[NAFDA] We used to get Buffy the day before everyone else, now we get Angel a week after everyone else. And Firefly every Monday!
Dani - Jun 29, 2004 11:12:24 am PDT #6403 of 6793
I believe vampires are the world's greatest golfers
Ouise - Jun 29, 2004 11:51:48 am PDT #6404 of 6793
Socks are a running theme throughout the series. They are used as symbols of freedom, redemption and love.
I was really enjoying some of the riding names. My favourites were (of course) from Newfoundland: Random-Burin-St. George and Bonavista-Exploits.
Jon B. - Jun 29, 2004 12:02:28 pm PDT #6405 of 6793
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I just like that you call your districts "ridings".
Karl - Jun 29, 2004 12:57:57 pm PDT #6406 of 6793
I adore all you motherfuckers so much -- PMM.
t relocating from Natter
Dani, you said that Canadians don't do formal coalition governments? But I thought that 'free votes' (where one does not vote along party lines) were almost unheard of in the Canadian House of Commons? How in the world do you govern without a formal coalition, then, if you're not dealing with a whole party at once?
Sue - Jun 29, 2004 3:43:45 pm PDT #6407 of 6793
hip deep in pie
Not Dani but :
I think Dani might have meant that there are no true coalition gov'ts where parties merge and appoint cabinet members cross party lines. Our minorities usually have one party in power that is making deals iwth one or more other parties to ensure votes go their way.
Parties do expect their Members to vote along party lines in the House, but there are occasionally free votes.
Karl - Jun 29, 2004 3:49:03 pm PDT #6408 of 6793
I adore all you motherfuckers so much -- PMM.
Wow, that's an awful lot of constantly re-negotiated horse-trading.
Sue - Jun 29, 2004 3:57:50 pm PDT #6409 of 6793
hip deep in pie
Yes, yes it is. And the Liberals and NDP together are one vote short of having a majority in the House anyway, so there will be a lot of horse trading, methinks. Or free vacations for Conservatives on days of big votes.
Dani - Jun 30, 2004 6:33:36 am PDT #6410 of 6793
I believe vampires are the world's greatest golfers
Karl: what Sue said.
I've always been fond of Carlington-Scugog-Uxbridge as a riding name. And what exactly is Kings-Hants short for?
For Jon:
riding (n) a Canadian term for an electoral district. There are 308 electoral districts or ridings. Origin is Scandinavian and Old English. There are two possible histories of the phrase; both trace to Yorkshire in England. One history has the old Norse word "triding" meaning one-third, which evolved into riding over time. Yorkshire was once divided into three administrative divisions or ridings.
Also, the Yorkshire custom of "Riding the Stang" meant a person to be held up for public ridicule (especially for wife-beating) was placed on a pole or scaffold ("stang") and carried around to be insulted and jeered. The pejorative term "riding" came to mean rural, unsophisticated, countryside.
Huh, I thought the UK had "ridings" too, but apparently not - they have "wards."
Sue - Jun 30, 2004 6:42:03 am PDT #6411 of 6793
hip deep in pie
Kings and Hants are the counties that the riding covers.
Jon B. - Jun 30, 2004 6:51:21 am PDT #6412 of 6793
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
"Riding the Stang" would make a great album title.