The Temple Bar - It's Christmas, Elfa, please come home - UYMFA!! - Page 11

BoMac · 12-31-2009, 01:02 PM

Interesting. Is that an Ontario thing? Is it done by residents regardless of ethnic background, or just a certain part of the population?

Drea · 12-31-2009, 01:09 PM

May just be an Ontario thing

I think it depends on the couple rather than ethnic background, but then again I've been to a total of 3 in my lifetime so I'm not one to go by

BoMac · 12-31-2009, 01:11 PM

I guess I'm so used to the way Italians do weddings, that I have no idea how everyone else does it. I always find it interesting to learn, though.

ladywithspinninghead · 12-31-2009, 01:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drea

It's a party - usually at a hall - to raise money for the bride and groom. Depending on the type there can just be food, music and a bar, some have raffles, my one cousin had backjack tables and a wheel (the standing ones like at a fair, not roulette), etc. I can give you the Ontario names (or at least the ones I've heard) but not sure what they're called in the rest of the country

It's usually open to the public (there's usually a sign in front of the hall saying the couple's name) as well.

They're called 'socials' in Manitoba, that I remember.

Yeah, I had to do a double-check when I read that shag part - especially after having lived in England!!

What's everyone getting up to tonight?

ladywithspinninghead · 12-31-2009, 01:23 PM

Oh, and Phil, I only joined the bar a few months ago and I ,too, wondered if you had to be Canadian but I was told it was merely a coincidence

Drea · 12-31-2009, 01:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ladywithspinninghead

What's everyone getting up to tonight?

Staying home and having a few drinks

You?

ladywithspinninghead · 12-31-2009, 02:37 PM

Nice! With friends?

Actually, Rob C. and I are going to yuk-yuks downtown!

KristenCaNaDiAn · 12-31-2009, 02:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BoMac

There's always tomorrow.

Yep

Good thing there's about a million shag explanations in this thread

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drea

Do you really want the avatar of a team that can't win the big games when they count? That lost the Stanley Cup to a team named after a freaking Disney movie? No, you want a team with history, a team that's raised the Cup several times - you want the TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS *g*

Go Sens Go

(just kidding Drea, you know I

ya regardless of your poor taste in hockey teams

)

Drea · 12-31-2009, 02:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ladywithspinninghead

Nice! With friends?

Actually, Rob C. and I are going to yuk-yuks downtown!

Nothing seems to be going on and there's no one playing tonight that I want to see - and that includes at Nathan Phillips - so I'll be at home tonight with junk food, ice cream and alcohol

BoMac · 12-31-2009, 02:45 PM

What about the Canada-USA junior game? You un-patriotic Leaf supporter you.

ladywithspinninghead · 12-31-2009, 03:02 PM

Actually, that's true - my friend is coming over to watch the game first

Had I know Drea, we could have bought you another ticket!! Oh well, I'm sure you'll have fun

So there's a guy at work I kind of fancy but he doesn't know it and he often flirts with this other girl which drives me #*@*$ing bonkers and she just invited me to her house for a drink. This should be interesting

BoMac · 12-31-2009, 03:05 PM

Yeah that does sound interesting. Good luck with that.

I'm going to be feeding my snake tonight, if you catch my drift.

Drea · 12-31-2009, 03:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BoMac

What about the Canada-USA junior game? You un-patriotic Leaf supporter you.

I was talking about music

It's a given I'll be following (somehow, as I have no cable) the game tonight, and hockey smack talking with American friends on Twitter during it

kafrun · 12-31-2009, 03:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ladywithspinninghead

What's everyone getting up to tonight?

Champagne and more pictures like my avatar(last years' NYE celebrations).

Got Philk? · 12-31-2009, 04:35 PM

So wait...there's seriously a thing called a shag?

Forgive me...

12-31-2009, 01:02 PM	#151
BoMac Self-righteous bullshitter Premium Gold Member Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Soviet Canuckistan — Socialist paradise Posts: 10,662 Local Time: 04:38 AM	Interesting. Is that an Ontario thing? Is it done by residents regardless of ethnic background, or just a certain part of the population? __________________

12-31-2009, 01:09 PM	#152
Drea Lightning McKnitter Premium Gold Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Tangled in my yarn stash Posts: 20,484 Local Time: 07:38 AM	May just be an Ontario thing I think it depends on the couple rather than ethnic background, but then again I've been to a total of 3 in my lifetime so I'm not one to go by __________________ It's not a hill, it's a mountain As we start out the climb Listen for me, I'll be shouting Shouting to the darkness, squeeze out sparks of light You know we'll go crazy You know we'll go crazy You know we'll go crazy if we don't go crazy tonight

12-31-2009, 01:11 PM	#153
BoMac Self-righteous bullshitter Premium Gold Member Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Soviet Canuckistan — Socialist paradise Posts: 10,662 Local Time: 04:38 AM	I guess I'm so used to the way Italians do weddings, that I have no idea how everyone else does it. I always find it interesting to learn, though. __________________

12-31-2009, 02:45 PM	#160
BoMac Self-righteous bullshitter Premium Gold Member Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Soviet Canuckistan — Socialist paradise Posts: 10,662 Local Time: 04:38 AM	What about the Canada-USA junior game? You un-patriotic Leaf supporter you. __________________

12-31-2009, 03:05 PM	#162
BoMac Self-righteous bullshitter Premium Gold Member Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Soviet Canuckistan — Socialist paradise Posts: 10,662 Local Time: 04:38 AM	Yeah that does sound interesting. Good luck with that. I'm going to be feeding my snake tonight, if you catch my drift. __________________

12-31-2009, 01:23 PM	#155
ladywithspinninghead Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 4,145 Local Time: 07:38 AM	Oh, and Phil, I only joined the bar a few months ago and I ,too, wondered if you had to be Canadian but I was told it was merely a coincidence

12-31-2009, 02:37 PM	#157
ladywithspinninghead Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 4,145 Local Time: 07:38 AM	Nice! With friends? Actually, Rob C. and I are going to yuk-yuks downtown!

12-31-2009, 03:02 PM	#161
ladywithspinninghead Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 4,145 Local Time: 07:38 AM	Actually, that's true - my friend is coming over to watch the game first Had I know Drea, we could have bought you another ticket!! Oh well, I'm sure you'll have fun So there's a guy at work I kind of fancy but he doesn't know it and he often flirts with this other girl which drives me #@$ing bonkers and she just invited me to her house for a drink. This should be interesting

12-31-2009, 04:35 PM	#165
Got Philk? Official Thread Killer Premium Gold Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: A duplex with wooden walls. Posts: 6,413 Local Time: 07:38 AM	So wait...there's seriously a thing called a shag? Forgive me... __________________

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