Mittens 2007: Ontario - WE RETURNED ALIVE

The Ivy · Mon 30/07/2007 21:49:50

Quote from: Pumaman on Mon 30/07/2007 19:53:34
Anyway, I love your panoramas, Matt ... wondered what you were doing standing there taking several photos at a time

And as for a couple of Ivy's hot tub pics ... the less said the better!

Ditto on both counts.

Baron · Mon 30/07/2007 22:51:23

Yes, great pics all around. But where is our Clumsy Fop pilot episode???

Hope everyone enjoyed getting back to work today as much as I did

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Grundislav · Mon 30/07/2007 23:01:40

Ask and you shall receive!

Clumsy Fop!

The Ivy · Mon 30/07/2007 23:12:23

HAHAHA! Grundislav, you are my hero. Too bad you can't hear it when I say, "Who invited that guy?"

MrColossal · Tue 31/07/2007 01:13:01

aw, I was just starting the opening titles to The Clumsy Fop... TOO FAST FRANCISCO! That is your new name!

Vince Twelve · Tue 31/07/2007 01:26:07

:o

You guys are weird. I love that Jess can simultaneously exist on both sides of the hot tub depending on the camera angle!

Edit to Eric: I showed some of these pics to my wife, and she said "Hey! I have that shirt!" to which I replied, "Yes, you do. And there's the girl who designed it!" She was impressed.

AGA · Tue 31/07/2007 02:19:45

Quotefile. 90% CJ silliness, as usual.

Domino · Tue 31/07/2007 02:34:35

Tim Horton...

QuoteEarly on the morning of 21 February 1974, while driving on the Queen Elizabeth Way from Toronto to Buffalo in his white De Tomaso Pantera sports car, (a gift from Sabres' GM George "Punch" Imlach), Horton was involved in what is now an infamous accident. He was negotiating a curve on the QEW where it crosses over Twelve Mile Creek in St. Catharines, Ontario when he lost control and hit a cement culvert. The impact flipped the vehicle and Horton was thrown. He was not wearing a seat belt. Horton was reported dead on arrival at the local hospital. A police officer pursuing Horton's vehicle said that he had been travelling at over 160 km/h (100 mph).

There were reports Horton had consumed a considerable amount of vodka, and was rumoured to have been taking pain killers due to a jaw injury suffered in practice the day before. An autopsy report released in 2005 showed Horton had a blood alcohol level of twice the legal limit. The blood test also showed signs of amobarbital, which was possibly a residue from the Dexamyl pills that were found on Horton's body. Dexamyl was a prescription drug that mixed an amphetamine with a depressant. The autopsy showed no indication Horton was taking painkillers as previously thought.

Doing this can get you your own franchise named after you. My sister loves his coffee though.

edit: most of this quoted from wikipedia and not me.

Pesty · Tue 31/07/2007 02:51:44

Quote from: Domino on Tue 31/07/2007 02:34:35
Tim Horton...

QuoteEarly on the morning of 21 February 1974, while driving on the Queen Elizabeth Way from Toronto to Buffalo in his white De Tomaso Pantera sports car, (a gift from Sabres' GM George "Punch" Imlach), Horton was involved in what is now an infamous accident. He was negotiating a curve on the QEW where it crosses over Twelve Mile Creek in St. Catharines, Ontario when he lost control and hit a cement culvert. The impact flipped the vehicle and Horton was thrown. He was not wearing a seat belt. Horton was reported dead on arrival at the local hospital. A police officer pursuing Horton's vehicle said that he had been travelling at over 160 km/h (100 mph).

There were reports Horton had consumed a considerable amount of vodka, and was rumoured to have been taking pain killers due to a jaw injury suffered in practice the day before. An autopsy report released in 2005 showed Horton had a blood alcohol level of twice the legal limit. The blood test also showed signs of amobarbital, which was possibly a residue from the Dexamyl pills that were found on Horton's body. Dexamyl was a prescription drug that mixed an amphetamine with a depressant. The autopsy showed no indication Horton was taking painkillers as previously thought.

Doing this can get you your own franchise named after you. My sister loves his coffee though.

edit: most of this quoted from wikipedia and not me.

You know, as an avid coffee drinker that has been told by several Canadians that Tom Horton's coffee is very good, I was looking forward to trying it, and I wasn't very impressed. It didn't taste any better than an average cup of convienience store coffee. Maybe I was expecting too much, though.

Finkenstein · Tue 31/07/2007 03:47:35

you crazy Americans, the place is called Tom Hanks. And they make excellent shoes.
Also, we totally saw like 3 Tom Hanks' bleeding over into America when we crossed the border! YOU STAY ON YOUR SIDE!

I had a completely excellent time and totally went through Mittens withdrawl. I miss all of you already! If I bought a hot tub would you come visit it?

Here are my pics, they are not many, but they are what I gots!
http://jessfink.com/mittens2007/

ALSO: Grund, bravo. The Fop pleases old people and dumb babies alike.

Pumaman · Tue 31/07/2007 18:00:07

Damn, looks like we've missed our chance:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6923511.stm

Haddas · Wed 01/08/2007 04:24:23

Wait, wait. There was a mittens? I need to sleep less.

evenwolf · Wed 01/08/2007 06:47:51

"You have to make mixed drinks twice as strong, otherwise they don't show up on film - Kevbot"

Hahahahahahaha. Ive had my head buried in the GEN GEN forum. I didnt realize a North American Mittens was going down!

Andail · Wed 01/08/2007 14:14:57

Aww, hate to have missed this one as well. I have to stop missing mittens...

Great photos so far, I really miss you guys!

Oh, and I think I was the first to point out that AGA looks like Ray Liotta.

Finkenstein · Wed 01/08/2007 16:56:11

Aw Andail! We missed you! You should come to mittens France(or Miami?) next year.

I just checked out those panoramas Matt took and they are blowing my mind. They are so awesome!! Now I can remmember the scene forevers.

Disco · Thu 02/08/2007 04:58:09

I've seen quite a few strange things at Mittens, but never anything like this religious experience. I'm going to email the Vatican and tell them I saw the Virgin holding the Saviour in Canada:

Maybe I'll be interviewed on television

AGA · Thu 02/08/2007 05:01:45

Can we trade roles please, Grundislav?

Grundislav · Thu 02/08/2007 05:11:20

Um, ok...

SSH · Thu 02/08/2007 09:24:15

AGA's only a virgin to his own species

Kevbot · Thu 02/08/2007 17:49:15

Quote from: evenwolf on Wed 01/08/2007 06:47:51
"You have to make mixed drinks twice as strong, otherwise they don't show up on film - Kevbot"

Thanks. I'm glad people found that so funny.

Hey all,
I know it's been a while in posting since I returned, but I just wanted to thank everyone for making this old fop feel right at home on the retreat. I was nervous at first to be sharing a cabin in the middle of nowhere canada with more than a dozen strangers, but you all were amazing people and I'm happy to have met all of you.