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Monday, April 29, 2013
For those of my lower 48 friends who freak out over deer getting inside of buildings, imagine this!
This was on my Facebook feed and misidentified as a local Wal-Mart.
Extra karma points for anybody that can tell me what building that moose is terrorizing. and where it is located.
The Piggly Wiggly---Anchorage? I say this only because I think the Moose was thinking the Wiggly was a strip joint for pigs and he had a few dollars he wanted to drop on a nice looking porker. No?
I've heard that's how they bag cows like Bristol. Grocery store flowers, a Snickers bar and you better bring a carton of Trojans. Might wanna pick up a can of Lysol, also, too, Mr Moose.
It was a Safeway in Smithers, BC, close to SE Alaska, and here's a link to the CBC story on it. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2013/04/11/bc-moose-smithers-safeway.html
"Canada is just Alaska with a French accent."??? Canada also has universal health care, a good educational system, no gun nuts and fewer crazies than here. And the French accent comes from Quebec. We enjoyed our close proximity to Canada for many years while living in the Detroit suburbs - traveled at least once a year to Stratford Ontario for theatre, watched Ontario public television (much better than ours) and listened to CBC classical music (after our local classical music station disappeared). Beaglemom
Sorry Gryph but as an English speaking Canadian I am going to have to disagree vehemently with the "Alaska with a French Accent" I speak English with no french accent ( we are not all French)and my family has been here sine 1747. Some of your Canadian readers will get very upset with that analogy. I am from the east Coast ( Newfoundland ) and I pretty sure I have seen more moose up close than the average Alaskan. Please don't do the American generalization of what Canada is as you do yourself a great disservice.
Amen. It boils my blood to see how many Americans are completely ignorant of their northern neighbour, whereas, Canadians, as a general rule, are quite informed about their neighbour to the south.
@Anon 8:16 it's not that we are thin skinned we are the first to joke about ourselves but it gets on our nerves when people make generalizations and unfortunately Gryph hit on the biggest stereotypes.I have lost count of how many times I have had to tell people that English is my first language when they point out i don't have a French accent nor do i eat whale blubber or live in a frigging igloo and no it doesn't snow year round and yes we have all 4 seasons. How they assume the entire country is a vast wasteland of cold tundra.Just like any American would defend the US if anyone was making generalizations about her, we will sort people out when they make generalizations about Canada . We can take a joke and will share a good many laughs but don't mistake the politeness for meekness. We can get riled up and do when people get things wrong.
@ Gryphen I am sorry but not all of Canada has the same weather, flora and fauna as Alaska. A good friend of mine had to go to Anchorage for work last year and she was constantly complaining about how cold it was. She's from Victoria B.C You accidentally tripped into the thorn in many a English speaking Canadians side when it comes to speaking French.
Here is an old joke form a favorite show of mine. A truly Canadian Apology to the USA, courtesy of Rick Mercer from This Hour Has 22 Minutes, CBC Television:
Hello. I'm Anthony St. George on location here in Washington.
On behalf of Canadians everywhere I'd like to offer an apology to the United States of America. We haven't been getting along very well recently and for that, I am truly sorry. I'm sorry we called George Bush a moron. He is a moron, but it wasn't nice of us to point it out. If it's any consolation, the fact that he's a moron shouldn't reflect poorly on the people of America. After all, it's not like you actually elected him.
I'm sorry about our softwood lumber. Just because we have more trees than you, doesn't give us the right to sell you lumber that's cheaper and better than your own. It would be like if, well, say you had ten times the television audience we did and you flood our market with great shows, cheaper than we could produce. I know you'd never do that.
I'm sorry we beat you in Olympic hockey. In our defence I guess our excuse would be that our team was much, much, much, much better than yours. As word of apology, please accept all of our NHL teams which, one by one, are going out of business and moving to your fine country.
I'm sorry about our waffling on Iraq. I mean, when you're going up against a crazed dictator, you want to have your friends by your side. I realize it took more than two years before you guys pitched in against Hitler, but that was different. Everyone knew he had weapons.
I'm sorry we burnt down your White House during the War of 1812. I see you've rebuilt it! It's very nice.
I'm sorry for Alan Thicke, Shania Twain, Celine Dion, Loverboy, that song from Seriff that ends with a really high-pitched long note. Your beer. I know we had nothing to do with your beer, but we feel your pain.
And finally on behalf of all Canadians, I'm sorry that we're constantly apologizing for things in a passive-aggressive way which is really a thinly veiled criticism. I sincerely hope that you're not upset over this. Because we've seen what you do to countries you get upset with.
For 22 minutes, I'm Anthony St. George, and I'm sorry.
Anthony St. George also should apologize for spelling the word 'defense' wrong. You can put down that they're bad spellers and they can't pronounce the word ABOUT correctly either.
Ugh... Dear Canada, this flurry of outrage over a simple blog post proves that we're indeed thin-skinned and insecure. For all you may wish to flail over a supposedly ignorant comment, none of you want to admit that you know nothing about Alaska beyond "Sarah Palin lives there." Can we all please stop flying off the handle any time someone give us a ribbing on the internet? I found this through facebook for cryin out loud. Wipe the icicles off your hoser tear ducts and grow up.
Looks like a Hannaford Grocery Store in the northeast. Usually they have the greeting cards and party stuff at the entrance; It could be a northeastern moose. Mating season is here and they go a little haywire.
Oops, so rutting season is around October. Go figure. I've been around moose all my life. All I know is they swarm on the highways around this time of year.
I'd also heard on CBC the poor beast was loaded with ticks and in poor shape. The first tranquilizer dart didn't work, but the second one seemed to have been too much for it.
Guess I got up too late this morning to be the first to identify the Safeway in Smithers, BC. And how would someone from SoCal recognize this? Because my nephew just got a job there. He's Canadian, from BC, and speaks fluent French, too. Canadian French is not confined to the East Coast.
French, smelech. Canada doesn't run on the backs of french canadians. Quebec would love to separate from Canada, something a little same as the Todd Palin and his idiotic craziness in Alaska. The rest of Canada look at these french loonitics for what they are. Nothing but loonies. Most of Canada would love to see them separate, regardless of the outcome.But our govt will keep our provinces together as a country. I'm french but Quebec has given our country a very bad name.
Yes, I can also confirm this as I live in B.C. and just down the coast from Alaska. Gryphen, the weather here is much much differant than Alaska. lol, we didn't even get snow here this winter and most winters what little we do get melts pretty quickly. Minus the mountains of course. :-)
This almost looks like a Trader Joe's store but appears to be too big. If it is, I would then guess Michigan or Wisconson
ReplyDeleteFred Meyers?
DeleteOr Costco.
That Calf strolling around looks pretty happy. I hope they didn't shoot it.
CWL
The Piggly Wiggly---Anchorage?
ReplyDeleteI say this only because I think the Moose was thinking
the Wiggly was a strip joint for pigs and he had a few dollars
he wanted to drop on a nice looking porker. No?
Them mooses is some thinking creatures if they know which is The Pig and which is Wally World.
DeleteIt's a grocery store.. location unknown at this time
ReplyDeleteHere ya go Gryphen British Columbia
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y35w53ryYzI
not the same, flowers are different, it is a Carrs/Safeway, those flowers are on sale this week $4.99
DeleteWell it is definitely a Cars-Safeway,
ReplyDeleteMy best guess is that it is the Aurora Village Carrs here in Anchorage, but I would be willing to entertain other possibilities.
Moose went shopping to get his wife flowers.
ReplyDeleteI've heard that's how they bag cows like Bristol. Grocery store flowers, a Snickers bar and you better bring a carton of Trojans. Might wanna pick up a can of Lysol, also, too, Mr Moose.
DeleteIt was a Safeway in Smithers, BC, close to SE Alaska, and here's a link to the CBC story on it. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2013/04/11/bc-moose-smithers-safeway.html
ReplyDeleteWhat? Canada?
DeleteOh man I would have bet almost any amount that was in Alaska.
Oh well Canada is just Alaska with a french accent.
"Canada is just Alaska with a French accent."??? Canada also has universal health care, a good educational system, no gun nuts and fewer crazies than here. And the French accent comes from Quebec. We enjoyed our close proximity to Canada for many years while living in the Detroit suburbs - traveled at least once a year to Stratford Ontario for theatre, watched Ontario public television (much better than ours) and listened to CBC classical music (after our local classical music station disappeared).
DeleteBeaglemom
Sorry Gryph but as an English speaking Canadian I am going to have to disagree vehemently with the "Alaska with a French Accent" I speak English with no french accent ( we are not all French)and my family has been here sine 1747. Some of your Canadian readers will get very upset with that analogy. I am from the east Coast ( Newfoundland ) and I pretty sure I have seen more moose up close than the average Alaskan. Please don't do the American generalization of what Canada is as you do yourself a great disservice.
DeleteAmen. It boils my blood to see how many Americans are completely ignorant of their northern neighbour, whereas, Canadians, as a general rule, are quite informed about their neighbour to the south.
DeleteExtremely ignorant and stupid comment , gryphen.
DeleteSeriously?
DeleteI thought it was obvious that I was joking.
Clearly living in Alaska has meant that I have met and worked with numerous folks originally from Canada.
My point was that weather wise, and flora and fauna wise, we are virtually identical in many ways.
The comment about French being spoken was simply a joke to identify the one major difference.
Wow, I didn't know Canadians are thin skinned, worse than sara palin. yikes!
DeleteI know! Wow. Its a joke, get over it!
Delete@Anon 8:16 it's not that we are thin skinned we are the first to joke about ourselves but it gets on our nerves when people make generalizations and unfortunately Gryph hit on the biggest stereotypes.I have lost count of how many times I have had to tell people that English is my first language when they point out i don't have a French accent nor do i eat whale blubber or live in a frigging igloo and no it doesn't snow year round and yes we have all 4 seasons. How they assume the entire country is a vast wasteland of cold tundra.Just like any American would defend the US if anyone was making generalizations about her, we will sort people out when they make generalizations about Canada . We can take a joke and will share a good many laughs but don't mistake the politeness for meekness. We can get riled up and do when people get things wrong.
Delete@ Gryphen I am sorry but not all of Canada has the same weather, flora and fauna as Alaska. A good friend of mine had to go to Anchorage for work last year and she was constantly complaining about how cold it was. She's from Victoria B.C You accidentally tripped into the thorn in many a English speaking Canadians side when it comes to speaking French.
Here is an old joke form a favorite show of mine.
A truly Canadian Apology to the USA, courtesy of Rick Mercer from This Hour Has 22 Minutes, CBC Television:
Hello. I'm Anthony St. George on location here in Washington.
On behalf of Canadians everywhere I'd like to offer an apology to the United States of America. We haven't been getting along very well recently and for that, I am truly sorry. I'm sorry we called George Bush a moron. He is a moron, but it wasn't nice of us to point it out. If it's any consolation, the fact that he's a moron shouldn't reflect poorly on the people of America. After all, it's not like you actually elected him.
I'm sorry about our softwood lumber. Just because we have more trees than you, doesn't give us the right to sell you lumber that's cheaper and better than your own. It would be like if, well, say you had ten times the television audience we did and you flood our market with great shows, cheaper than we could produce. I know you'd never do that.
I'm sorry we beat you in Olympic hockey. In our defence I guess our excuse would be that our team was much, much, much, much better than yours. As word of apology, please accept all of our NHL teams which, one by one, are going out of business and moving to your fine country.
I'm sorry about our waffling on Iraq. I mean, when you're going up against a crazed dictator, you want to have your friends by your side. I realize it took more than two years before you guys pitched in against Hitler, but that was different. Everyone knew he had weapons.
I'm sorry we burnt down your White House during the War of 1812. I see you've rebuilt it! It's very nice.
I'm sorry for Alan Thicke, Shania Twain, Celine Dion, Loverboy, that song from Seriff that ends with a really high-pitched long note. Your beer. I know we had nothing to do with your beer, but we feel your pain.
And finally on behalf of all Canadians, I'm sorry that we're constantly apologizing for things in a passive-aggressive way which is really a thinly veiled criticism. I sincerely hope that you're not upset over this. Because we've seen what you do to countries you get upset with.
For 22 minutes, I'm Anthony St. George, and I'm sorry.
Anthony St. George also should apologize for spelling the word 'defense' wrong. You can put down that they're bad spellers and they can't pronounce the word ABOUT correctly either.
DeleteI love Canada, my children want to emigrate!
'defence' is in a correct, common British/Canadian/Australian spelling and quite frankly, their dictionaries predate America'a Mirriam-Webster.
DeleteJust like 'organise'.
If you insist on making one of the spellings 'wrong' - the real misspeller can be found in your mirror.
Ugh... Dear Canada, this flurry of outrage over a simple blog post proves that we're indeed thin-skinned and insecure. For all you may wish to flail over a supposedly ignorant comment, none of you want to admit that you know nothing about Alaska beyond "Sarah Palin lives there." Can we all please stop flying off the handle any time someone give us a ribbing on the internet? I found this through facebook for cryin out loud. Wipe the icicles off your hoser tear ducts and grow up.
DeleteLooks like a Hannaford Grocery Store in the northeast. Usually they have the greeting cards and party stuff at the entrance; It could be a northeastern moose. Mating season is here and they go a little haywire.
ReplyDeleteOops, so rutting season is around October. Go figure. I've been around moose all my life. All I know is they swarm on the highways around this time of year.
DeleteIt happened in Canada, one of my countries. But Gryphen we do have moose down here in the lower 48. Maybe you need to visit, once in awhile.
ReplyDeleteLittle Rabbit
I'd also heard on CBC the poor beast was loaded with ticks and in poor shape. The first tranquilizer dart didn't work, but the second one seemed to have been too much for it.
ReplyDeleteAw. Poor thing.
DeleteYes, thats exactly what happened.
DeleteME, VT, NH - yep, we have moose.
ReplyDeleteSo you saw a transexual goth heroin addict at Whole Foods.
ReplyDeleteBig F-ing Deal.
You should see the hipster shitstains that live down the block from me.
Ok, I think this is just about the funniest thing I've ever read on a blog. Can't stop laughing.
DeleteGuess I got up too late this morning to be the first to identify the Safeway in Smithers, BC. And how would someone from SoCal recognize this? Because my nephew just got a job there. He's Canadian, from BC, and speaks fluent French, too. Canadian French is not confined to the East Coast.
ReplyDeleteFrench, smelech. Canada doesn't run on the backs of french canadians. Quebec would love to separate from Canada, something a little same as the Todd Palin and his idiotic craziness in Alaska. The rest of Canada look at these french loonitics for what they are. Nothing but loonies. Most of Canada would love to see them separate, regardless of the outcome.But our govt will keep our provinces together as a country. I'm french but Quebec has given our country a very bad name.
DeleteMy first thought was a Safeway. Somewhere where moose live, obviously.
ReplyDeleteYes, I can also confirm this as I live in B.C. and just down the coast from Alaska. Gryphen, the weather here is much much differant than Alaska. lol, we didn't even get snow here this winter and most winters what little we do get melts pretty quickly. Minus the mountains of course. :-)
ReplyDeleteCanada should have owned Alaska, it was bought and sold so cheap. Canada should have bought it. :-)
ReplyDeleteDamn canadians, couldn't understand a deal when it hit them in the face.
DeleteLook up what Alaska was sold for..
Delete