Re: When to hold Pg East

ajs@crankycanuck.ca (Andrew Sullivan) writes:
> On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 11:01:00AM -0800, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>>
>> I take it those are the parts where Parliament no long presides? Oh
>> wait....
>
> No.  There's a whole extra time zone between Ottawa and the East
> Coast.  Ottawa is in Central Canada.

My parents live in Ottawa, albeit two blocks from the border between
Ottawa and a suburb city called Nepean.

On occasion, when travelling on the East Coast, diplomacy has dictated
their being reported as "from Nepean," because burly (& surly!)
fisherman types were making noises about "those *&)!$#!?#@$ from
Ottawa," and looked like they might conceivably "lay on hands" if they
knew they had people in the room who were actually *from Ottawa.*

I believe that the denizens of the "Untied States" occasionally have
some similar things to say about "those *&?!$*$!!@# from Washington!",
with some dose of "**** Yankees!" mixed in.  (And I do know that DC
lies in a location that's *somewhat* Southron...)
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