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Message no. 1
From: Simon and Fiona sfuller@******.com.au
Subject: [OT] funny Doc' style question
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 12:40:26 +1000
Could someone tell me what Canadians call their snow skis please? I mean
those mechanical motorbike things, I'm sure they have a special name but I
can't remember it. Thanks. (Off list is a good idea)
Message no. 2
From: Fanguad fanguad@****.rit.edu
Subject: [OT] funny Doc' style question
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 23:37:05 -0400
> Could someone tell me what Canadians call their snow skis please? I mean
> those mechanical motorbike things, I'm sure they have a special name but I
> can't remember it. Thanks. (Off list is a good idea)

I don't know about Canada, but in the US we call them
snowmobiles.

-- Fanguad

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Message no. 3
From: Fanguad fanguad@****.rit.edu
Subject: [OT] funny Doc' style question
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 23:40:01 -0400
> > Could someone tell me what Canadians call their snow skis please? I mean
> > those mechanical motorbike things, I'm sure they have a special name but I
> > can't remember it. Thanks. (Off list is a good idea)
>
> I don't know about Canada, but in the US we call them
> snowmobiles.

THWAP!

THWAP! THWAP! THWAP! THWAP! THWAP!


There, now that I've beaten myself into submission:
I *meant* to reply off-list, but Pegasus outsmarted me yet again.

-- Fanguad (wonders if he's the first to THWAP himself...)
Message no. 4
From: Rand Ratinac docwagon101@*****.com
Subject: [OT] funny Doc' style question
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 22:15:18 -0700 (PDT)
--- Simon and Fiona <sfuller@******.com.au> wrote:
> Could someone tell me what Canadians call their snow
skis please? I mean those mechanical motorbike things,
I'm sure they have a special name but I can't remember
it. Thanks. (Off list is a good idea)

*Doc' frowns at the question bemusedly...*

I don't get it. There's not a single reference to sex,
or cyber sex toys, or cybered prostitutes, or even
adept prostitutes.

Not like one of my questions at all.

Btw, you're not thinking of "skidoo", are you, Simon
(which happens to be an actual brand name, if my
information is correct)?

====Doc'
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Message no. 5
From: Simon and Fiona sfuller@******.com.au
Subject: [OT] funny Doc' style question
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 20:35:50 +1000
-----Original Message-----
From: Rand Ratinac <docwagon101@*****.com>
To: shadowrn@*********.com <shadowrn@*********.com>
Date: Friday, June 30, 2000 3:15 PM
Subject: Re: [OT] funny Doc' style question


>--- Simon and Fiona <sfuller@******.com.au> wrote:
>> Could someone tell me what Canadians call their snow
>skis please? I mean those mechanical motorbike things,
>I'm sure they have a special name but I can't remember
>it. Thanks. (Off list is a good idea)
>
>*Doc' frowns at the question bemusedly...*
>
>I don't get it. There's not a single reference to sex,
>or cyber sex toys, or cybered prostitutes, or even
>adept prostitutes.
>
>Not like one of my questions at all.
>

If it makes you feel better, imagine a prostitute riding one :?)

>Btw, you're not thinking of "skidoo", are you, Simon
>(which happens to be an actual brand name, if my
>information is correct)?
>
That's the one I was trying to think of. Of course, the actual Canadian who
answered me said they just call them snowmobiles, which sounds better
anyway. It seems only Australians think Canadians call them skidoos.
Message no. 6
From: Andrew Murdoch toreador@***.bc.ca
Subject: [OT] funny Doc' style question
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 05:49:23 -0700 (PDT)
- Simon and Fiona <20:35/30-Jun-2000>

> >> Could someone tell me what Canadians call their snow
> >skis please? I mean those mechanical motorbike things,
> >I'm sure they have a special name but I can't remember
> >it. Thanks. (Off list is a good idea)
> >
> >*Doc' frowns at the question bemusedly...*
> >
> >I don't get it. There's not a single reference to sex,
> >or cyber sex toys, or cybered prostitutes, or even
> >adept prostitutes.
> >
> >Not like one of my questions at all.
> >
>
> If it makes you feel better, imagine a prostitute riding one :?)
>
> >Btw, you're not thinking of "skidoo", are you, Simon
> >(which happens to be an actual brand name, if my
> >information is correct)?
> >
> That's the one I was trying to think of. Of course, the actual Canadian who
> answered me said they just call them snowmobiles, which sounds better
> anyway. It seems only Australians think Canadians call them skidoos.

Skidoo is the brand name for the original motorized snow vehicle, as
created by Bombardier and sold by that company to this day. Snowmobile is
the more generic term. (Which I suppose is like the difference between
"Tylenol" and "Acetominophen" or "A rose" and "Any
other name".)

--
Raven
Sometimes known as Andrew C. Murdoch
toreador@***.bc.ca
http://members.xoom.com/corvisraven
Message no. 7
From: Rand Ratinac docwagon101@*****.com
Subject: [OT] funny Doc' style question
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 08:18:40 -0700 (PDT)
> >> Could someone tell me what Canadians call their
snow skis please? I mean those mechanical motorbike
things, I'm sure they have a special name but I can't
remember it. Thanks. (Off list is a good idea)
> >
> >*Doc' frowns at the question bemusedly...*
> >
> >I don't get it. There's not a single reference to
sex, or cyber sex toys, or cybered prostitutes, or
even adept prostitutes.
> >
> >Not like one of my questions at all.
>
> If it makes you feel better, imagine a prostitute
riding one :?)

*Doc' imagines...*

Can I make her nekkid?

> >Btw, you're not thinking of "skidoo", are you,
Simon (which happens to be an actual brand name, if my
information is correct)?
> >
> That's the one I was trying to think of. Of course,
the actual Canadian who answered me said they just
call them snowmobiles, which sounds better anyway. It
seems only Australians think Canadians call them
skidoos.

It does...as I said, Simon, "Skidoo" is a brand name
(apparently a popular brand to get the
snowmobile/Skidoo association going, but still just a
brand).

*Doc' imagines that nekkid, Skidooing prostitute
again..."Mmmm...blue..."

Doc' drools some...*

====Doc'
(aka Mr. Freaky Big, Super-Dynamic Troll of Tomorrow, aka Doc'booner, aka Doc' Vader)

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Message no. 8
From: James Mick sinabian@********.net
Subject: [OT] funny Doc' style question
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 13:02:16 -0400
>Could someone tell me what Canadians call their snow skis please? I mean
>those mechanical motorbike things, I'm sure they have a special name but I
>can't remember it. Thanks. (Off list is a good idea)
>


I don't know if this is what Canadians call them, but I've always heard them
referred to as snowmobiles...
Message no. 9
From: Simon and Fiona sfuller@******.com.au
Subject: [OT] funny Doc' style question
Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2000 10:47:03 +1000
-----Original Message-----
From: Rand Ratinac <docwagon101@*****.com>
To: shadowrn@*********.com <shadowrn@*********.com>
Date: Saturday, July 01, 2000 1:19 AM
Subject: Re: [OT] funny Doc' style question


-snip snowbunny bit-
>> That's the one I was trying to think of. Of course,
>the actual Canadian who answered me said they just
>call them snowmobiles, which sounds better anyway. It
>seems only Australians think Canadians call them
>skidoos.
>
>It does...as I said, Simon, "Skidoo" is a brand name
>(apparently a popular brand to get the
>snowmobile/Skidoo association going, but still just a
>brand).
>
I could swear I heard some Canadians somewhere talking about how they all
call them Skidoos, kind of like in the UK how they all call vacuum cleaners
Hoovers. Never mind.
Message no. 10
From: Rand Ratinac docwagon101@*****.com
Subject: [OT] funny Doc' style question
Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2000 09:34:05 -0700 (PDT)
--- Simon and Fiona <sfuller@******.com.au> wrote: >
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rand Ratinac <docwagon101@*****.com>
> To: shadowrn@*********.com <shadowrn@*********.com>
> Date: Saturday, July 01, 2000 1:19 AM
> Subject: Re: [OT] funny Doc' style question
>
>
> -snip snowbunny bit-
> >> That's the one I was trying to think of. Of
> course,
> >the actual Canadian who answered me said they just
> >call them snowmobiles, which sounds better anyway.
> It seems only Australians think Canadians call them
skidoos.
> >
> >It does...as I said, Simon, "Skidoo" is a brand
name (apparently a popular brand to get the
snowmobile/Skidoo association going, but still just a
brand).
> >
> I could swear I heard some Canadians somewhere
talking about how they all call them Skidoos, kind of
like in the UK how they all call vacuum cleaners
Hoovers. Never mind.

Well, they probably all do - those particular
Canadians, anyway. :) It's probably a locale thing -
some Canadians (mostly likely clumped together in
certain areas) have always called them all Skidoos.
Their kids grow up with that, so THEY call them
Skidoos, etc. Others in other areas call them
snowmobiles, etc.

*Doc' drools..."Mmmm...skibunnies..."

Doc's drool freezes on his chin...

"Mmmm...droolsicles..."*

====Doc'
(aka Mr. Freaky Big, Super-Dynamic Troll of Tomorrow, aka Doc'booner, aka Doc' Vader)

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