Discussion: stay low

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dude the city is a living and breathing cliche at this time of the year; filled with too many fuckwits.

We were gonna do the Stampede this year but elected to stay in the mountains...

Seems like we chose wisely.

I can hear from my apartment a country band down the street singing the Black Eye's Peas "I gotta feeling". Unfortunate part is I can't press mute and have to ride out this performance.

If dressing up like a douche, dodging tourists and having an excuse to act inappropriate and stupid is your thing, then stampede is for you. Otherwise stay the hell away is my opinion. The true essence and spirit of the stampede was lost a long time ago. Mountains are definitely a better choice.

I gotta yeeee haawwwww feeling.... yeeeee hawwwwwwwww.

So, I take it you don't own a pair of cowboy boots?

ha. you read "in between" the lines well;) the office was hilarious today...too much leather. i just don't get it. its like Halloween for a week.

I'm curious (really) do they talk with a bit of southern drawl during this time? Is it like a whole persona thing? I know they sing with it - too funny!!! Took Thea to a George Fox concert here in Ancaster once b/c she likes all kinds of live music. He had the whole drawl thing going on... he's Canadian. Is there a Canadian South?

Sorry, late to the party.
Actually Stampede is probably the most inclusive social event in the country. It's incredible the number of Calgarians I know who swear off it for year, then are forced to go, and end up having a good time. Euro's love it especially.

I was in Calgary on Friday night, pretty much all the dudes are dressed the same (17th St was silly) but the girls seem to think of it as a second Halloween in which they all wear stuff that they would never be caught dead in public the rest of the year.

It's also really strange that I always hear WHAM or George Michael coming from the Rose and Crown. Is it the token gay-bar for Stampede?