Winnipegians can't handle the truth, apparently.

Winnipeg is Canada's cold sore.

It's there, we all know it's there and they know that we know.

But we all just play nice, because that's what we do.

Approves wholeheartedly

Is it time for the annual treasure hunt in which the winner gets a one-way ticket out of town?

At least they know where they stand.


/And folks lend a hand.

Well...


But really, why didn't Lowe watch the game on TSN?

Winnipeg? Just drop the big one on it and start over. Look at how well that worked for Hiroshima.

I think Winnipeg and Hull are the only cities in the world that doesn't seem to have any defenders on Fark. Heck, even Detroit has advocates.

Winnipeg might be a hellhole but I find it funny the station he was watching was (apparently) a U.S. based station.....

Last time I was in Winnipeg it was -23 and I was stuck at the worst place possible in Winnipeg, a bus terminal. I was on my way to a happy place though, a cottage about 400 KM north of Winnipeg for some ice fishing, so that kept me going.

Lego_Addict: Winnipeg might be a hellhole but I find it funny the station he was watching was (apparently) a U.S. based station.....

Last time I was in Winnipeg it was -23 and I was stuck at the worst place possible in Winnipeg, a bus terminal. I was on my way to a happy place though, a cottage about 400 KM north of Winnipeg for some ice fishing, so that kept me going.

Yeah, and they were covering the election that had a 300+ post thread on Fark two days ago, you know, the one that was potentially going to eliminate property taxes in ND. It was kind of a big deal.

I spent 6 months in Winnipeg one weekend.

LewDux: Approves wholeheartedly
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This band also agrees.

Rev.K: Winnipeg is Canada's cold sore.

It's there, we all know it's there and they know that we know.

But we all just play nice, because that's what we do.

I thought Canada's cold sore was Windsor. You know, the city that makes Detroit looks good.

/Except for the Windsor ballet. The one redeeming quality, I hear.

The have a nice ballet.

Some good bands come from there, too.

Plus, their mayor was the victim of the single greatest attack ad ever.

Rev.K: Winnipeg is Canada's cold sore.

I thought that was Windsor.

I've never been to Winnipeg, is it nice there?

I spent some time there last year for work.

\Nice people...during the day.
\\No food options. And don't tell me "They have Boston Pizza." Boston Pizza SUCKS.
\\\Stayed in the Delta across from the arena the Jets play in. When I asked the girls if there was anything cool to do or see they said, "You're looking at it."
\\They have a Native Gang problem. Who knew?
\Slashies

What's with Winterpeg being the Slurpee capital of the world?

I...I have to give Rob Lowe this one. Sorry, Peggers.

Winnipeg is LITERALLY a hell hole

Bring back the jets

When it comes to shiatholery, Winnipeg's got nothin' on Saskatoon.

fatimcgee: I spent some time there last year for work.

\Nice people...during the day.
\\No food options. And don't tell me "They have Boston Pizza." Boston Pizza SUCKS.
\\\Stayed in the Delta across from the arena the Jets play in. When I asked the girls if there was anything cool to do or see they said, "You're looking at it."
\\They have a Native Gang problem. Who knew?
\Slashies


Boston Pizza? What's that? I live in the Boston area and I've never heard of it. Let's see if I can find one around here...

Persnickety: fatimcgee: I spent some time there last year for work.

\Nice people...during the day.
\\No food options. And don't tell me "They have Boston Pizza." Boston Pizza SUCKS.
\\\Stayed in the Delta across from the arena the Jets play in. When I asked the girls if there was anything cool to do or see they said, "You're looking at it."
\\They have a Native Gang problem. Who knew?
\Slashies


Boston Pizza? What's that? I live in the Boston area and I've never heard of it. Let's see if I can find one around here...

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Yup, it's a Canadian chain with an American city name.

FTFA: Lowe was likely watching a TV station based across the border in Grand Forks, N.D.


I've been to Grand Forks and it is, indeed, a hell hole (or hell-hole, for those hyphenators out there).

_{/wife is going back in August for some gawdawful reason...}

/Grandparents moved from the 'Peg to Toronto in the '40s
//They moved back in '70 but Dad stayed here, THANK GOD!
///Nice place to visit but yadda yadda yadda...

imacoolguy: Persnickety: fatimcgee: I spent some time there last year for work.

\Nice people...during the day.
\\No food options. And don't tell me "They have Boston Pizza." Boston Pizza SUCKS.
\\\Stayed in the Delta across from the arena the Jets play in. When I asked the girls if there was anything cool to do or see they said, "You're looking at it."
\\They have a Native Gang problem. Who knew?
\Slashies


Boston Pizza? What's that? I live in the Boston area and I've never heard of it. Let's see if I can find one around here...

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Yup, it's a Canadian chain with an American city name.


Weird. There's an Italian section in the north end of Boston but the city isn't exactly known for its pizza. Beans, creme pie, even clam chowder, sure. Pizza? Not an iconic food for Boston.

They didn't stop stealing cars, that's just not possible.

They did stop to set some back lane garages on fire tho, the snow is gone so it IS fire season.

/former Winnipeger
//it's only 95% hellhole.

They've got great nips . . . I mean the burger, they have a chain of restaurants which call burgers nips. They're delicious.

Best pizza in the North End of Boston if you can find the place, and no I will not give you directions. The line down the block is long enough.

aphyd: When it comes to shiatholery, Winnipeg's got nothin' on Saskatoon.

You know what Saskatoon has that Winnipeg wishes they did?

More than 10cm of elevation between the river that runs through it and most of the population there.

Oh and the Bombers suck.

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Winnipeg is LITERALLY a hell hole

Ann Perkins!!

Lowe, a star on the sitcom Parks and Recreation and former star of The West Wing, is in Winnipeg to shoot a made-for-TV movie about the trial of Casey Anthony, a Florida mother who was acquitted last year in the death of her young daughter.

Winnipeg is standing in for Florida? Does this mean it will get its own tag on FARK?

Winnipeg my be a giant pubic toilet but it's OUR toilet.

Bermuda59: Lowe, a star on the sitcom Parks and Recreation and former star of The West Wing, is in Winnipeg to shoot a made-for-TV movie about the trial of Casey Anthony, a Florida mother who was acquitted last year in the death of her young daughter.

Winnipeg is standing in for Florida? Does this mean it will get its own tag on FARK?







When I think tropical paradises...

Spent a week there earlier this year. I couldn't wait to leave. If I ever have to go back there, it'll be too soon.

I think the only time I smiled in that city was when I woke up the morning my flight was leaving.

I grew up there its not bad
summers at the lake and winters bumpershining :-)
and cars where easy to steal because its so cold peolpe would leave them running at the supermarket

Representative of the unwashed masses: Bermuda59: Lowe, a star on the sitcom Parks and Recreation and former star of The West Wing, is in Winnipeg to shoot a made-for-TV movie about the trial of Casey Anthony, a Florida mother who was acquitted last year in the death of her young daughter.

Winnipeg is standing in for Florida? Does this mean it will get its own tag on FARK?



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When I think tropical paradises...

I was thinking of the people who live there

Ah... Winnipeg. Spent some time up there in the first part of the 90s on a series of trips for work.

Let's see... got into a bar fight, if you call a drunk lunging at me, as I step aside and shove him away into a table a fight. Later helped the guy up after he slipped on the icy sidewalk into the icy roadway.

Went to dinner at Red Lobster one night, the next night, the RCMP had a major drug bust in their parking lot (Hell's Angels) - it was a multi-million dollar deal.

The other techs on the job thought it would be interesting to talk to the hookers we spotted on some back street... we were baffled how they could stand the sub-zero (F, not C) temperatures in miniskirts, found out they wear 5+ layers of pantyhose. The girls were working their way across the country, too.

Saw Warren Beatty waiting at my gate for the same flight out, but didn't bother him. WTF was he doing there?

An interesting place for many reasons.... sad and depressing in parts, but unique and fascinating in others. It can be a hellhole, if you don't have a sense of adventure or a pretty thin skin. All that said, I wouldn't want to be stuck there for more than a few weeks, though, and that's considering I like to explore the seamy underbelly of society.

carnifex2005: LewDux: Approves wholeheartedly
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This band also agrees.

And so do these guys

Oh GOD. I have to move back to Winnipeg this fall - not because I want to, but because my Mom is aging and needs me around to help out in her final years.

Of course, knowing my family, that means she's going to be around for another couple of decades. Luckily the women in our family always out-live the men so hopefully I'll die before then.

Anything is better than having to spend another twenty years in that scum-filled cesspool.

Hey now! It's Edmonton that has all the murders. I don't cotton to other Canadian municipalities trying to take that away from us!

//Haven't been a lot of human remains found this spring.
///Wasn't too much snow to bury a body in last winter anyway.

ModernLuddite: Hey now! It's Edmonton that has all the murders. I don't cotton to other Canadian municipalities trying to take that away from us!

//Haven't been a lot of human remains found this spring.
///Wasn't too much snow to bury a body in last winter anyway.

In 2011, Winnipeg was #2 in the violent crime rate, behind Prince George. Edmonton is only #15.

Loserpeg makes Dog River look good.

I love Winnipeg.

I just cant stand the complete and utter domination of unions here.

I was born in Portage La Prairie, we moved 6 months later. Is that considered part of Winnipeg? Would I have street cred in the big city, or be looked at as a country bumpkin from the sticks?
Doubt I will ever go back, at an early age I realized cold weather sucks.

Rip Dashrock: I was born in Portage La Prairie, we moved 6 months later. Is that considered part of Winnipeg? Would I have street cred in the big city, or be looked at as a country bumpkin from the sticks?
Doubt I will ever go back, at an early age I realized cold weather sucks.

HA!..

no.. not part of Winnipeg at all. Yes, you would be a country bumpkin. Not quite redneck though so its all good. :P

Lived in Winnipeg for 26 years with zero regrets. It's a great town. Haters gonna hate.

I wouldn't recommend visiting if you don't know what to do. I would recommend raising a family there though, because your money goes a long way.

Whoever said there's a lack of food options is a complete moron, by the way. Winnipeg might have more restaurants than people.

homarjr: Whoever said there's a lack of food options is a complete moron, by the way. Winnipeg might have more restaurants than people.

not only that, but given the population we have FAR more then our fare share of the "world's best XXXXX" XXXXX being some sort of dish

(chicken fingers, hotdogs, clubhouse sandwiches) to name a few