Ten things about Toronto
Cats: odd things, travels, words|Because today’s job is preparing my quarterly HST return for the Canadian Revenue Agency, I am battling a strong urge to slit my wrists.
So, for the sake of the little typists, I will take a little break and share with you ten things I learned on my recent visit to Toronto.
1. The meaning of the word gunt.
2. What it means when someone says: See You Next Tuesday.
3. The speed limit is 100 kph but everyone does a buck twenty. And on the 401, a buck twenty won’t even buy you a middle lane.
4. A soccer mom drives the kids around in an iron lung.
5. The ABBA hit Dancing Queen requires a range of three and a half octaves to be sung properly.
6. There are some very talented graffiti artists working on the walls on either side of the Go-Train.
7. The Queen musical We Will Rock You was bad. In fact, it was so far beyond bad it needed a map just to get back to bad.
8. Porter Air rocks, as does the Toronto City Centre Airport.
9. Plenty of laughter is a good abdominal workout.
10. Even in a big city like Toronto, it is still a very small world.
July 10th, 2007 at 5:47 am
Thanks for that GT!! I just got another ab workout remembering all the laughs! Good times!
July 10th, 2007 at 5:56 am
My ribcage is still recovering Nanc. Blueberry Gunt!
July 10th, 2007 at 8:59 am
Well I was surprised not to have come across the word ‘Gunt’ given my line of work, but was happy in my little bubble. Now, having read the comments I find myself having gone off one of my very favorite desserts!
July 10th, 2007 at 10:09 am
Tagbagger, welcome back.
Yeah, things got a little rude in Toronto, I’m afraid.
Btw, Blueberry Gunt was actually a martini we named after the dessert.
But that probably doesn’t help the mental imagery, does it?
July 10th, 2007 at 12:20 pm
As a born and bred Torontonian, this brought a wee tear to my eye. So nice to know some people visit here and then don’t go home and say how much they hated it.
Personally, my favourite thing about Toronto is the lovely, quiet, heavily treed neighbourhoods. I have lived in three very beautiful ones. They are the heart of the city.
July 11th, 2007 at 3:44 am
Are you kiddin’?
I love TO.
I could happily live in one of those treed ‘hoods close to the city centre.
July 11th, 2007 at 8:15 am
Dancing Queen IS hard to sing. I tried once, and I’ll never do it again. (For other people’s sake.)
July 11th, 2007 at 2:11 pm
I have been thinking about Toronto since you wrote this post, GT, and remembered how my inaugural post on RTK was a defence of the city I was born and raised in.
If you’re interested ….
http://byekoolaidmoms.blogspot.com/2006/07/jacy-here-my-inaugural-post.html
July 11th, 2007 at 6:00 pm
A spirited call to arms, Jacy.
I’ve never understood why the ROC (rest of Canada) gets its head up its arse about TO.
And hearing about the death of Honest Ed today makes my heart grow even fonder, even though I trashed a Mirvish production a couple of posts back
July 11th, 2007 at 6:23 pm
I find Maritimers aren’t as bent out of shape about it as Montrealers, Albertans and, worst of all, northern Ontarians. Don’t know why that is. I love Timiskaming.
July 12th, 2007 at 3:17 am
Brilliant list. I can’t wait until I see someone next Tuesday! Bet I can say it at the office by Friday …
July 12th, 2007 at 2:15 pm
Bravo GT!!!! I brings back lots of great memories and I live here!!!! I the Iron is soon going back to the scrap heaps of used and abused medical equipment and Dancing Queen should best be left to the vocal chords of Frida and Agnetha. I’ve also done my part to stop the spread of “We will rock you”— I see it as a public service to tell people about how crappy it is.
We’ll make more Blueberry Gunt when we’re back in NS this summer and we’ll drive a buck twenty to get to the airport to fly porter air.
It was a pleasure to host you and Nank!
AB
July 12th, 2007 at 7:02 pm
Can’t wait for chapter 2, AB
And, oh, how we laughed!