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PsyLiam
Hungry for you
Member # 73

posted September 07, 1999 02:12 PM

I bit late I know, but I've only seen the film recently.

So, how well did South Park: Bigger, longer and uncut do in Canada then?

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The_Tom
recently silent
Member # 38

posted September 07, 1999 03:23 PM

I think it did OK.

Yes, we eat Kraft Dinner. Yes, our police aren't exactly commandoes when it comes to law enforcement. But we don't say Aboot. Maybe the Newfs do, but our o's, while not as "ow"ish as the Americans, are no more "ew"ish than any other (dare I include "normal" here) English speakers.

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Sol System
two dollar pistol
Member # 30

posted September 07, 1999 04:37 PM

I haven't even seen the movie, but thanks to the wonder that is the internet, I can't get that Brian Boitano song out of my head.

"And when Brian Boitano built the pyramids he beat up Kublai Khan!"

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HMS White Star
Active Member
Member # 174

posted September 07, 1999 05:53 PM

He also used his "magical fire breath to save the maidens fair". I don't know perhaps the maidens would like him better if Brian took a breath mint

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Jubilee
...complete with cherries!
Member # 99

posted September 08, 1999 01:49 AM

I thought he was Gay...

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Elim Garak
Plain and simple
Member # 14

posted September 08, 1999 07:49 AM

Not Kraft Dinner!

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The First One
A lovely little thinker, but a bugger when he's pissed
Member # 35

posted September 08, 1999 09:09 AM

"What do you expect? They're Canadian!"

On thw whole I quite enjoyed it. Too many songs, it seemed sometimes, but then that was presumably intended to parody Disney.

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Dani
Naboo Handmaiden
Ex-Part-Time Admin
Member # 57

posted September 08, 1999 10:53 AM

Tom you are SO wrong.

"Aboot" is my boyfriend's new favorite word...I can't count how many times I've heard it uttered in the past week or so.

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Elim Garak
Plain and simple
Member # 14

posted September 08, 1999 12:08 PM

"Aboot"? Anyone care to run a definition on it, like we did with "goober"?

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Dani
Naboo Handmaiden
Ex-Part-Time Admin
Member # 57

posted September 08, 1999 12:34 PM

Try saying "about" with a scottish accent...

Get it?

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Elim Garak
Plain and simple
Member # 14

posted September 08, 1999 12:42 PM

Aha! Got it... Thanks.

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HMS White Star
Active Member
Member # 174

posted September 08, 1999 05:41 PM

Well Jubes that doesn't change the fact that Brian's magical fire breath makes him, well, a little unpopular, and that he could use a breath mint

. Anyway what's this post all aboot.

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Sol System
two dollar pistol
Member # 30

posted September 08, 1999 08:09 PM

But if Brian Boitano didn't have his magical fire breath, how could he save said maidens?

On the subject of "aboot". Hmm...that one blonde lady on MuchMusic tends to say it like that.

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