Just out for a rip
December 5, 2013 9:03 PM Subscribe
Who says our friends to the north are too polite to cause trouble ? Sometimes, they like to go out for a rip eh. (slyt)
Apparently Dr. Johnny Fever became a recording engineer.
posted by InsertNiftyNameHere at 9:35 PM on December 5, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by InsertNiftyNameHere at 9:35 PM on December 5, 2013 [1 favorite]
No. This may be a regional thing. It certainly doesn't depict the rural society I grew up in. It was hick/redneck/jackass, but not like that.
posted by five fresh fish at 9:35 PM on December 5, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by five fresh fish at 9:35 PM on December 5, 2013 [1 favorite]
Oh man. I anyone thinks this is some kind of exaggerated caricature, well yeah. But the cadence, the jargon, the meandering recounting of stupid minor mayhem is absolutely spot on. I know guys exactly like this. I've gone to school and to bars and camping with them. This is absolutely uncanny for me.
Totally fucking Langley
posted by KokuRyu at 9:36 PM on December 5, 2013 [7 favorites]
Totally fucking Langley
posted by KokuRyu at 9:36 PM on December 5, 2013 [7 favorites]
Totally fucking Langley
See, I would have said small-town Alberta. A fine son of Westlock sprang instantly to mind. I suspect it's much more widespread then that.
posted by figurant at 9:40 PM on December 5, 2013 [4 favorites]
See, I would have said small-town Alberta. A fine son of Westlock sprang instantly to mind. I suspect it's much more widespread then that.
posted by figurant at 9:40 PM on December 5, 2013 [4 favorites]
FWIW, Langley is a big and sophisticated city compared to the Interior hinterland where I grew up.
posted by five fresh fish at 9:40 PM on December 5, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by five fresh fish at 9:40 PM on December 5, 2013 [1 favorite]
I thought it was prairie-hick, too. Not logger-hick.
posted by five fresh fish at 9:41 PM on December 5, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by five fresh fish at 9:41 PM on December 5, 2013 [1 favorite]
I grew up in Northern Minnesota. They're speaking a different dialect, but it's the same language.
posted by Pogo_Fuzzybutt at 9:45 PM on December 5, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by Pogo_Fuzzybutt at 9:45 PM on December 5, 2013 [1 favorite]
But what does "go out for a rip" mean? Does it mean "drive slowly around the paddock in your truck"?
posted by awfurby at 9:52 PM on December 5, 2013
posted by awfurby at 9:52 PM on December 5, 2013
Quads (4-wheeled ATVs) and dirt bikes may also be involved.
posted by figurant at 10:08 PM on December 5, 2013
posted by figurant at 10:08 PM on December 5, 2013
So was I the only one scrolling back and forth trying to find Sarah Harmer? (I think that's her in the red plaid shirt at 0:58 and various points onward.)
It's not just rural, though: that felt like pure Scarborough to me. I miss the Knobby :-(
posted by maudlin at 10:10 PM on December 5, 2013
It's not just rural, though: that felt like pure Scarborough to me. I miss the Knobby :-(
posted by maudlin at 10:10 PM on December 5, 2013
Totally fucking Langley
No. Saskatchewan, Manitoba. This is every guy I know from the prairies.
posted by jimmythefish at 10:29 PM on December 5, 2013 [3 favorites]
No. Saskatchewan, Manitoba. This is every guy I know from the prairies.
posted by jimmythefish at 10:29 PM on December 5, 2013 [3 favorites]
When I was young we called it "on a mission" but out for a rip was acceptable. These guys could have been ANYONE I grew up around, myself included., South Western Ontario (immigrant, not born and raised)
posted by NiteMayr at 10:30 PM on December 5, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by NiteMayr at 10:30 PM on December 5, 2013 [1 favorite]
These guys could have been ANYONE I grew up around, myself included., South Western Ontario
Well, we're kind of a mono-culture - amongst the white males anyways. Pretty much anyone coast to coast can and most certainly will start rounding their vowels like this when drunk or otherwise involved in some shenanigans. In that respect, the accent is just perfect here. It's also surprisingly Scottish in its roots - listen in that context and it's really apparent. Add a rolling R and you're almost there.
posted by jimmythefish at 10:40 PM on December 5, 2013 [7 favorites]
Well, we're kind of a mono-culture - amongst the white males anyways. Pretty much anyone coast to coast can and most certainly will start rounding their vowels like this when drunk or otherwise involved in some shenanigans. In that respect, the accent is just perfect here. It's also surprisingly Scottish in its roots - listen in that context and it's really apparent. Add a rolling R and you're almost there.
posted by jimmythefish at 10:40 PM on December 5, 2013 [7 favorites]
Like the "Redneck voice" the Rural Canadian knows no geographical bounds
posted by NiteMayr at 10:41 PM on December 5, 2013 [4 favorites]
posted by NiteMayr at 10:41 PM on December 5, 2013 [4 favorites]
jimmythefish, as a Scot, that was pretty much my first thought when I heard this. Between the vowels and the cadence, it's really striking.
posted by genuinely curious at 11:35 PM on December 5, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by genuinely curious at 11:35 PM on December 5, 2013 [1 favorite]
As a small town southern ontario girl this rang true to me, too. Maybe not "out for a rip" but all the
"fuck buddy"'s. I *still* call people buddy or "buddy guy".
posted by aclevername at 11:39 PM on December 5, 2013
"fuck buddy"'s. I *still* call people buddy or "buddy guy".
posted by aclevername at 11:39 PM on December 5, 2013
I thought it was prairie-hick, too.
Fucken rights. That was eerie.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 12:00 AM on December 6, 2013
Fucken rights. That was eerie.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 12:00 AM on December 6, 2013
Yeah, at first I was ready to denounce this as caricature/exaggeration, but as the video went on, the only thing that made me sure this wasn't filmed where I live is that the hockey shirts are for the wrong teams. I KNOW these people. I TEACH them. (They need an English class before they can get their welding ticket.) They goodnaturedly say "ah fuck" when they mess up during their class presentation and then, "oh shit, sorry." And then cheerfully tell me "have a good weekend, eh" as they leave class Friday afternoon. Thanks for posting this! Made me smile.
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 12:36 AM on December 6, 2013 [15 favorites]
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 12:36 AM on December 6, 2013 [15 favorites]
He said if the Leafs make the playoffs he's taking the day off, so it must be Ontario. My first thought was Bancroft, but I think they're mostly Sens fans around there.
But yeah, could be substituted for almost anywhere rural in the country. Prince George. Whitecourt. Thunder Bay.
My only complaint was the lack of a Tron freestyle verse.
posted by mannequito at 1:06 AM on December 6, 2013 [3 favorites]
But yeah, could be substituted for almost anywhere rural in the country. Prince George. Whitecourt. Thunder Bay.
My only complaint was the lack of a Tron freestyle verse.
posted by mannequito at 1:06 AM on December 6, 2013 [3 favorites]
Barrie Ontario. I know a guy who sounds exactly like this. Exactly like this.
posted by ThatCanadianGirl at 5:51 AM on December 6, 2013
posted by ThatCanadianGirl at 5:51 AM on December 6, 2013
You've all seen FUBAR, right? You should really see FUBAR. (Terry talks about trucks.)
posted by sixohsix at 7:00 AM on December 6, 2013 [9 favorites]
posted by sixohsix at 7:00 AM on December 6, 2013 [9 favorites]
Although the accent can be different on the East Coast, I also know a lot of guys who talk like this after a couple beers.
posted by hydrobatidae at 7:06 AM on December 6, 2013
posted by hydrobatidae at 7:06 AM on December 6, 2013
Finally, my homeland's culture has shown up on the blue. Figurant, I'm pretty sure whoever you are thinking of from Westlock... I'm related to. And this could have been filmed on my parents farm, driving the old work truck... I guess Canadian rural culture is more nationally consistent than I realized!
Those accents, the booze... Sounds like home for the holidays time!
posted by Sarah_Lena at 7:33 AM on December 6, 2013 [1 favorite]
Those accents, the booze... Sounds like home for the holidays time!
posted by Sarah_Lena at 7:33 AM on December 6, 2013 [1 favorite]
Who says our friends to the north are too polite to cause trouble?
I find this stereotype so weird. I mean, we say "sorry" a lot where I grew up, but it's also the riding that repeatedly elects John Baird.
posted by Hoopo at 8:09 AM on December 6, 2013 [1 favorite]
I find this stereotype so weird. I mean, we say "sorry" a lot where I grew up, but it's also the riding that repeatedly elects John Baird.
posted by Hoopo at 8:09 AM on December 6, 2013 [1 favorite]
You've all seen FUBAR, right? You should really see FUBAR
The sequel is also acceptable, but not quite the same
posted by Hoopo at 8:22 AM on December 6, 2013
The sequel is also acceptable, but not quite the same
posted by Hoopo at 8:22 AM on December 6, 2013
Is this movie "FUBAR" something like a Jackass lifestyle documentary done by Ken Loach in Canada? Man, it looks…amazing.
posted by wenestvedt at 8:32 AM on December 6, 2013
posted by wenestvedt at 8:32 AM on December 6, 2013
FUBAR is a "mockumentary" in the Spinal Tap style but it's also deeper in some way. FUBAR 2 has a less serious core, but is also great. It's about two prairie folk who like 80 hair metal.
posted by sixohsix at 9:25 AM on December 6, 2013
posted by sixohsix at 9:25 AM on December 6, 2013
The video credit says Tamworth and Kingston (outdoors and the studio, I guess), but it feels like Napanee to me. (My first boyfriend was from Napanee. I have mostly fond memories of the area.)
posted by maudlin at 9:27 AM on December 6, 2013
posted by maudlin at 9:27 AM on December 6, 2013
Kingston, eh? I never really encountered the locals of Kingston because all my visits have been limited to the student ghetto (Queens University draws the kids with good grades from all over the country so it's probably a bad representation of the population at large). I guess other than the University it's not too different than a lot of other smaller Ontario towns.
posted by Hoopo at 12:01 PM on December 6, 2013
posted by Hoopo at 12:01 PM on December 6, 2013
Huh, when I was in Kingston (2003-7) I would generally associate "a rip" with going to the "rippers" aka the strip club.
Queen's is well-divided between Leafs and Sens fans. Boston is definitely more of an east-coast thing (Halifax and Boston have a long friendly history).
posted by Lemurrhea at 1:08 PM on December 6, 2013 [1 favorite]
Queen's is well-divided between Leafs and Sens fans. Boston is definitely more of an east-coast thing (Halifax and Boston have a long friendly history).
posted by Lemurrhea at 1:08 PM on December 6, 2013 [1 favorite]
Manitoban here. These are definitely representative of small town prairie guys. Possibly shades of too-much-hipster, not-enough-country-music but otherwise is spot on and I definitely know exactly these guys.
posted by utsutsu at 1:12 PM on December 6, 2013
posted by utsutsu at 1:12 PM on December 6, 2013
Totally fucking Langley
Works for Weymouth Nova Scotia too. I get this exact story almost every morning - of the drinking and mayhem and all the action I missed the previous evening - during the safety meeting / doobie smoking in buddy's shed next door. His boarder is an exemplar of this class of Canadian, I fucking love it.
posted by Meatbomb at 2:08 PM on December 6, 2013
Works for Weymouth Nova Scotia too. I get this exact story almost every morning - of the drinking and mayhem and all the action I missed the previous evening - during the safety meeting / doobie smoking in buddy's shed next door. His boarder is an exemplar of this class of Canadian, I fucking love it.
posted by Meatbomb at 2:08 PM on December 6, 2013
sixohsix: "FUBAR is a "mockumentary" in the Spinal Tap style but it's also deeper in some way. FUBAR 2 has a less serious core, but is also great. It's about two prairie folk who like 80 hair metal."
In some ways I liked the sequel better. Part of that I think is having too many late nights out with friends where we ended up at somebody's apartment watching FUBAR at 3am. It seemed like everyone was more into the 'LolBertans' stupid humour aspect than the way it kind of transcends itself in the 3rd act.
FUBAR 2 is more of a conventional Hollywood-style movie, but I recently rewatched it and it's better than I remember. There's still a lot of silly Pilsner-infused jokes ("Eh lookit that guy, he's takin' five eh!") but the emotional ending plays perfectly without going too far into cheese territory, and the cinematography of Fort McMurray and the oilsands is really striking.
posted by mannequito at 3:39 PM on December 6, 2013 [1 favorite]
In some ways I liked the sequel better. Part of that I think is having too many late nights out with friends where we ended up at somebody's apartment watching FUBAR at 3am. It seemed like everyone was more into the 'LolBertans' stupid humour aspect than the way it kind of transcends itself in the 3rd act.
FUBAR 2 is more of a conventional Hollywood-style movie, but I recently rewatched it and it's better than I remember. There's still a lot of silly Pilsner-infused jokes ("Eh lookit that guy, he's takin' five eh!") but the emotional ending plays perfectly without going too far into cheese territory, and the cinematography of Fort McMurray and the oilsands is really striking.
posted by mannequito at 3:39 PM on December 6, 2013 [1 favorite]
Huh, when I was in Kingston (2003-7) I would generally associate "a rip" with going to the "rippers" aka the strip club.
Early 1990's Victoria BC this would be called "going to see the peelers"
posted by KokuRyu at 4:22 PM on December 6, 2013 [1 favorite]
Early 1990's Victoria BC this would be called "going to see the peelers"
posted by KokuRyu at 4:22 PM on December 6, 2013 [1 favorite]
This Hoser rap is pretty good. Reminds me (slightly) of the hick comedy Letterkenny Problems and the (long running) Break Bread crew from Manitoba.
posted by anthill at 4:53 PM on December 6, 2013
posted by anthill at 4:53 PM on December 6, 2013
The question of 'dart' to replace 'butt' came up at work today - i.e. is that a regionalism, a recent coinage, or both?
Asking as one who has not so long ago shot a potato canon off the back of a boat, beer in hand, by the way.
posted by not_that_epiphanius at 6:31 PM on December 6, 2013
Asking as one who has not so long ago shot a potato canon off the back of a boat, beer in hand, by the way.
posted by not_that_epiphanius at 6:31 PM on December 6, 2013
Early 1990's Victoria BC this would be called "going to see the peelers"
"Peelers" since the early 70's up in PG. i think it's at least a BC-ism.
Re: "darts" - there was once a phrase "eat your darts" that was uproariously funny to some people, but I missed out entirely. Anyone know what that phrase was about?
posted by five fresh fish at 6:38 PM on December 6, 2013 [1 favorite]
"Peelers" since the early 70's up in PG. i think it's at least a BC-ism.
Re: "darts" - there was once a phrase "eat your darts" that was uproariously funny to some people, but I missed out entirely. Anyone know what that phrase was about?
posted by five fresh fish at 6:38 PM on December 6, 2013 [1 favorite]
Also, IMO the Trailer Park Boys is a dead accurate documentary. I grew up with those neighbours. Halfwitted good ol' boys heading for inevitable incarceration and not a clue about why it's happening.
Rural Canada is remote beyond most people's imagination. Most of humanity does not live in the wilderness. But holy hell, I walked to the school bus looking out for bears! These days, that strikes me as surreal.
posted by five fresh fish at 6:46 PM on December 6, 2013
Rural Canada is remote beyond most people's imagination. Most of humanity does not live in the wilderness. But holy hell, I walked to the school bus looking out for bears! These days, that strikes me as surreal.
posted by five fresh fish at 6:46 PM on December 6, 2013
I want a spud gun just like the one at the end of the video! Take my money!
posted by InsertNiftyNameHere at 8:06 PM on December 6, 2013
posted by InsertNiftyNameHere at 8:06 PM on December 6, 2013
The...artist?...is from Tamworth, Ontario.
posted by Mitochondrial_Steve at 11:52 PM on December 6, 2013
posted by Mitochondrial_Steve at 11:52 PM on December 6, 2013
Oh man, this reminds me it has been awhile since I have spoken to some cousins. Time to get on the horn.
posted by Hopeful and Cynical at 9:08 AM on December 7, 2013
posted by Hopeful and Cynical at 9:08 AM on December 7, 2013
But what does "go out for a rip" mean?
If you're in Ontario, first you go to the Beer Store for some two-fours.
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 10:04 AM on December 7, 2013
If you're in Ontario, first you go to the Beer Store for some two-fours.
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 10:04 AM on December 7, 2013
I would have said small-town Alberta.
Nah. The truck has a front plate.
posted by asnider at 10:15 AM on December 7, 2013 [1 favorite]
Nah. The truck has a front plate.
posted by asnider at 10:15 AM on December 7, 2013 [1 favorite]
'Darts' as slang for cigarettes makes me think of my mid-90s mechanic/car-guy friends in Hamilton ON.
posted by mannequito at 2:19 AM on December 8, 2013
posted by mannequito at 2:19 AM on December 8, 2013
Now I'm even more confused by "eat your darts". Eat your cigarettes?
I suppose I could go google this...
posted by five fresh fish at 5:55 PM on December 8, 2013
I suppose I could go google this...
posted by five fresh fish at 5:55 PM on December 8, 2013
It's peelers here in Calgary, at least as far as I've heard.
posted by arcticseal at 8:39 PM on December 8, 2013
posted by arcticseal at 8:39 PM on December 8, 2013
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