Win a Trip to Bellegarde, Saskatchewan!
April 9, 2002 8:42 PM Subscribe
Win a Trip to Bellegarde, Saskatchewan! No joke. And thousands of people will enter this contest. They're ingenious, these prairie farmers.
PRIZE INCLUDES:
Round-trip airfare for two to Regina from a major Canadian airport.
Three nights' hotel accommodation in Regina.
Limousine ride to Bellegarde.
An official tour of the hamlet by the president of the Bellegarde Rural Development Council.
$250 spending money.
All you have to do? Predict when a rusted out old car will crash through the ice and cause a local, and very minor, environmental catastrophe.
i have a better question: salmon, did you enter this contest?
posted by Kafei at 8:54 PM on April 9, 2002
posted by Kafei at 8:54 PM on April 9, 2002
You bet. That's why I'm looking for ideas on how to spend the $250.
posted by Salmonberry at 9:20 PM on April 9, 2002
posted by Salmonberry at 9:20 PM on April 9, 2002
No one gave props to Neil Gaiman for this idea (see American Gods)
posted by bragadocchio at 9:43 PM on April 9, 2002
posted by bragadocchio at 9:43 PM on April 9, 2002
That's an awesome idea. I was born in the country, but I have never seen anything other than Ontario. That would be a great opportunity to see the Canadian west.
posted by insomnyuk at 9:43 PM on April 9, 2002
posted by insomnyuk at 9:43 PM on April 9, 2002
My thought exactly, bragadocchio. The question is whether there's an evil/angelic little goblin who's keeping Bellegarde pretty.
And whether there's a kid in the car's trunk.
posted by Marquis at 10:37 PM on April 9, 2002
And whether there's a kid in the car's trunk.
posted by Marquis at 10:37 PM on April 9, 2002
The state of Alaska has several of these... every year.
It seems like everyone over 60° N latitude does the annual "Let's see something fall through ice!" shtick.
posted by d8uv at 11:26 PM on April 9, 2002
It seems like everyone over 60° N latitude does the annual "Let's see something fall through ice!" shtick.
posted by d8uv at 11:26 PM on April 9, 2002
You can spend it on what everyone else spends their money on in Saskabush: booze.
d8uv, I think this is more like 49 degrees... otherwise that's going to be one loooong limo ride
posted by sauril at 11:32 PM on April 9, 2002
d8uv, I think this is more like 49 degrees... otherwise that's going to be one loooong limo ride
posted by sauril at 11:32 PM on April 9, 2002
I just reread that and I hope no one takes offense, just a little neighbourly ribbing
posted by sauril at 11:35 PM on April 9, 2002
posted by sauril at 11:35 PM on April 9, 2002
I could've sworn that your FPP said 'Belgrade' that was putting a wholly different slant on the story for me
posted by ajbattrick at 12:08 AM on April 10, 2002
posted by ajbattrick at 12:08 AM on April 10, 2002
Will the Bellegarde competition ever match the Oxbow incident in the popular imagination, though?
posted by MiguelCardoso at 1:52 AM on April 10, 2002
posted by MiguelCardoso at 1:52 AM on April 10, 2002
Here's a question: is there any other word in the English language which rhymes with Regina. Why must they pronounce it that way?
posted by ParisParamus at 4:29 AM on April 10, 2002
posted by ParisParamus at 4:29 AM on April 10, 2002
Nothing could be finer than to be in Carolina...
posted by MiguelCardoso at 4:33 AM on April 10, 2002
posted by MiguelCardoso at 4:33 AM on April 10, 2002
*side note*There's a joke about streets in Chicago...one of which is Paulina, which rhymes with, apparently, Regina.
Do they fish the cars out after the contest? I bet after a while that would make for some neato scuba-ing what with all the cars and such.
posted by macadamiaranch at 5:56 AM on April 10, 2002
Do they fish the cars out after the contest? I bet after a while that would make for some neato scuba-ing what with all the cars and such.
posted by macadamiaranch at 5:56 AM on April 10, 2002
Wait a second. If Paulina rhymes with Regina, and Regina rhymes with Carolina . . . and Paulina is pronounced Pauleena, then Miguel, you have said something very very dirty. Very dirty indeed.
posted by ashbury at 7:13 AM on April 10, 2002
posted by ashbury at 7:13 AM on April 10, 2002
You can spend it on what everyone else spends their money on in Saskabush: booze.
Exactly, it gets sooooo cold, a body needs some "anti-freeze".
posted by jkaczor at 7:33 AM on April 10, 2002
Exactly, it gets sooooo cold, a body needs some "anti-freeze".
posted by jkaczor at 7:33 AM on April 10, 2002
That article is probably the best explanation of how important the local ice rink is to the survival small prarie towns that I have ever seen.
All hail the local ice rink!
posted by iceberg273 at 7:40 AM on April 10, 2002
All hail the local ice rink!
posted by iceberg273 at 7:40 AM on April 10, 2002
Pretty much everyone I meet does a double-take when I tell them where I live.
Welcome to Regina: the city that rhymes with fun.
I suggested that one to our public relations staff, but they turned it down.
posted by Monk at 9:12 AM on April 10, 2002
Welcome to Regina: the city that rhymes with fun.
I suggested that one to our public relations staff, but they turned it down.
posted by Monk at 9:12 AM on April 10, 2002
PP said: ... language which rhymes with Regina. Why must they pronounce it that way?
You know, every time I hear the word Venus, I think the same thing.
posted by iconomy at 9:38 AM on April 10, 2002
You know, every time I hear the word Venus, I think the same thing.
posted by iconomy at 9:38 AM on April 10, 2002
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