Hockey player reviews strategic maple syrup reserves

December 15, 2019 11:24 AM

The Canadian Internet Registry Authority has got together a set of somewhat Canadian stock images (title, and a play on a meme)
posted by Wordshore (28 comments total)

Well played.

are they still picky about who gets to register .ca domains? I remember some teeth-gnashing a few years back where some folks lost their domains cos not living in Canada or something like that?
posted by slater at 11:31 AM on December 15, 2019

I feel the need to enjoy a refreshing glass of maple syrup.
posted by hippybear at 11:51 AM on December 15, 2019 [7 favorites]

No Tim Hortons?
posted by angiep at 11:58 AM on December 15, 2019 [1 favorite]

No Tim Hortons?

Probably no registered trademarks at all.
posted by jordantwodelta at 12:02 PM on December 15, 2019 [2 favorites]

Lots of plaid, though.
posted by hippybear at 12:03 PM on December 15, 2019 [1 favorite]

the moose is called mordecai and he's a stalker (;;;*_*)
posted by Foci for Analysis at 12:17 PM on December 15, 2019 [2 favorites]

That moose is no Bullwinkle.
posted by oneswellfoop at 12:55 PM on December 15, 2019 [2 favorites]

I love this.
posted by aclevername at 1:43 PM on December 15, 2019 [3 favorites]

I have long argued for letting Californians share the .ca domain with Canada, especially when the registrar can do things like this. Although I would have trouble coming up with Very Californian stereotypes to people them with ... yes, a surfer, an old fashioned movie director, a Dodgers baseball uniform or Lakers basketball outfit, Baywatch-style lifeguards, don't know how to depict high-tech (dressed as Steve Jobs?), and a California animal? Yeah, there's a bear on the state flag, but other possibilities- a grey whale or sea lion from the coast, a California Condor, most others are either pretty small or too common in other places. Could have famous movie/tv characters but not without fights between Disney and other rightsholders. Well, we're never going to work together with Canada, so nevermind.
posted by oneswellfoop at 1:48 PM on December 15, 2019

Template for your next Canadian meme: Hockey player checks out lumberjack while woman in Canadian tuxedo looks on in disbelief
posted by otherchaz at 1:59 PM on December 15, 2019 [6 favorites]

I really really hate the CIRA “Don't be a traitor” ads. Threats of violence (even comedy violence) against those not willing to pay more for a .ca domain (with tiny recognition compared to .com) is offensive.

Also, CIRA are about the worst serial spammers. They still send me paper mail every time my .com domains are close to auto-renewing, as well as the usual email crap. They can, as the saying goes, go do one.
posted by scruss at 2:14 PM on December 15, 2019 [2 favorites]

I feel the need to enjoy a refreshing glass of maple syrup.

In honor of the late Peter Tork, some Monkees fan created a shot called the "Connecticut Counterspy," which is a mixture of whiskey and maple syrup

I'm flashing back to the work my program did with the New York State Maple Growers' Association (We're Number Two!) and all the weight I probably gained from "disposing of" leftover swag.
posted by The Underpants Monster at 2:16 PM on December 15, 2019 [2 favorites]

I'm flashing back to the work my program did with the New York State Maple Growers' Association

I'm still flashing back to that image of the lumberjack drinking maple syrup right out of the bottle, but that's much more recent and will probably fade quickly.
posted by hippybear at 2:21 PM on December 15, 2019 [2 favorites]

I await the day where the Canadian sterotype is the Green Onion pancake or the Trindi Double Roti and not the god damned lumberjack.
posted by PinkMoose at 2:22 PM on December 15, 2019 [8 favorites]

a worthwhile Canadian initiative
posted by chavenet at 2:32 PM on December 15, 2019 [4 favorites]

Little disappointed that 'cyber woman with maple syrup' does not appear to be in the collection
posted by Merus at 2:44 PM on December 15, 2019 [1 favorite]

Template for your next Canadian meme:

Yeah, I came here to same something perhaps dismissive, because I'm Canadian and tend to find most Canuck cliches reductive and boring and ... anyway, I clicked on that "play on a meme" link and ... well, the title alone ...

Hockey player checks out lumberjack while woman in Canadian tuxedo looks on in disbelief

... seemed to instantly send me into a zen state. True north strong and ... mmmmmmm.
posted by philip-random at 2:51 PM on December 15, 2019 [6 favorites]

Clueless white people playing sports, definitely the Canada I least want to see represented anywhere.
posted by seanmpuckett at 3:57 PM on December 15, 2019

Was hoping for more curling, poutine, and turkey pizza covered in cranberry sauce and gravy.
posted by fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit at 4:31 PM on December 15, 2019 [1 favorite]

I thought it was going to be this (real!) story:

While he was injured, hockey player kept busy studying maple syrup
posted by clawsoon at 4:46 PM on December 15, 2019 [7 favorites]

Gordon Lightfoot - Love & Maple Syrup

not his best work
posted by philip-random at 5:41 PM on December 15, 2019 [1 favorite]

I think the moose might be the actual moose from the Cucumber Club (the Children's Underground Club or United Moose and Beaver*). As I recall his name was just "Moose."

* This was a real show. I am not making it up.
posted by If only I had a penguin... at 6:35 PM on December 15, 2019 [1 favorite]

It's certainly not Mr Moose from Captain Kangaroo.
posted by hippybear at 7:18 PM on December 15, 2019 [2 favorites]

Good on them for helping .ca websites meet the CanCon quotas that I assume are required as part of the registrar contract.
posted by ckape at 8:10 PM on December 15, 2019 [1 favorite]

I really really hate the CIRA “Don't be a traitor” ads.

Yes. This. It’s disgusting.

The CIRA is not a government agency. It’s just some random company that has a monopoly for some unknown reason.

IME 99.999% of all .ca domains — including sites for certain crown corporations — are just redirects to a .com/ca subdomain, which you’re redirected to anyway if you access the .com from Canada. There’s no advantage to a .ca domain. None. It’s not like anyone with any sense is going to only get a .ca domain; that’s just asking to be spoofed. And that’s the only reason people register .ca domains — to either commit or prevent fraud. They should just abolish it already and save everyone the hassle.
posted by Sys Rq at 9:22 PM on December 15, 2019 [2 favorites]

Clueless white people playing sports, definitely the Canada I least want to see represented anywhere.

I'm a clueless Canadian white person who plays sports.
posted by srboisvert at 10:06 AM on December 16, 2019 [1 favorite]

Mod note: Folks, there's a point past which posting completely off-tone stuff is less constructive than just skipping the thread or making your own.
posted by restless_nomad (staff) at 2:41 PM on December 16, 2019

In 2016, CIRA's CEO demanded IT complete transferring his porn from his old to new work laptop. A HR complaint resulted in firing the IT staffers with NDAs and keeping the CEO.
posted by anthill at 5:32 AM on December 20, 2019 [2 favorites]