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Dr Dog · 03-14-2010, 03:15 PM

Every Canadian knows that when the gold medal game is on, you "hold it" until the intermission.

No matter how many beers you've chugged while cheering on Team Canada, you don't want to miss the big goal, hard hit or key save in a crucial hockey match.

Now the whole world can see a graphic illustration of this Canadian cultural phenomenon.

That's thanks to a hilarious - and highly informative - chart, showing water use in Edmonton during the Vancouver Olympic Gold Medal game between the Canadian and the U.S. men's ice hockey teams.

The image, produced by EPCOR, Edmonton's water utility, clearly shows the spikes in water use as Edmonton hockey fans flush their toilets, turn on their taps, et cetera, between periods, and especially after the broadcast of the big game on February 28th.

According to Tim le Riche of EPCOR Media Relations, the item made its way onto Twitter after being lifted from an internal publication. It's worked its way into many blogs and media outlets since then. Some keen commentators appear to have reproduced the graph without permission, in their excitement to put it into their pages. Bad bloggers!

But you can see why they're so anxious to present the pic. This isn't just a corporate chart. This is an insight into our national character. Fans in Edmonton here represent Canadians across the country, adding their own discomfort to the efforts of our boys on ice. The players "take one for the team" while we avoid taking one.

It's nothing less than a portrait of a nation peeing. Canada's golden moments!

When Sydney Crosby scored in overtime to win the game, and the gold medal for Canada, we weren't just elated. We were also - and literally - relieved.

David Newland https://blog.canoe.ca/canoedossier/20..._nation_peeing

CareFreeLivin · 03-15-2010, 05:24 PM

Very cool. Thanks for posting.

Dr Dog · 03-16-2010, 12:29 AM

your welcome, I was hoping I would have gotten more of a response from this one

Strainbrain · 03-16-2010, 12:35 AM

That's pretty amusing... hard to misinterpret that graph.

Canada's golden moments indeed.

Dr Dog · 03-16-2010, 12:44 AM

"golden" indeed

MarquisBlack · 03-16-2010, 12:46 AM

I lol'd.

Don Dump · 03-16-2010, 12:47 AM

I heard somewhere that 16.7 million people in canada were watching that gold medal game. thats over 50% of the population. Im pretty sure I rocked a piss before the 3rd

I feel compelled to watch the same hockey highlights over and over all night and then all morning every day that show NHL on the fly is like crack to me, I may need to get my head examined

B. Friendly · 03-16-2010, 12:48 AM

EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!

Dr Dog · 03-16-2010, 01:05 AM

You guys may be surprised but I am actually not a fan of Hockey

I stopped watching after the last work stoppage and have not watched a game since

During the Olympics, I watch about 5 mins of the Women's game in which they won 18 to 1 I think it was

And I was sleeping during the men's gold medal game, I woke up 24 seconds left in the third when my gf starting yelling profanities. So I got to watch the game winning goal..

She be a Habs fan, I am a former Leafs fan

Now concentrate on the Jays

Strainbrain · 03-16-2010, 01:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Dr Dog

Now concentrate on the Jays

A baseball man, I see. So, who gets better first? Your Jays or my Royals?

03-14-2010, 03:15 PM	#1
Dr Dog Sharks have a week dedicated to me Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: CANNADA Posts: 7,216	What does Hockey mean to Canada Every Canadian knows that when the gold medal game is on, you "hold it" until the intermission. No matter how many beers you've chugged while cheering on Team Canada, you don't want to miss the big goal, hard hit or key save in a crucial hockey match. Now the whole world can see a graphic illustration of this Canadian cultural phenomenon. That's thanks to a hilarious - and highly informative - chart, showing water use in Edmonton during the Vancouver Olympic Gold Medal game between the Canadian and the U.S. men's ice hockey teams. The image, produced by EPCOR, Edmonton's water utility, clearly shows the spikes in water use as Edmonton hockey fans flush their toilets, turn on their taps, et cetera, between periods, and especially after the broadcast of the big game on February 28th. According to Tim le Riche of EPCOR Media Relations, the item made its way onto Twitter after being lifted from an internal publication. It's worked its way into many blogs and media outlets since then. Some keen commentators appear to have reproduced the graph without permission, in their excitement to put it into their pages. Bad bloggers! But you can see why they're so anxious to present the pic. This isn't just a corporate chart. This is an insight into our national character. Fans in Edmonton here represent Canadians across the country, adding their own discomfort to the efforts of our boys on ice. The players "take one for the team" while we avoid taking one. It's nothing less than a portrait of a nation peeing. Canada's golden moments! When Sydney Crosby scored in overtime to win the game, and the gold medal for Canada, we weren't just elated. We were also - and literally - relieved. David Newland https://blog.canoe.ca/canoedossier/20..._nation_peeing __________________ Federally Registered Designated Grower THE BUD HUNTER Medicinal Marijuana Advocate
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Dr Dog Sharks have a week dedicated to me Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: CANNADA Posts: 7,216	your welcome, I was hoping I would have gotten more of a response from this one __________________ Federally Registered Designated Grower THE BUD HUNTER Medicinal Marijuana Advocate
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Dr Dog Sharks have a week dedicated to me Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: CANNADA Posts: 7,216	"golden" indeed __________________ Federally Registered Designated Grower THE BUD HUNTER Medicinal Marijuana Advocate
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Don Dump the man doctors said would never moonwalk again Join Date: May 2007 Location: CΔNNΔDΔ Posts: 1,145	I heard somewhere that 16.7 million people in canada were watching that gold medal game. thats over 50% of the population. Im pretty sure I rocked a piss before the 3rd I feel compelled to watch the same hockey highlights over and over all night and then all morning every day that show NHL on the fly is like crack to me, I may need to get my head examined __________________ If you aim for the sky, you're going to piss on your shoes
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CareFreeLivin Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 187	Very cool. Thanks for posting.
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B. Friendly "IBIUBU" Sayeith the Dude Join Date: May 2009 Location: dudeism.com Posts: 3,848	EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!! __________________ Puff and "B.Friendly" "It's like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder how I keep from going under" When mankind first saw the necessity of government, it is probable that many had conceived the desire of ruling. Thomas Clarkson "The world runs on the initiative of about 5% of the people; the rest need orders. The consensus of the other 95% on the subject of one's relatonship with: government-banks-tax agencies-courts and corporations (all separate realms) is defective in that such inert abstractions have been accorded superiority over living beings. Governments are transitory mental contrivances set up by the clever few for the purpose of living off the efforts of the trusting many - a generalization, yes, but also the TRUTH." Cracking the Code, 3rd edition Last edited by KharmaGirl; 03-16-2010 at 01:32 AM..
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03-16-2010, 01:05 AM	#9
Dr Dog Sharks have a week dedicated to me Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: CANNADA Posts: 7,216	You guys may be surprised but I am actually not a fan of Hockey I stopped watching after the last work stoppage and have not watched a game since During the Olympics, I watch about 5 mins of the Women's game in which they won 18 to 1 I think it was And I was sleeping during the men's gold medal game, I woke up 24 seconds left in the third when my gf starting yelling profanities. So I got to watch the game winning goal.. She be a Habs fan, I am a former Leafs fan Now concentrate on the Jays __________________ Federally Registered Designated Grower THE BUD HUNTER Medicinal Marijuana Advocate
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