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Five questions
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1. For those who have never spent time in Ontario, explain the charms of the Beer Store.
It's your one stop shop for all your beer needs in Ontario. Literally, since the government holds a monopoly on liquor sales. But it's really an awesome place. There are two line-ups, one on the right for purchasing and the other for returning empties.
The process is pretty simple, if somewhat retro-Soviet: if you're purchasing, you let the clerk know what brand and size you'd like to get, you pay them, and a few minutes later your beer will come sliding down a roller belt. When you've completed the beer consumption, you come back and get your deposit back.
There'll be racks of various beer related accessories, from glasses, mugs & steins to bottle openers and beer branded t-shirts and coolers, if you don't have enough beer related parephenalia coming out of the box itself. The wall will list the available brands and what denominations they come in.
For the beer ignorant such as YHB, it’s a bit of a surplus of wonders. I usually get a case of Steam Whistle, because I got a free tour of the brewery a couple years ago.
It's ultimate charm is the fact it is actually calle The Beer Store.
2. What's the greatest thing about being an Arab-Canadian?
That I can think of myself as pretty much just like any other Canadian. Now, admittedly, with the cultural mosaic that is Canada, every newcomer can maintain a distinct identity, and still be as much a Canadian as either of the founding races (and isn’t it awesome we can say “founding races” with a straight face?) or the other waves, which is great. But I'm pretty much totally assimilated into the Canadian culture (I own a copy of Bon Cop, Bad Cop!).
It’s also cool that I can get Shwarma with a “member’s discount”.
3. What's the worst?
Hairy eyeballs at US customs (although they’re so gentle, and their hands are so soft). And the fact that some of the founding races are still dicks, and have the advantage of numbers.
4. If you could own one item from a comic, RPG or sci-fi story that doesn't exist in the real world, what would it be?
Ah, man. That's hard. Hmm. Something like the cosmic cube or infinity gauntlet would be cheesy. A Pym Particle generator would be handy because then I could shrink down my car and carry it in my pocket, or grow to giant size and trim the trees in my backyard. Or if one of my oldest friends dies giant sized I could shrink him down for his funeral instead of letting him be buried in a giant sized hefty bag.
A viable vial of the super-soldier serum would be cool, primarily because I’m too lazy to actually work out. Or the Weapon Alpha suit
A Green Lantern ring would also be cool, as would a super speed flying bike from the Tharkoldu demon-opoly from Torg.
God, I’m a nerd.
5. Say something nice about your wife.
See, this made me paranoid, because I thought I always said nice things about my wife (with the possible exception of “she enjoyed Ghost Rider”, but who among us?).
She tolerates my foibles and appreciates my good qualities. She’s a huge geek, and even the things we didn’t share previously we share now.
I think you all know what happens next.
ludickid1. For those who have never spent time in Ontario, explain the charms of the Beer Store.
It's your one stop shop for all your beer needs in Ontario. Literally, since the government holds a monopoly on liquor sales. But it's really an awesome place. There are two line-ups, one on the right for purchasing and the other for returning empties.
The process is pretty simple, if somewhat retro-Soviet: if you're purchasing, you let the clerk know what brand and size you'd like to get, you pay them, and a few minutes later your beer will come sliding down a roller belt. When you've completed the beer consumption, you come back and get your deposit back.
There'll be racks of various beer related accessories, from glasses, mugs & steins to bottle openers and beer branded t-shirts and coolers, if you don't have enough beer related parephenalia coming out of the box itself. The wall will list the available brands and what denominations they come in.
For the beer ignorant such as YHB, it’s a bit of a surplus of wonders. I usually get a case of Steam Whistle, because I got a free tour of the brewery a couple years ago.
It's ultimate charm is the fact it is actually calle The Beer Store.
2. What's the greatest thing about being an Arab-Canadian?
That I can think of myself as pretty much just like any other Canadian. Now, admittedly, with the cultural mosaic that is Canada, every newcomer can maintain a distinct identity, and still be as much a Canadian as either of the founding races (and isn’t it awesome we can say “founding races” with a straight face?) or the other waves, which is great. But I'm pretty much totally assimilated into the Canadian culture (I own a copy of Bon Cop, Bad Cop!).
It’s also cool that I can get Shwarma with a “member’s discount”.
3. What's the worst?
Hairy eyeballs at US customs (although they’re so gentle, and their hands are so soft). And the fact that some of the founding races are still dicks, and have the advantage of numbers.
4. If you could own one item from a comic, RPG or sci-fi story that doesn't exist in the real world, what would it be?
Ah, man. That's hard. Hmm. Something like the cosmic cube or infinity gauntlet would be cheesy. A Pym Particle generator would be handy because then I could shrink down my car and carry it in my pocket, or grow to giant size and trim the trees in my backyard. Or if one of my oldest friends dies giant sized I could shrink him down for his funeral instead of letting him be buried in a giant sized hefty bag.
A viable vial of the super-soldier serum would be cool, primarily because I’m too lazy to actually work out. Or the Weapon Alpha suit
A Green Lantern ring would also be cool, as would a super speed flying bike from the Tharkoldu demon-opoly from Torg.
God, I’m a nerd.
5. Say something nice about your wife.
See, this made me paranoid, because I thought I always said nice things about my wife (with the possible exception of “she enjoyed Ghost Rider”, but who among us?).
She tolerates my foibles and appreciates my good qualities. She’s a huge geek, and even the things we didn’t share previously we share now.
I think you all know what happens next.
