[lug] Laptops again (toque)

[Gordon J. Holtslander]

Sean Reifschneider wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Sep 14, 2000 at 02:16:56PM -0600, Tory Patnoe wrote:
> >I'm not from Canada. What's a touque?
They are also handy in preventing your ears from freezing off when it
goes down to -40

Gord (real Canadian :) ) 


> Touques are a way for Canadians to feel superior to Americans.  Picture
> this: I'm in Canada with Evelyn, visiting her family.  They say something
> about a touque and I'm like "WTF is a touque?"  They all get a big laugh
> out of it.  "You don't know what a touque is?!?"  Turns out, after all
> the fuss, that it's what's known in the civilized world as a "ski cap",
> "stocking cap", etc...
> 
> You may think I'm making it up, but the .signature in question *WAS*
> actually a radio promotion going on when I was up in Canada last
> February.  On another trip I realized I was "not in Kansas any more"
> because of the poster advertising the "polka-fest at the curling rink."
> 
> (For those of you who don't know what curling is, it's Icw Bowling.  Really.)
> 
> Sean
> (oh, and in case you couldn't tell.  :-)
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