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Title: How much do canadians love hockey?
Post by: Viking on June 16, 2011, 04:00:45 PM
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Title: Re: How much do canadians love hockey?
Post by: Jacob on June 16, 2011, 04:29:31 PM
I guess it's from flushing toilets during the breaks?
Title: Re: How much do canadians love hockey?
Post by: Barrister on June 16, 2011, 04:32:31 PM
:lol:
Title: Re: How much do canadians love hockey?
Post by: Josephus on June 16, 2011, 05:22:55 PM
Quote from: Jacob on June 16, 2011, 04:29:31 PM
I guess it's from flushing toilets during the breaks?

Obviously Tyr doesn't live here.
Title: Re: How much do canadians love hockey?
Post by: Ed Anger on June 16, 2011, 05:35:38 PM
Quote from: Josephus on June 16, 2011, 05:22:55 PM
Quote from: Jacob on June 16, 2011, 04:29:31 PM
I guess it's from flushing toilets during the breaks?

Obviously Tyr doesn't live here.

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Title: Re: How much do canadians love hockey?
Post by: Zoupa on June 16, 2011, 06:09:36 PM
Quote from: Josephus on June 16, 2011, 05:22:55 PM
Quote from: Jacob on June 16, 2011, 04:29:31 PM
I guess it's from flushing toilets during the breaks?

Obviously Tyr doesn't live here.

Nice  :D
Title: Re: How much do canadians love hockey?
Post by: Josquius on June 16, 2011, 06:48:44 PM
Quote from: Josephus on June 16, 2011, 05:22:55 PM
Quote from: Jacob on June 16, 2011, 04:29:31 PM
I guess it's from flushing toilets during the breaks?

Obviously Tyr doesn't live here.
:huh:
I flush the toilet.



Funny. Its a well observed trend over here though. On the advert break for big shows power and water usage has a tendancy to spike as everyone makes a cup of tea.
Title: Re: How much do canadians love hockey?
Post by: Monoriu on June 16, 2011, 07:10:45 PM
I took a statistics course while in university.  In the final exam, there was a question about the Stanley cup.  We were asked to determine the probability of something.  I looked at the question and was completely lost.  Key information was missing.  Finally an international student asked the professor, "how many matches are there in the Stanley cup?"

He had to apologize.  Said he assumed that all Canadians would know, and had forgotten that there were international students present. 

I still don't know what that cup is all about.  All I know is that I arrived in Vancouver after a riot about it.  And yesterday I read in the papers that they rioted again for this stupid thing. 
Title: Re: How much do canadians love hockey?
Post by: jimmy olsen on June 16, 2011, 08:06:46 PM
It's the trophy you get if you win the NHL (Hockey) Championship. Best of 7 game series. Not rocket science Mono.

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Title: Re: How much do canadians love hockey?
Post by: Grey Fox on June 16, 2011, 08:21:50 PM
Quote from: Monoriu on June 16, 2011, 07:10:45 PM
I still don't know what that cup is all about.  All I know is that I arrived in Vancouver after a riot about it.  And yesterday I read in the papers that they rioted again for this stupid thing.

Call The Cup stupid again & I'm calling Beijin & telling them you are a Russian Spy.
Title: Re: How much do canadians love hockey?
Post by: Monoriu on June 16, 2011, 08:22:40 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on June 16, 2011, 08:06:46 PM
It's the trophy you get if you win the NHL (Hockey) Championship. Best of 7 game series. Not rocket science Mono.

If someone designs an exam question about probabilities of winning that, he has to give the "best of 7 game series" info in the question.  As a statistics professor, he should know that.  It is not rocket science :contract:
Title: Re: How much do canadians love hockey?
Post by: jimmy olsen on June 16, 2011, 08:35:56 PM
Quote from: Monoriu on June 16, 2011, 08:22:40 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on June 16, 2011, 08:06:46 PM
It's the trophy you get if you win the NHL (Hockey) Championship. Best of 7 game series. Not rocket science Mono.

If someone designs an exam question about probabilities of winning that, he has to give the "best of 7 game series" info in the question.  As a statistics professor, he should know that.  It is not rocket science :contract:
Yes he does, but that's not what I'm addressing. You said you still don't know what the Cup is all about, and that's after you had that question and lived in Canada for years.
Title: Re: How much do canadians love hockey?
Post by: Neil on June 16, 2011, 08:39:44 PM
Quote from: Monoriu on June 16, 2011, 08:22:40 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on June 16, 2011, 08:06:46 PM
It's the trophy you get if you win the NHL (Hockey) Championship. Best of 7 game series. Not rocket science Mono.

If someone designs an exam question about probabilities of winning that, he has to give the "best of 7 game series" info in the question.  As a statistics professor, he should know that.  It is not rocket science :contract:
If you don't know anything about the country you're getting an education in, you deserve to miss that question.
Title: Re: How much do canadians love hockey?
Post by: Josephus on June 16, 2011, 08:54:43 PM
Canadians only count to seven. :lol:
Title: Re: How much do canadians love hockey?
Post by: Ed Anger on June 16, 2011, 09:02:42 PM
Quote from: Josephus on June 16, 2011, 08:54:43 PM
Canadians only count to seven. :lol:

I'm surprised many Canadians can count. Flannel Cro-Magnons.