I found this on a random blog called the "Yarn Harlot". The "aquatics" log rolling community should hire Ms. Pearl-McPhee to help us wage war against the "land" log rolling community! Pike poles will win over peaveys any day. Check out her knitting blog and beautiful yarn.

www.yarnharlot.ca/blog/archives/2005_12.html

Says Ms. Pearl-McPhee:
"Are you sure that the Amazing Race understands Canada? I don't usually speak about my affection for reality tv, and I was just as excited as is possible that The Amazing Race was coming to Canada (did you check them all out complaining that it was going to be cold? In Toronto? In the Summer? I realize that the irony of complaining about the persistent "Brr...Canada" myth is going to lose most of it's impact considering that we've had an extreme cold warning for days, but the point is that it's not summer. In July it is hot, just like in many other countries all around the world...but I digress.) What actually ticked me off, was the "two sports that are popular in Canada". Curling (fair enough) and "log rolling".
Log rolling? Are you messing with me? I'm supposed to be "log rolling"? Not only have I never log rolled, I don't know any log rollers and I've never (until last night) seen log rolling on TV. Popular? You know, I was actually naive enough that I thought that log rolling was a whole other sport. I thought it was birling, done on water, rolling a log...just like in the "Log Drivers Waltz", not rolling a log along a course on land. I mean, I'm sure it's a sport. I really am...but "popular"? Nevermind. Thank goodness that Montreal LUMBERJACK (because you know that world-class urban cities are just chock full of lumberjacks in this country) was there to explain the game. I'm sorry. I won't say anything more. I'll just feed my moose and pout in my igloo."

 

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