bmwericus: ruta: Thousands of beautiful men and women hookers and call girls come out of the woodwork at Stampede and people look incredibly sexy when you put them in a cowboy hat have consumed a litre of Jack Daniels.

Fixed.

It's not beautiful people. It's alcohol. Lots and lots of alcohol.

You know what a liter of Jack costs in Calgary? It's a lot, thanks to the taxes and import duty.

Was glad when I saw booze prices in Canada that I gave up drinking.

You quit drinking just because it was expensive?

I'll quit drinking when they pry the bottle out of my cold dead fingers.

GavintheAlmighty

no $3.99 piece of straw that you grabbed from the discount aisle at Zellers is going to fix that.

My last straw hat was $80,but my newest felt hat was a cheap $200 one,hey I needed somethin' to shovel the horseshiat in.

jicon: Is Cowboys still around in Calgary? I heard it shut its doors a few years back...

it's back. it reopened in a different location. the owner redeveloped the old location, then whined when the city wouldn't let him reopen downtown.

"people look incredibly sexy when you put them in a cowboy hat"

No. No I don't. :(

GavinTheAlmighty: IBreakdance2NIN: Amen brother. Too many ridiculous-looking fake cowboys and -gals around these parts. (Texas) The hats are de rigeuer for lots of the college bars and clubs here.

At least I know I'm not a real cowgirl. I tend to fall into the rockabilly category.

In that I live in Toronto, whenever I see someone with a cowboy hat, I know that they're trying to be ironically cool, and therefore I know that I would not like this person. It's like a friendship barometer. Or better, like a bright-orange prison jumpsuit. You know not to get too close to that person.

Congratulations, you're a tool. I always wear my cowboy hat when I'm in TO. I'm not trying to be ironically cool, I'm a goddamn hick. Also, there are a farkton of cowboy hats in downtown TO (radiating out from the exhibition grounds) every December when people go down for the Royal

only some old hollywood actor would look good in a cowboy hat.

i never go to the stampede...its like a bad carnival

Peit: As someone who has the misfortune of living in Calgary, I'm getting a kick...

/Saw cowboys with their horses tied up outside bars yesterday
//SOME real cowboys come in town, everyone else... ugh.
///Refuses to buy a cheap cowboy hat. Even after 7 years.

Calgary is a fun town. Its a whole lot more laid back and friendly than Edmonton.

As a city boy, I was in shock when I first ran into actual cowboys with boots and belt buckles the size of toilet seats. I watched the stampede on the tv cause i don't like stepping in stuff. I still don't get it

amishkarlGavinTheAlmighty: IBreakdance2NIN: Amen brother. Too many ridiculous-looking fake cowboys and -gals around these parts. (Texas) The hats are de rigeuer for lots of the college bars and clubs here.

At least I know I'm not a real cowgirl. I tend to fall into the rockabilly category.

In that I live in Toronto, whenever I see someone with a cowboy hat, I know that they're trying to be ironically cool, and therefore I know that I would not like this person. It's like a friendship barometer. Or better, like a bright-orange prison jumpsuit. You know not to get too close to that person.

Congratulations, you're a tool. I always wear my cowboy hat when I'm in TO. I'm not trying to be ironically cool, I'm a goddamn hick. Also, there are a farkton of cowboy hats in downtown TO (radiating out from the exhibition grounds) every December November when people go down for the Royal

FTFM

brynaldo: only some old hollywood actor would look good in a cowboy hat.

i never go to the stampede...its like a bad carnival

not like.....is.

I love Calgary though. Just not during stampede.

Apparently the visits to the clinic increase during the Stampede:

http://www2.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=435a8bcb-fe1f-480f-8b16 - 0707ddd6edb8

At the pharmacy where she worked, the pharmacist said she distributes Plan B to perhaps one person, if at all, in the course of a normal week. "During Stampede, it's almost one or two a day."

But it's not only at the pharmacy where the change is felt. The manager of the Mac's Convenience Store at 7th Avenue and 8th Street S.W. said while he sells more of everything as tourists flood the city -- from potato chips to bottled water during the Stampede -- he sees a huge increase in condom sales.

He said he usually has to double his twice-weekly orders. "And even with that, you can run out," said manager Sherif, who would not give his last name.

Bill_Wick's_Friend: GavinTheAlmighty: If you're ugly without a cowboy hat, no $3.99 piece of straw that you grabbed from the discount aisle at Zellers is going to fix that.

/cries
/puts the hat back on the rack
/leaves Zellers feeling unsexy
/eats four cheeseburgers

Randy?

Cosmic J: Bill_Wick's_Friend: GavinTheAlmighty: If you're ugly without a cowboy hat, no $3.99 piece of straw that you grabbed from the discount aisle at Zellers is going to fix that.

/cries
/puts the hat back on the rack
/leaves Zellers feeling unsexy
/eats four cheeseburgers

Randy?

If he's wearing the hat you better call him Smokie.

Only here for...

people look incredibly sexy when you put them in a cowboy hat

This deserved an 'unlikely' tag.

Cowgirls have awesome posture and know how to move there hips.

And once again Calgary proves we are the Florida of Canada...

IBreakdance2NIN: Dr.Knockboots: I just want you good looking, in shape girls to know..
If you wear a cowgirl hat, but don't dress in country attire.. that is god damn sexy as hell.

Not in shape, okay-looking... but I have fun wearing a cowboy hat every once in a while so screw it. This was at the local county fair this spring.



/free beer and amaretto-filled strawberries FTW
//lots of delicious barbecue
///I probably need to lay off the barbecue
//oh well
/slashie love

Must have been at the Galveston county Fair and Rodeo. Love them BBQ team tents...

kck

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I think you will find more pictures like that here.

What ever happened to wearing a hat to keep the damned sun off your face?

Does anyone know if Calgary still has the "curved" dragstrip?

-when you went thru the lights and dropped the chute the track turned left!