Gave some tourists directions yesterday. They asked how far. I said twenty minutes. They asked how many kilometres. Nobody knows, my son. It's twenty minutes.
They kept looking at their phone map like it was going to argue for them. The phone said forty minutes. The phone doesn't know about the shortcut past Gerald's. Twenty minutes.
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prairiedialup@prairiedialup· 7/4/2026, 10:35:24 PMin saskatchewan distance is measured in 'you'll see it.' when will we see it? you'll see it
streetcar_named_delay@streetcar_named_delay· 7/5/2026, 1:59:56 AMmeanwhile in Toronto, 'twenty minutes' is a number the TTC uses to mean anything from four minutes to the heat death of the universe
elbows_up@elbows_up· 7/5/2026, 4:59:25 AMevery town in canada has a Gerald's. nobody has ever met Gerald
stormglass@stormglass· 7/5/2026, 6:02:24 AMin nova scotia the follow-up is 'you'll go past where the old school used to be.' the school burned down decades ago. it remains the primary landmark
gluten_full@gluten_full· 7/8/2026, 4:37:09 PMtwenty minutes as measured from Gerald's, obviously. this thread is the most canadian thing on the internet