Mmmmm...  good squishee.

I've got pictures of my trip to the local Kwik-E-Mart posted to my facebook profile.  Sadly, there were no cool products (Krusty O's, buzz cola, etc) to be had.

Simpsons?

For the new Simpson's movie, 7-11 is "going with the joke", and redecorating a few of their stores as Quick-E-Marts, like Sabu ran in The Simpson's.

This includes Krusty-O's, and donuts with pink frosting an sprinkles.  They look disgusting, quite frankly.  And renaming their "Slurpy" as a "Squishie".

heh. Interesting.

The only Canadian one is in, of all places, Coquitlam BC -- just about 15 minutes away.

Where in Coquitlam? I am in port moody right now.

1198 Landsdowne St.
Coquitlam, British Columbia V3E 1J7

Corner of Guilford Way and Landsdowne.

Thanks Mrs. Wayne. I'll check it out tonight before heading home. Must be interesting.

It's really hilarious/surreal because it's called Squishie on the Simpsons in order to avoid trademark problems with the Slurpee it's based on. And now this.

It's also surreal that Denman is passing through there on the way home due to Wayne's recommendation.

On the other hand, when Wayne went to meet Denman, there was no one there.

Hitchcock on the other hand would say that both of them WERE there.

Dont worry I contacted the store and we will have 2-3 camera angles pretty soon.

Wayne never went to meet Denman that was WARD!  Get your W's straight!

Holy cow, all four of you live in the same city? How did that happen?

Same way the London lot all ended up in London, Sherlock

Meaning pregnancies, birth, schooling, then work experience, maybe move around a little, and voila -- you've got a regional community?

The amount of forethought involved is staggering.

So when's the next orgy? I'd love to take part!

I just love the salty taste of man-meat.

London I understand, but we're talking about some hick town in the middle of the ice fields somewhere.

As in, Coquitlam, what the fuck is that? An Squaw that flirts?

"but we're talking about some hick town in the middle of the ice fields somewhere."

You're talking about the best city in the world to live:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/10/04/eui.survey/

Personally, I'm very fond of Pittsburgh, myself.  Vancouver's too cold too much of the time -- though Global Warming is taking care of some of that.

Vancouver is the warmest city in Canada.  We rarely get below zero in the winter.

by the way thats zero celsius

"Vancouver's too cold too much of the time"

Cold is not the issue, wet is the issue.

So, it's not the heat, it's the humidity.  <hee, hee, hee!>

Yeah, we get that in Washington DC, too.

no it's the constant drizzle and overcastness.

Drizzle and overcast isn't just chock full of moisture?

We don't call it humidity if it ain't hot.

That's why it's NOT the heat, it's the... Oh, why do I even bother.  Never mind.

'humidity' on the ground is preferable to that in the air.

but it's really overcastness that drives people to booze and suicide ideation and programming (not necessarly in that order).

Wow, you're just making Vancouver SO attractive.  Have you considered a career in Advertising?

And this is the best the planet has to offer?  Now *I'M* depressed.

Yeah, but when you get a nice hot sunny day clear day. You realise how great this city can be.  Maybe its because its hidden behind cloud cover most of the time.

"Vancouver is the world's most desirable place to live, according to a new survey, while Papua New Guinea's Port Moresby is at the other end of the scale."

ROTFL. I've been to Port Moresby. It's not so bad. There are some really nice places in Papua New Guinea for diving and it's not a touristy place either. Just gotta watch out for them cannibal tribes you know?

Dug up some photos:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Ela_Beach_Port_Moresby.JPG

http://www.pacificislandtravel.com/png/about_destin/port_m12.jpg

http://www.pacificislandtravel.com/png/about_destin/port_m23.jpg

http://www.pacificislandtravel.com/png/about_destin/port_m33.jpg

Does that really look like "The WORST city in the world" according to CNN? Or is CNN just full of shit? Offhand, I can think of 25,000 cities that are worse than Port Moresby. Moresby is pretty nice actually.

Vancouver is a fine place too, but only on that one day a year when the sun comes out. The rest of the year, it's true, you want to kill yourself and spend hours each day thinking up ways you might do the deed.

Well apparently it's got some insane rates of rape, murder, robbery and kidnapping and the city is run by roving violent gangs:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/population/Story/0,,1309839,00.html

I could say the same about Los Angeles.