Who came up with the “Canada’s Ocean Playground” slogan on licence plates in NS. It’s stupid.
My plate is saying:”Hey you, driving behind me, just in case you didn’t know, I live in a playground in Canada. By the ocean.”
Other person seeing my plate: “Wow, that’s really nice, I’ll grab my beachball and head to Nova Scotia just as soon as I can. I like playgrounds. Do you have hula dancing?”
And that’s just when travelling out of the province. When I’m in NS:
Plate in front of me: “Hey, you already know this, but you live in Canada, and it’s by the ocean. It’s a playground. You already knew this.”
In a way it’s like a small sandwich board. It’s pretty humiliating.
Maybe we need a new one, or an updated one. I like:”Now With Sewerage Treatment!”
Or how about:”This is just a number plate but the little minds in whatever gov. dept. couldn’t resist putting their cheesy tourist promo on this thing that I paid for.”
I also think war is bad.
This article appears in Jul 3-9, 2008.
Well lucky for you now is the time to change it . I am pretty sure there is some sort of contest to change that slogan on our plates going on right now . Instead of complaining about it why don’t you get creative and make up something that you think would be a better slogan for N.S., other then the shit you were spewing in the OP.
I saw one recently for North Dakota or something the hadwww.visit this state.com or something, horrible
If you think your license plate is conveying those messages to people than you’re an idiot. Do the volunteer firefighter plates and veterans plates piss you off too?
How you rather have Anne of Green Goblins on our plate? Talk about flogging tourism.
Have we no patriotism? Do you criticize people who adorn themselves with their favorite sport team logos too?
um, yes? yes I do. there’s a difference between patriotism and flaunting something silly. You can drape yourself in the Canadian flag and tatoo a picture of harper on your ass, you’re still not more Canadian than anyone else.
I couldn’t find one either. I Googled too, but then people called and told me about this amazing new thing call “beer and wings” on a patio at a pub. I must say, it was delicious. And the peanut buster parfait topped it all off.Holy fuck, I don’t want to know what’s going on in my belly right now. It ain’t gonna be pretty.Ohyeah, I looked on the Registry of Motor Vehicles site too, and was very disappointed to find no contest.I say we write the Minster of Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations, Jamie Muir, and DEMAND a slogan change. We can submit under the alias Floyd Jameson. Or James Floyd. Jammie Floyd? FloydJam? Floydel Pajammies?
New Hampshire has “Live Free or Die” on their license plates. How kick ass is that?
I think this is a really silly and pointless bitch. Every province and state has a slogan of some sort. I’d hardly call it “propaganda”.Perhaps Nova Scotia’s new slogan could be “You’ll like our style on our Coast!”
Great slogan Jammie..I always liked “canada’s ocean playground” and I thought the OP was pretty lame… But shouldn’t it be:You’ll like our style ON the coast…
I like it. I’m totally going out to my driveway with a sharpie and changing my plates now.
I think they should rename it ‘Canada’s Ocean Payground’ since we have to pay so goddamn much for the privilege of living here. With useless tit projects like Democracy 250 spending money like drunken sailors (trip to the UK included – it pays to be an ex-premier, I guess), it’s only going to get more expensive.
Love it love it love it, Floyd & Jam (= flam??? just sayin’…)
Did somebody say there was a contest? Hmmmmm…..?
Qwerty please keep the “flam” remarks to the “flamboyant newly minted homosexual” thread. It is exceedingly important that we all stay on topic here. Thanks for your cooperation.
If there’s a contest, I will literally vote until my dialing finger is ground to a bloody stump.If that’s an option, that is.Otherwise I’ll pray like a sumbitch, until my body is covered in sweet sweet stigmata.If that doesn’t work, I’ll sell my soul to the devil.If that still doesn’t work, I’ll pledge a human sacrifice of all my future unborn fetuses (and I’ll make sure there’s a-plenty).That’s how bad I want it.
I looked for it, but couldn’t find a contest. i think the google is broken. Maybe I’ll try Yahoo….pfft, yeah, right.
No your right everyone no contest in N.S. I had heard that on the news but I guess misunderstood what province they were talking about.I am pretty sure it was Alberta . My bad , I think we should have the same thing happen around here to see what people come up with.Could be interesting .