tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7729048.post109813948329765308..comments2023-05-21T08:34:57.388-04:00Comments on Far From the Madding Crowd: The Greatest?petergarnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15187878132592207269noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7729048.post-1098449377104379672004-10-22T08:49:00.000-04:002004-10-22T08:49:00.000-04:00Hey Eliot. Figures you'd vote for Timmy (he was 59...Hey Eliot. Figures you'd vote for Timmy (he was 59th, btw). Incidentally, I trolled through the top 100 and counted the hockey players: 10 out of 100! O Canada, O brother! (and Guy Lafleur and Martin Brodeur weren't even there, nor Eddie Shack!)<br /><br />As for Pierre Burton, yeah, I can see that. he was 31--not too shabby. Loved "The Arctic Grail". At least he did better than Atwood. As for people who tell Canadian stories, Peter Gzowski was pretty high on the list (15); and Stan Rogers did pretty well too (60) considering he died 20 years ago.<br /><br />I surprised my self by registering to vote, and it's going to Tommy Douglas--the only guy in the top 10 who's truly deserving, IMO.<br /><br />RTpetergarnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15187878132592207269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7729048.post-1098214832917047372004-10-19T15:40:00.000-04:002004-10-19T15:40:00.000-04:00I was thinking the same thing about Beethoven. May...I was thinking the same thing about Beethoven. Maybe they consider him Austrian, though I thought he was from Bonn originally.petergarnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15187878132592207269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7729048.post-1098197803552431002004-10-19T10:56:00.001-04:002004-10-19T10:56:00.001-04:00I wouldn't want to have to choose between Bach and...I wouldn't want to have to choose between Bach and Beethoven for greatest German. It might piss off one of them. But Glenn Gould was my first thought for greatest Canadian.Radish Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06534752971317927559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7729048.post-1098197802465596532004-10-19T10:56:00.000-04:002004-10-19T10:56:00.000-04:00I wouldn't want to have to choose between Bach and...I wouldn't want to have to choose between Bach and Beethoven for greatest German. It might piss off one of them. But Glenn Gould was my first thought for greatest Canadian.Radish Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06534752971317927559noreply@blogger.com