Girl I know at lunch:

"Bandit" (2bandit) 11/14/2014 at 13:37 • Filed to: None

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"Is manual just like automatic?" Laughter ensued. Guess I should throw her in the friend zone.

Manuél Ferrari > Bandit 11/14/2014 at 13:40

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I had a similar question once. A girl was in my car and looked at the shifter and noticed something was off. She had probably never been in a stick shift car before. She then asked a question that was so nonsensical that I can't remember exactly what she said.

Raphmoe > Bandit 11/14/2014 at 13:40

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Yup! Smart choice!

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > Bandit 11/14/2014 at 13:40

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That's like saying 'Is McDonalds Poutine just like Smoke's Poutine?' The answer is a big NO.

YSI-what can brown do for you > Bandit 11/14/2014 at 13:41

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You seem to be swimming in women! If I were you and she was talking to me I would be like "love me!!!!!"

For Sweden > Bandit 11/14/2014 at 13:43

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Throw her into the AutoZone

Argent > Bandit 11/14/2014 at 13:43

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I try to go easy on people like that. I used to have the misconception that no one produced manual transmission cars after that 80's. I didn't realize I was wrong until my parents bought a 5-speed Neon. I was 15.....

For Sweden > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 11/14/2014 at 13:44

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McDonalds Poutine

See, this is why you will never be nordic.

and 100 more > For Sweden 11/14/2014 at 13:45

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Badum- tiss .

Well played, good sir.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > For Sweden 11/14/2014 at 13:46

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Welcome to Canada, eh!

saabstory | fixes bikes, breaks cars > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 11/14/2014 at 13:47

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I bought some poutine from A&W in the Toronto Airport this summer on my way back from Europe. It wasn't the worst, I guess. Poutine is the reason I want to go to college in Canada.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > saabstory | fixes bikes, breaks cars 11/14/2014 at 13:55

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Do it. Where are you from?

RazoE > Bandit 11/14/2014 at 13:55

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Yes it is. It's a transmission. Just different method of getting usable power.

Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 11/14/2014 at 13:56

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Smoke's is good, McDonald's is a bit meh.

Tohru > Bandit 11/14/2014 at 13:57

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I wish I could share this to Jezebel just so that way the hordes of feminists would descend upon you for talking about the friend zone. It'd be like throwing a wounded cat in a room full of pitbulls.

Bandit > Tohru 11/14/2014 at 14:01

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Do it. I dare you.

ArmadaExpress drives a turbo outback > Bandit 11/14/2014 at 14:02

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Our task as a enthusiast culture is to educate those who haven't had the same opportunities we have been afforded. Wouldn't teaching her how to drive a car with a manual transmission be a lot more fun then putting her in the friend zone?

See this as an opportunity to educate, interact with, learn more about her. Limiting yourself just because she doesn't already know what a manual is, doesn't do you any good.

Bandit > ArmadaExpress drives a turbo outback 11/14/2014 at 14:05

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'twas a joke... also I tried to teach her how to drive manual in an old pickup truck but she though it was stupid that she had to do the work for the car.

Tohru > Bandit 11/14/2014 at 14:05

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While I'm not in the gray on Jez or GroupThink I don't have authorship over there.

Plus, wasn't there a truce between us and them? We won't deliberately taunt them, they won't throw used Diva Cups at us...

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy 11/14/2014 at 14:06

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Indeed.

Twism > Bandit 11/14/2014 at 14:10

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No, you should throw her in your driver seat ant teach her to wield the fun stick.

Twism > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 11/14/2014 at 14:11

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Smoke's ?

As a Poutine enthusiast, I demand to be enlightened.

ArmadaExpress drives a turbo outback > Bandit 11/14/2014 at 14:12

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Well that response does earn her the friend zone.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > Twism 11/14/2014 at 14:15

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Only an awesome Canadian poutine chain, that only does poutine. Linky.

ly2v8-Brian > Bandit 11/14/2014 at 14:17

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To be fair. When you think about it, if you can shift without thinking about it, the reaction becomes natural, automatic even.

Twism > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 11/14/2014 at 14:17

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is it that good?

Like, ''I have to drive 2 hours and go to Mont-Tremblant to get one'' good?

Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 11/14/2014 at 14:17

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last time I had it was at a hockey game a few weeks ago, loved it, but I felt like I was gouged (thanks a lot hockey arena tax!).

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > Twism 11/14/2014 at 14:18

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Like a quadruple-decker-burnout good.

Twism > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 11/14/2014 at 14:21

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Sold.

I know where I'm going this weekend.

while most people go to Tremblant for skiing and getting lean, I'll go and get fat.

thanks man!

MHunter905 > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 11/14/2014 at 14:23

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I didn't think the spicy chicken poutine was all that bad until 30 mins after I had finished it.

Smoke's poutine all the way! I keep seeing the "Smoke's Head" stickers in the strangest place :P

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > Twism 11/14/2014 at 14:25

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No problem! Make sure to check out Xtreme Miller Sport on the Trans-Canada. Tons of bikes, boats, snowmobiles and side-by-sides.

sketchcat > Bandit 11/14/2014 at 14:26

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Stephen the Canuck > Twism 11/14/2014 at 14:39

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Go to Whistle Stop Cafe in Peterborough. Over 100 different kinds of poutine. So good.

Twism > Stephen the Canuck 11/14/2014 at 14:44

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Seeing as it is a 5-hour drive from where I am, it's starting to turn into one hell of a roadtrip. but I'll keep the adress in mind. thanks!

Also, I take offence of the ''largest selection in Canada, seeing as La Poutinerie offers about 150 MORE than they do.

Stephen the Canuck > Twism 11/14/2014 at 14:46

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It says widest, so I'm going to guess that the list at La Poutinerie is vertical, instead of horizontal like at Whistle Stop.

Do you remember the old Tim Horton's tv commercials where the people roadtripped across Canada stopping at Tim's? You should do that but at poutine places.

HammerheadFistpunch > Bandit 11/14/2014 at 14:46

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Yes, in the same way I'm just like a young Brad Pit

Twism > Stephen the Canuck 11/14/2014 at 14:49

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I would probably die of a heart attack before hitting Manitoba.

But I'm not ruling it out, maybe pairing it with breweries across the way?

eat a Poutine at noon, dine in a pub in the evening...

DoYouEvenShift > Bandit 11/14/2014 at 14:51

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Is she hot? Dont be so quick to put her in the friendzone. Teach her.

Bandit > DoYouEvenShift 11/14/2014 at 14:54

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She is. I tried to teach her to drive manual in an old truck... she thought it was dumb to do work that the car should be able to do itself...

Bandit > YSI-what can brown do for you 11/14/2014 at 14:56

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I'm not though, I just some how make a lot of women friends.

Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > Argent 11/14/2014 at 14:56

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One of my friends thinks no new cars have manual transmissions, I proved him wrong with the Hellcat Challenger.

Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig > Bandit 11/14/2014 at 15:00

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You should ask her why the car should have all the fun.

V8VespaStoppie > Bandit 11/14/2014 at 15:00

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I kinda had this convo with a ex before, same mindset of why do work for the car. Drove around with gas door open and the cap off because it had a "metal flap" that closes and opens when you put the gas nozzle in.

T5Killer > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 11/14/2014 at 15:25

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What is this Poutine you speak of?

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > T5Killer 11/14/2014 at 15:36

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Beef gravy and cheese curds over fries. It's as amazing as it sounds.

Stephen the Canuck > Twism 11/14/2014 at 15:42

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Sounds like it would make a good tv show for the Food Network. Also, this is making me hungry.

Agreed on the heart attack before Manitoba.

Twism > Stephen the Canuck 11/14/2014 at 15:45

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**Death-wish for a Meal: The Poutine Roadtrip**

I'll pitch the idea, see how it resonates. It might just happen...

Stephen the Canuck > Twism 11/14/2014 at 15:47

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Do it!

Little Black Coupe Turned Silver > ArmadaExpress drives a turbo outback 11/14/2014 at 15:52

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I was going to star your first post about this, but no. Not now.

Little Black Coupe Turned Silver > Tohru 11/14/2014 at 15:55

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Or you can just stop thinking that people can only be on one side...

T5Killer > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 11/14/2014 at 16:34

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That does look good put some Chopped Green Chile in it and it would be glorious.

Tapas > Bandit 11/14/2014 at 16:49

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Is Jimmy Choo like Jammy Shoe?

Tohru > Little Black Coupe Turned Silver 11/14/2014 at 17:21

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I could, but that is a sane and rational thought. Which clearly has no place on a Gawker media site.

saabstory | fixes bikes, breaks cars > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 11/14/2014 at 17:37

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Seattle. I'm really really excited about UVic for their creative writing and statistics programs. I've applied already and I'm doing a student for a day thing over US Thanksgiving weekend.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > T5Killer 11/14/2014 at 19:14

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Or pulled pork.

ArmadaExpress drives a turbo outback > Little Black Coupe Turned Silver 11/16/2014 at 17:20

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oh bummer? It's ok with me if she prefers an automatic. I'm just not ok with her belittling a manual. I've taught my wife to operate a manual transmission, and she does it pretty well, but she is dead set against ever doing it again. That's fine with me too.