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    Canada and Norway in moose statue feud

    The "new" cold war



    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46913318

    Since 1984, residents of Moose Jaw have had one big thing about which they could boast: Mac the Moose.
    The Canadian city was long the proud owner of the world's tallest moose statue, a 9.75m (32-foot) steel-framed creature, covered with metal mesh and cement.
    But a few years ago, a slightly taller moose statue was erected in Norway, beating Mac's record by some 30cm.
    Now, Moose Jaw has launched a campaign to reclaim the crown.
    "We're considered to be very mannerly and respectful, but there are things you just don't do to Canadians," Fraser Tolmie, mayor of the prairie town, told the BBC.
    "You don't mess with Mac the Moose."
    Norway's Storelgen, or "Big Moose", stands on a highway partway between Norway's capital of Oslo and the city of Trondheim.
    It was built in 2015 by artist Linda Bakke in partnership with the Norwegian Public Roads Administration in an effort to reduce traffic accidents.
    According to an article that appeared in the Daily Scandinavian, Ms Bakke felt it was "important that the elk was made higher than Mac the Moose".

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    The Norwegian moose is steel and will rust. The Canadian moose appears to be crepe paper and will dissolve.

    Last one to the ground wins.

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    Obviously, moose statues are common. Compared to most of them, the Canadian and Norwegian effigies suck, as any bimbo can see.

    https://www.google.com/search?client...30.XO-YMn7WMr4

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    Oh well ... practice makes perfect.

    Probably not LOL.

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    Gotta admit, that steel moose is the better moose. Props to Norway.

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    Yeah, well I hope the kid that made Canada's got a free meal at DQ for the effort. LOL

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    At least we still have the biggest beaver.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Common Sense View Post
    At least we still have the biggest beaver.
    Who doesn't like a big beaver?
    my junk is ugly

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