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The Beaver

Spindrift

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So, I'm just wandering around the internet and I stumble upon "The Beaver, Canada's History Magazine." http://www.historysociety.ca/bea.asp

No offense (or offence) to the Great White North but it just struck me as funny. It is a serious magazine with some really interesting articles, but it must be difficult to discuss with a straight-face. "Did you get the latest Beaver?" "You have to check out the August Beaver!" "I didn't get my Beaver this month." "Guess what I saw in the Beaver?" "I couldn't get my article into the Beaver." "How many loonies for a Beaver?"

ETA: And this is directly from the website:
See what's coming in The Beaver February/March 2008.
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I don't see anything wrong with it.

But then, I just finished telling my students to story of the detonating beaver (it involved perchloric acid...).
 
The name "The Beaver" is directly linked to the history of Canada and the Hudson's Bay CompanyWP. The company started in 1670 trading furs between Canada and Europe. Beaver pelts were a very important part of that trade and were used to make a fashionable hatWP of the same name.

Due to their extensive archives (at the time going back 250 years), the Hudson's Bay Company started a history magazine in 1920 and named it after the product that helped make them rich and famous. In 1993 Canada's National History Society purchased the magazine from HBC. They contemplated changing the name, but the idea was met with considerable protest from the readership and was dropped.

The beaver is so important to Canadian history that it's our national animal and is featured on the back of our 5 cent coin.

So, no, I don't find the name at all funny :).
 
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How about "I'm Worried About the Beaver,honey?" from the old Leave It To Beaver tv show.
BTW isn't the Beaver the official animal of one of the US States? It certainly played a major role in the History of a lot of the American West.for the same reasons it played a huge role in Canadian History.
 
Blue Mountain said:
The beaver is so important to Canadian history that it's our national animal and is featured on the back of our 5 cent coin.

So, no, I don't find the name at all funny :).
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Didn't mean to offend our friends to the North. As I said the magazine is very good and very interesting. Canada should be proud of The Beaver.

I'm quite fond of Canada, I have visited many times. My daughter watches Degrassi all the time even though she doesn't speak Canadian. :biggrin:

It is juvenile, but I'm sorry, sometimes juvenile is just funny.
 
dudalb said:
How about "I'm Worried About the Beaver,honey?" from the old Leave It To Beaver tv show.
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I thought the phrase was, "Weren't you a little hard on the Beaver last night?"

Those who read The Onion will have seen T-shirts with such phrases on them.
 
Can't resist posting a classic.
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You know, if you aren't currently getting The Beaver, you should all put a sock on it. :mad:
 
I guess it's kind of sad that the first thing to pop into my mind when I read the thread title was this.
 
I find the title amusing. Did you know that the beaver is the only fur bearing mammal that can swallow a bone whole?
 
Spindrift said:
So, I'm just wandering around the internet and I stumble upon "The Beaver, Canada's History Magazine." http://www.historysociety.ca/bea.asp

No offense (or offence) to the Great White North but it just struck me as funny. It is a serious magazine with some really interesting articles, but it must be difficult to discuss with a straight-face. "Did you get the latest Beaver?" "You have to check out the August Beaver!" "I didn't get my Beaver this month." "Guess what I saw in the Beaver?" "I couldn't get my article into the Beaver." "How many loonies for a Beaver?"

ETA: And this is directly from the website:
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":DHey, Mrs. Cleaver, how's the Beaver today?!!":D
 
There were a lot of jokes built around the show and Theodore's nickname. And later reports that John Holmes was the ex-Eddie Haskell.
 
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