[MMike]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WEATHER/11/28/washington.storm.ap/index.html

Montreal seems to love to rename stuff to honour people... Airports, and streets are big. The latest is a street. A big one. With lots of businesses on it. Lots of people are fighting it. People don't want to have to change stationery, maps, business cards, phone books, street signs......all for an arbitrary name change of a major thoroughfare......but the mayor seems to think it's a dandy idea.

How 'bout a frickin' statue??!

God we're stupid here.....

 

[Da Peach]

Statue? What do you mean? Slow down...

 

[MMike]

....or we build a stadium....that's BETTER than a lousy statue....

My hackles are raised.

 

[LordOpie]

ooohh... comemorative postage stamp!

 

[Da Peach]

Or non legal tender coins!

 

[Da Peach]

I think they should have a day off in his honor instead.

 

[MMike]

http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/story.html?id=c30ca379-b54b-4554-8034-bb8c2c473452&k=68033

 

[Transcend]

First it was Dorchester and now this. I wonder how Dorchester feels about the street named to honor him, has been renamed to honor a guy with an equally long name?

And now let's change Parc to Robert Bourrassa boul. Holy crap, montreal loves 3foot long street signs!

 

[MMike]

Remember they almost changed Crescent St. to "Nick Auf der Maur"?

 

[Transcend]

Remember they almost changed Crescent St. to "Nick Auf der Maur"?

Ya great, re-name one of Montreal's best known streets after a mediocre journalist with a penchant for cheap scotch and smoked meat. Sweet.

 

[MMike]

Ya great, re-name one of Montreal's best known streets after a mediocre journalist with a penchant for cheap scotch and smoked meat. Sweet.

He was a national (nation of Quebec) treasure. He made the bass player for Hole!

 

[Da Peach]

First it was Dorchester and now this. I wonder how Dorchester feels about the street named to honor him, has been renamed to honor a guy with an equally long name?

And now let's change Parc to Henri Bourrassa boul. Holy crap, montreal loves 3foot long street signs!

It's actually even longer: Robert Bourassa boul...

 

[Transcend]

It's actually even longer: Robert Bourassa boul...

Oops, that's what I meant.

 

[jimmydean]

Bitch when you get an MLK Blvd, ok?

 

[Zark]

Holy crap, montreal loves 3foot long street signs!

I'm the shmuck cartographer who's going to fit that onto a street map!

Cartographer's rule of thumb: shortest street has the longest name