Bobby Buggs Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 I know Canada is a big country but I figured I wold ask here. Does anyone happen to know, Gilles LeBlanc Manager - Marketing and Communications Services Ottawa, ON K2E 7K3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleaman Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 Wasn't he the guy that was waving the bloody seal flag when they were protesting the Toronto seal hunt on opening day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Buggs Posted January 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 I think not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Gendzwill Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 Hey, do you know Fred? I met him that one time somewhere in Kansas... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trailertrash Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 Hey, do you know Fred? I met him that one time somewhere in Kansas... exactly! Really Bobby? Really? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleaman Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 funny thing is that everyone knows Mike from Canmore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Buggs Posted January 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 No serious, this guy is in the middle of a potentially Huge deal for Evil Sports in Ca. Just figured by chance someone here might know him. I know you live under a rock Trash but this is how many deals get done, by people actually communicating with others:eek: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trailertrash Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 Yeah, you are right Bobby, you posted this completely non-carving related topic in the main forum of a niche sport's forum and thought it was a good idea. I mean, so many people are going to read it on an apline snowboard forum. Yeah.... I am under a rock... :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Buggs Posted January 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 My bad:rolleyes: didnt know you were from Canada or one of my friends. Better yet why you would even be reading it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Gendzwill Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 It's in the off-topic section and therefore by definition on-topic. I don't have a problem with the question. I'm just trying to point out it's a long shot. It's a running joke among Canadians - we've all been asked, "hey, you're from Canada, I was there one time - do you know Jim Smith?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trailertrash Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 It's in the off-topic section and therefore by definition on-topic. It was in the main forum because it is obviously carving related... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabatha Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 Manager - Marketing and Communications Services of WHAT? I know there is a running joke that Canada is really small and everyone knows everyone, but Ottawa is even smaller and a lot of people have been coming out of the wood-work this year, so someone might actually know him. This city is truly crazy - more like three degrees of separation between everyone. Off the top of my head I do not know him, but like I said - others around the city who have years on snow and work at some of the local hills or within the sport community might. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corey Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 It really is a running joke. One time at a US hotel, someone runs up to a few of us and says: "There's a crazy dog by the pool. We think it's from Canada, do you know who owns it?" What could we do but laugh? Anyway, there's a few hits on LinkedIn from Google: http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=Gilles+LeBlanc&meta=&aq=f&aqi=g1g-v9&aql=&oq= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdea Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 having a tough couple of days. you alright? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Buggs Posted January 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 Thanks Tabatha, this was the type of response I expected. You never know who knows who, especially in another country. This place is my biggest exposure to Canadian readers so I figured just maybe there would be a connection. Guess not but no one got hurt except Trash and that matters none. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philw Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 ...It's a running joke among Canadians - we've all been asked, "hey, you're from Canada, I was there one time - do you know Jim Smith?" Um, same thing here.... "oh, you're from London?" (actually I'm from Blackburn and live in Cambridge, but I don't like to confuse things if it's not important). Then: "do you know John Smith, he lives there?" I think the people who ask those questions come from countries where a fair percentage of the people have slightly strange world-views. There are, what... eight million people in the London, plus millions of mostly confused tourists. There are people there who I've known all my life and you just never meet them by chance. Ok, it's probably worse for Canada because it's quite a big place, but even for quite a small place with a lot of people it's a question which betrays quite a lot about the education system of the those who ask it. (I'm afraid I don't know the guy in the OP, but if the guy is "in the business" then the scope of the question is much narrower.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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