Bret Dawson answers your questions about Canada's only mountain-free landlocked province.
SASKATOON -- There is a hostile beauty to this place, an angry charm that at once beckons you near and frightens you off. "I love you," it says, "and I need you and I want you. Please, may I touch your tongue with this frozen 'yield' sign?"
Hostile beauty is overrated. Like, would you date Sharon Stone?
Anyway. A lot of you folks in the centre of the universe will naturally have questions about life here in the breadbasket, which is why the strongsmell.com production bunker is buzzing with activity this weekend. We care deeply about you, the people who bring strongsmell.com to life, the people who have turned our humble e-commerce destination into a living, breathing community.
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Q: Do people in Saskatchewan all drive pickup trucks, even when they are not picking anything up?
A: Yes.
Q: Do people in Saskatchewan eat raw potatoes in the winter and field rodents in the summer, with only the occasional slice of Saskatoon-berry pie for a treat?
A: Yes.
Q: What is Saskatchewan's official motto?
A: "If it's yellow let it mellow, if it's brown flush it down."
Q: How many cities are there in Saskatchewan?
A: There are eight:
Only one of them is radioactive. Can you guess which one?
Q: --
A: Wrong! The correct answer is (a) Wadena, on account of the tailings from the mines.
Q: What do they mine for there?
A: Gold, mostly. And also diamonds and rubies and emeralds and topaz and amber and mercury.
Q: Oh.
A: Ever tried collecting mercury with a pick?
Q: --
A: It's not easy, let me tell you.
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