Well, tomorrow marks the Canadians' last digging day. With such a departure pending, I have assembled a list of things that MUST BE ACCOMPLISHED before the Canadians are allowed to leave (I look to the CSP students to enforce the following items):
1. An Inuk-Shuck, or whatever the Canadians call the idol made out of stacked stones, should be built up on the site in order to ensure snow or at least some sort of precipitation occurs for the team left on the dig.
2. The Holy Grail, or some equally exciting find, should be uncovered by the very lucky Canadians in order to provide this library-bound graduate student something to research.
3. A round of beers, or some equally satisfying beverage, should be bought for the team in order to provide the remaining members one final chance to hear such "Canadianisms" as "You Hoser" and the heavily-accented "Out and About in a Boat."
4. Any remaining Canadian snacks (like the very strange fruit-leather bars) should be donated to the remaining team in order to provide digging-strength equivalent to that of a Mountie.
5. All should gather round the departing bus tomorrow to sing "O Canada" to the departing, hard-working, inexplicably-pleasant Canadians.
See you soon back here in
The Canadians did fulfill #1 before they left...however, it has since been reclaimed by the bull dozer up on site.