[Checkstops explained to new Alberta citizens.]
"Got any loose change? I want to tip the driver."
"Just cookies and milk, sarge!"
"It's official.... we're to hand in our unbrellas!"
"You may call it supplementing company cashflow ... I call it taking in laundry."
[Calgary, Alberta, has a shortage of downtown parking stalls.]
"I sentence you to six months of driving on Calgary streets."
"The moment my back was turned . . . ."
"Off you go into the wild blue yonder..."
"Reminds me of the streets of Calgary!"