| Posted by nostra-YOUPPI! |
12/18/2007 1:01 PM | remove |
didnt realize mondou has been around that long!
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| Posted by maZe |
12/21/2007 2:14 AM | remove |
TOILETTES! TOILETTES! TOILETTES!!!!!!!!!! From City of Montreal docs :
"À Montréal, sous le mandat de Camilien Houde, on érigea plusieurs vespasiennes dans les parcs et places de la ville et la terminologie populaire référait alors aux "Camiliennes". En 1913, des vespasiennes sont notamment inaugurées à la place Jacques-Cartier, sous la colonne Nelson."
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| Posted by nostra-YOUPPI! |
12/21/2007 4:13 PM | remove |
i was always impressed by the girth of nelsons shaft
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| Posted by maZe |
12/22/2007 3:37 PM | remove |
Actually this shaft is quite small if you compare it to the original in London. It's kinda a mini-me of Nelson's shaft really. (It's in Trafalgar Square in London)
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| Posted by Samurai |
12/22/2007 5:02 PM | remove |
that will be enough talk of Nelsons shaft... mine is far more impressive. :oP
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| Posted by nostra-YOUPPI! |
12/22/2007 6:12 PM | remove |
was never too impressed by his shafts height, like i said girth. anyways, all this talk of some nelson guys shaft is making me feel dirty,
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| Posted by Samurai |
12/22/2007 10:01 PM | remove |
lol!
need a cold shower, expos? :OP
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| Posted by Charlie_Dunver |
1/7/2008 7:58 AM | remove |
In the early 70's I partied many times at the Nelson. I can't remember which building on the right was the Iroquois Hotel but it was fun too. ah yes those late party nights hoping to get lucky and all we ever got was a great view of Nelson's Shaft!
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| Posted by Samurai |
1/7/2008 5:14 PM | remove |
LOL... you guys and nelsons shaft...
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| Posted by Emperor Wang |
1/7/2008 5:39 PM | remove |
You have to admit, it is quite impressive.
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| Posted by nostra-YOUPPI! |
1/7/2008 6:23 PM | remove |
if i had a shaft like that, id call it nelson and flaunt it too
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| Posted by Charlie_Dunver |
1/8/2008 5:26 AM | remove |
I would probably be saying things like "He is not amused!"
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| Posted by Samurai |
1/8/2008 7:17 AM | remove |
LOL!!!
3rd person and all.
Is "He Is Not Amused!' as funny in french?
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| Posted by nostra-YOUPPI! |
1/8/2008 1:36 PM | remove |
MON NELSON AVEC SON SHAFT IMMENSE n'est pas content :P
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| Posted by Samurai |
1/9/2008 5:20 AM | remove |
lol
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| Posted by nostra-YOUPPI! |
1/9/2008 1:11 PM | remove |
i wonder if nelson would be happy to hear all these men discussing his shaft
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| Posted by maZe |
1/11/2008 1:28 AM | remove |
Two other interesting things about Nelson's Shaft. 1)urban legend says that the french workers that built the Nelson Column (for the British) actually built it with the top border larger than it should be so the closer you are to it, the less you can actually see Nelson. It was their way to seek revenge for the British Conquest.
2)Nelson (from the top of his column) is directly starring at Vauquelin, a French combattant that is seen defending the French ship fleets. This was supposedly planned to represent then again that the French were defiant even after the British Conquest.
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| Posted by nostra-YOUPPI! |
1/11/2008 1:46 PM | remove |
maze i wonder what it would be like to have a shaft that was considerably larger at the top than the rest
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| Posted by Samurai |
1/12/2008 8:28 AM | remove |
odd
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| Posted by Charlie_Dunver |
1/12/2008 10:52 PM | remove |
Ah so the closer they get the less likely to see the smile on your face?
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| Posted by mewthree |
1/17/2008 5:46 PM | remove |
ok i know now why they got rid of the washrooms... they didn't want the skateboarders at the fountain at the top of the hill to be tempted to roll down there and use the entrances as jumps.
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| Posted by Emperor Wang |
1/18/2008 1:28 AM | remove |
Hah hah! I'm pretty sure Drapeau got rid of them because the homos were getting out of hand. Which was a really stupid move. He should've just hired some attendants.
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| Posted by nostra-YOUPPI! |
1/18/2008 12:59 PM | remove |
to many people comparing thier johnsons to nelsons shaft
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| Posted by maZe |
1/20/2008 9:41 PM | remove |
lolll Most public toilets (although I don't have the exact date of this one yet) closed down for good in 1979. Which makes it interesting that I remember my grand-parents taking me into some since I would have been less than 3 years old back then. Yet I have clear memories of going to the Camiliennes at Place d'armes with my old folks...
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| Posted by nel58 |
1/21/2008 12:07 AM | remove |
Yeah..I was working on St-Jacques and used those pretty often..in 77-78 ,as I was always too early and the office was locked !
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| Posted by Charlie_Dunver |
1/22/2008 6:26 AM | remove |
Atwater was open until at least the early 70's. I think dominion square too.
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| Posted by Samurai |
1/22/2008 3:03 PM | remove |
It's nice to see Nelsons' Shaft every day.
:oP
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