Chapter One:
Prairie Virtues
Manitobans are a practical lot. They have a solid grasp on reality and will not allow it to be shaken by silly emotions like optimism or exuberance. *see also "Dailing back the happy, being asked to."*
Which is not say Manitobans are strangers to joy; attend a Jets game, if you doubt me.
Typically, this practical nature is expressed in one of several ways. In rural areas, if you don't sow, you don't reap. Biblical metaphors aside, that's about as practical as it gets, and I fully support it on account of really enjoying food, and not dying of starvation.
In the city, this straightforward perspective on Life, the Universe and Everything is still in evidence: if you don't jam the nose of your car into the tiny gap between vehicles in the next lane, some other bugger will, and your virility will suffer a set back such that any remaining ability to produce healthy young you may have possessed, dissipates as quickly as exhaust on an autumn wind.
Practical. Sensible. Easy to understand.
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