One other fun CNE memory:

They used to open up just the midway for a week or two in June. They even had a clever name for it: The Toronto Midway.

Me, my brother and a buddy went down to a Jays game. The rule was your ticket stub was good for one free ride on the midway after the game.

So after the game, we stood at the exit, and asked everyone walking by for their ticket stubs. After 5 minutes, we probably had 100 tickets each.

We then proceeded to hit the midway like the crown princes of the CNE.

I think we rode the Rotor 25 times.
- Atomic Wedgie

Jays games while the Ex was on was awesome. We’d get the $2 seats at the top so we could see all the stuff going on. It is there that I witnessed the probable death, or life altering accident, or at least a bump. Sitting on the lake side we could see the carpet slide. Kind of a chubby kid gets on. Gets air the very first bump. More the second bump, now flailing out of control, third bump - omg he’s too high, he flips in the air and lands on the back of his neck/head near the very end of the slide, a crumpled mass of jello. Of course we were killing ourselves laughing, but to this day, I wonder about tubby carpet boy.

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When I was in public school, my family went camping to Kilbear. My brother and I met some kids who we horsed around with for the time we were there.

So we made a plan to meet up with them at the Hockey Hall of Fame - back when it was still at the CNE grounds.

My brother and I rode our bikes from Don Mills down to the CNE grounds - probably about 20+ km. Met them, toured the HHOF and of course the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame, said goodbye, rode home.

Good times.
- Atomic Wedgie

20 KM! Can you imagine letting your girls do that now?

Jays games while the Ex was on was awesome. We’d get the $2 seats at the top so we could see all the stuff going on. It is there that I witnessed the probable death, or life altering accident, or at least a bump. Sitting on the lake side we could see the carpet slide. Kind of a chubby kid gets on. Gets air the very first bump. More the second bump, now flailing out of control, third bump - omg he’s too high, he flips in the air and lands on the back of his neck/head near the very end of the slide, a crumpled mass of jello. Of course we were killing ourselves laughing, but to this day, I wonder about tubby carpet boy.
- Woderwick

was that his actual name?

This is too funny.

I was actually going to ask the question, do "teams" (coaches, whoever) talk to each other in situations like this and agree to lay off a bit on the overly physical play.
- Aetherial

Ferraro and Noodles were discussing this, and they both played in the same meaningless year-end game one time. It doesn't need to be said. Everybody knows what it is.

- AdamFrench

I have no clue what to do. Too many Leaf fans in my pool.