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- In the Presence of Dentyne
- The Space Yoyo
- Pieing Lou Ferrigno
- Light at the End of the World
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Category Archives: Sports
We Need a New Hockey Word
Currently the NHL Chicago Blackhawks have a record of eleven wins, no losses and 3 overtime losses. They are undefeated in regulation time. The NHL has no word for this. Yet. Perhaps this post will make a difference. It was … Continue reading
Posted in Language, Sports, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged Chicago Blackhawks, compound words, losses, National Hockey League, NHL, old rules unbeaten streak, overtime losses, Philadelphia Flyers, ties, unbeaten in regulation time streak, unbeaten streak, unbeatregtime streak, undefeated streak, wins, wins and only pointed losses streak
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Show Swaps
In our sort of tolerant society-kind of, we are met with an odd situation. Eric Stonestreet plays a gay character on Modern Family. He is not gay. Neil Patrick Harris plays Barney Stinson on How I Met Your Mother, a … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Sports, Stage and Screen
Tagged 2 1/2 Men, Anger Management, Charle Sheen, Chuck Lorre, Eric Stonestreet, fantasy leagues, gay, Hot in Cleveland, How I Met Your Mother, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Modern Family, Neil Patrick Harris, straight, That 70's Show, The Big Bang Theory, The Bro Code, trades, trading cards
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New Beleafs
I live in the most populous area of hockey mad Canada. The Toronto Maple Leafs are the only hockey team for the entire area which as well as Toronto includes Hamilton, Mississauga and Waterloo Region. Recently ESPN named the Toronto … Continue reading
Ben Johnson for the Order of Canada
Let’s look at the good Ben Johnson did. He handled reporters well as an up and coming track star in the eighties. The steroids he took were not a magic bullet. He still had to train strongly to attain his … Continue reading
Mercedes Woods
Is the closeness of the peace symbol to the Mercedes Benz symbol a coincidence? We at Many Rants doubt it. The Mercedes Benz symbol was established first so somehow that car company, through chicanery, got the peaceniks to adopt a … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Humour, Politics, Sports
Tagged age for political leanings, frothing capitalists, hippie types, is there a network of 15 mistresses in the golf world?, Mercedes Benz symbol, mistresses, over 2 years of losing, peace symbol, protests, something else to watch for in London 2012, Tiger Woods, under 40s can be drafted
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Unhate
In case you were living under a rock last week, you might not have heard of Benneton’s new ad campaign, Unhate. In this campaign there were pictures of perceived political enemies kissing each other. Merkel/Sarkozy (although Germany and France seem … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Fashion, Politics, Sports, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged be unevil, Benneton, my promise if Vatican proceeds in legal action, possible future directions for more Unhate ads, Saturday Night Live, the Vogelcheck skit, Unhate campaign, United Colours campaign, Vatican only official objector
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Puke Gets Cartoond
Once there was a really cool cat who was the god of hockey. Now, like every cat, this cool cat had a fur ball and one day hacked it up in the country of Canada. . This furball, or puke, … Continue reading
Stanley Cup Strike
A strike by the refs is exactly what I thought I was watching for the last game of the playoffs. Last night Boston defeated Vancouver to win the Stanley Cup, but it was the officiating that made me angry, not … Continue reading