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Category Archives: Sports
Reffing a Movie
A tall man in a suit was trying to get into a the movie theatre ahead of me. He had a coupon and was insisting it had no expiry date on it. Nevertheless, the ticket counter staff wouldn’t accept it. … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Sports, Stage and Screen
Tagged action scene, ally, elbowing, enemy, fighting, goal, holding, interference, love scene, main character, previews, referee. movie, roughing, theatre, too appropriate, too many men on the ice, whistle
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The Long Game
Canada’s rise in the soccer world, first the gold medal winning women at the Tokyo Olympics and now the men’s team looking like it might qualify for the 2022 world cup of soccer – so far undefeated in the qualifiers, … Continue reading
Posted in Geography, Sports, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged 2022 world cup of soccer, 2026 world cup of soccer, America, baseball, basketbell, Canada, coaches, dual citizenship, eating less meat per capita, football, hockey, imigration to increase desirable traits, immigration, immigration from soccer hotbeds, last time Canada qualified was 1986, men's soccer, North America is a soccer wasteland, soccer, Texans, Tokyo Olympics, Toronto, trainers, women's soccer
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Big Net
One of the most useless things in sport is the basketball net. But Big Net has convinced us that we need this little extra in the game of basketball. Never mind that the game can be played exactly the same … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Sports
Tagged a decoration, basketball, basketball net is useless, belch, Big Net, Brooklyn Nets, Jets, makes ball come down straight, Mets, net, rim, straight down to the toilet, swish sound, useless
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Greater NYC Wants a Fourth NHL Team – The Reason Why May Surprise You
New York already has the New York Islanders, the New York Rangers and the New Jersey Devils in greater New York City. But there have been stirrings about a possible 4th team to make things even more interesting for a … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Humour, Sports
Tagged All the New York hockey teams have multiple Stanley Cups, Brooklyn Nets, Half the NHL teams make playoffs, hockey, Jets, Metropolitan Division, Mets, New Jersey Devils, New York, New York Bets, New York City, New York Islanders, New York Rangers, NHL
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Pandora Papers Legacy
A huge news story lately has been the Pandora Papers leak. That is where it has been leaked to the public all sorts of specific information about the wealthy hiding their riches from the taxman. A lot of information is … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Politics, Sports, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged 2016, 2017, 2021, Canada Revenue Agency, Elvis Stojko, free advertising, free endorsements, government, Jacques Villeneuve, leaks, offshore tax havens, Panama Papers, Pandora Papers, Paradise Papers, Patriot Papers?, tax cheats, the wealthy
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Billionaires vs Billionaires
By now I bet we’ve all heard about the billionaire space race. Who is going to be the first billionaire into space? Well actually it’s more than that. Which billionaire will be first into space on their own company’s rocket? … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Humour, Science, Sports
Tagged Bexos is younger, bilionaire, bilionaire space race, billionaire series, Blue Origin, Branson is wilier, capes, flags, Jeff Bezos, July 11, July 20, meritocracy, mixed martial arts, MMA, purse of one million dollars, Richard Branson, show some merit, teeth knocked out, Trump, Virgin Galactic
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Practice Makes Perfect
We’ve all heard the saying practice makes perfect. And we all mulled on it for a few seconds and thought well that makes sense. But have we elevated the saying to be the prime directive of sports? Why no we … Continue reading
Posted in Sports, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged 12 strikes in a row is a perfect game, 30 shots with no strikes and spares in bowling, 450 points is a perfect game, 5 pin bowling, best golfers might need 21 or more holes to reach par for the course, golf, high jump, hockey, like Le Mans, maybe I can compete with best bowlers, most shots with 150 points being a perfect game, no point to have a goalie, practice makes perfect, prime directice, prime directive of sports, racing won by distance, soccer, spares, sports, sprinter, strikes, track and field, won by number of shots on net
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It’s Almost as if the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation Wants Us to Lose
For the purposes of this article, I am going to assume when picking numbers for a lottery ticket, those possible values are between 1 and 49 because that’s how it was for Lotto 649. In its latest ads, OLG has … Continue reading
Posted in Mathematics, Sports, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged $100 000 prize, 8 milestone birthdays from 1 to 49, about 25 players on hockey or football or baseball or soccer team, baseball, basketball, big win, blackjack dealer, casino, Encore, football, hockey, jersey numbers, Lotto 649, milestone birthdays, most live babies in one batch for a human is 8, Mr. Encore, Octomom, OLG, plinko, soccer, the big wheel, The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, the Price is Right, triplets
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It’s Soccer Club!
Soccer has made a comeback in North America. But you wouldn’t know that by the names. Toronto F. C. is the local team here in my part of North America. F. C. stands for football club. This Eurotrash attempt to … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Language, Sports
Tagged Argos, Brexiting Eurotrash, cowboys, Europe, Eurotrash, F. C. Dallas, F. C. stands for football club, football, Giants, Jets, Manchester S. C., Manchester United, New York City F. C., North America, North American English, soccer, Toronto F. C.
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Red Liquid
Recently I saw something so shocking, so surprising, so mortifying that I’m not even sure if I have healed to this very day. But I will try to get this out to the rest of the public to see what … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Social Science, Sports
Tagged blood, blue blood, blue liquid, blue maple leafs are a crime against nature, girls in puberty, if you take the red out of canada's flag all you have is the surrender flag, men don't need tampons?, mothers, prepubescent girls, princess, queen, red liquid, red wine, royalty, sloshed, tampon commercials, tampons, Toronto Maple Leafs
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