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Category Archives: History
Canada’s Cultural Prosaic
For those who don’t know, prosaic means boring. Canada has long been smug about its cultural mosaic. This differs from the American melting pot. Instead of people from different cultures changing to fit in, the official line in Canada is … Continue reading
Posted in Geography, History, Humour, Politics
Tagged America, Canada, Caribbana, Caribbean, cultural clubs, cultural mosaic, excitement can sure be scary, genocide, German, Irish, Kitchener, melting pot, nuclear powers, Oktoberfest, prosaic, St. Patrick's Day, Toronto, Utopias are boring, war
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Shhhhh, Prince Harry
Prince Harry just let loose the thinking in the current British royal family. As it turns out, no one wants to be king but they are willing to do it anyway, out of some warped sense of duty. Aren’t we … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, History, Humour, Politics
Tagged British royal family, line of succession and how it changes, long con, middle children and youngest siblings have lots to complain about in royal family, no one wants to be king, Prince Charles, Prince George, Prince Harry, Prince William, Princess Charlotte, proper bloodline, QE II, save your life Prince Harry
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Did Ancient Species Go Extinct or Did They Have a More Honourable Group Suicide?
Can some species reliably see the future? Well obviously human beings can’t as noted by their laughable track record in this endeavour (see most of science fiction). But perhaps, just perhaps, other species can. They might see the growth of … Continue reading
My Plan to Counterfeit and Never Get Caught
Since 1967, it is my belief that there are 6 852 different coins in circulation in Canada and we are somehow supposed to recognize them all as legal tender. So, yes, I intend to counterfeit coins. In 1967, it was … Continue reading
Posted in History, Humour, Politics
Tagged 1967, 1973 quarter honouring the mounties, 2017, Canada, Canada's centennial, Canada's sesquicentennial, change, coins, fake coin ought to celebrate something plausible yet funny, legal tender, loonies, no legal tender is made of paper anymore, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, toonies, which coin is the most profitable for the government to make?, Wikipedia
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The Canadian Duel
(Showdown at the Number 12 Bus) There I was, embarking on the simple task of taking the number 12 bus. A crowd had built up as the bus pulled up and let out its passengers. That went orderly enough but … Continue reading
History is Bunk
Mass production great, Henry Ford, once said that “History is bunk”. Now, Henry Ford is long dead so we have historians to thank for preserving this quote and passing it down through the ages. If history is bunk, then, the … Continue reading
Posted in Business, History, Humour
Tagged Ford is long dead, Henry Ford, historians, mass production great, not and April Fool's joke
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A Smoke Filled Bar
1965, a smoke filled bar nearest to a CIA base… The waitress had just gotten all their drinks and been paid so it would be some time before the group in the back corner would have their privacy busted. An … Continue reading
Posted in History, Humour, Science
Tagged 1965, beginning of US combat in Vietnam, biometrics are stupid, CIA, fingerprints, LA Dodgers were 1965 World Series winners, palms forward means cameras can capture your fingerprints, peace sign, peaceniks, photography, V for victory in World War II
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Post Modern Anything is Impossible
There existed a time when the architecture and the art was hard to name. As such, the lazy, lazy people of this time called this style modern. And as the movement grew it was still called modern. Even as it … Continue reading
The Knights of the Square Tables
I see what you were doing there, King Arthur. Putting your knights at a round table so there is no special or more important position. What a political lesson that was, making all your knights feel equal. But I have … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, History, Humour, Politics
Tagged array of square tables, can promote or demote to keep multiples of four, equality, King Arthur, King in the centre table, knights of the round table, knights of the square tables, most important knights at centre table, multiples of four, the king should see his favourites
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