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Tag Archives: soccer
July Grab Bag o’ Humour
Giant hogweed had a nicer name when it was first exported to North America from Asia. It was supposed to be a nice, big, decorative plant. Oh, the folly of our ancestors! It spread easily and it quite earned the … Continue reading
Posted in Geography, History, Science, Social Science, Sports
Tagged "Gen Z", Argentina, Asia, baby boomers, Canada, Chile, Copa America, Everyone's a Winner, giant hogweed, Hot Chocolate, Lionel Messi, Millennials, North America, participation trophies, Peru, plant is named properly now, reacts to UV in sunlight, sap on outside of stem, soccer, team Canada, Uruguay, Venezuela
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April 2023 Grab Bag o’ Humour
As two letter abbreviations for Canadian provinces become more and more common in Canada, I looked up Newfoundland. NL is the two letter abbreviation for Newfoundland. This is way better than the four letter, Nfld., we were taught as kids. … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Geography, Humour, Music
Tagged Art, Canada, CFL, D list, doctor, engineer, Fender Bender, Fender guitar, football, Frank Zappa, Joe's Garage, lawyer, lead guitar, Newfoundland, NFL, paintings, realist art, rhythm guitar, scientist, soccer, stratocaster, telecaster, tiger mom, two letter abbreviations for provinces
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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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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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Football Creep
The Super Bowl is tomorrow so of course this post mentions something about that. But it will be later in the post. For now let’s discuss that other “football”. In another word, I mean soccer. Major League Soccer is the … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Sports
Tagged American football, bowling, Britain, Canadian football, Europe, football, football club, K-W United FC, Major League Soccer, Manchester United, most sports will have bowling in the title, North America, Rose Bowl, soccer, Super Bowl, superbowling, Toronto FC, two pointed ball
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