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Tag Archives: Toronto
The Big Smoke
“Sit down, Near Absolute Hero, I have something to say to you and this might take a while,” said the lead fire commissioner of the Big Smoke. As Near Absolute Hero sat, the commissioner went on. “Many countries have their … Continue reading
Posted in comics, Humour
Tagged Canada, Dublin, England, Ireland, London, Near Absolute Hero, Near Absolute Hero gets paid by the fire department, ribbing fire crews from the Big Smoke, The Big Smoke, Toronto, Toronto now called the Big Smoke because of legalized pot, You can do cannabis in Canada
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Notwithstanding the Notwithstanding Clause
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms has an odd clause. I know, I know you guessed it because of the title of this post. The notwithstanding clause allows the provincial government to override the Charter. I think it was … Continue reading
Posted in History, Humour, Politics
Tagged Canada, Charter of Rights and Freedoms, city councilors, Doug Ford, first past the post, force Toronto to get rid of councilors, judicial review 5 years later, Ontario, premier of Ontario, smoking crack, the notwithstanding clause, Toronto, torture confessions are notoriously bad, waterboard, Why no one should use the notwithstanding clause
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You Have Rights But Maybe Not Car Driver Rights
Myself and a group of partiers were walking home after drinking one night. There was no place to eat on the way that was still open. Except a Wendy’s drive thru. We knew that there was a hose that the … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Social Science, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged bad area of town, black hose, can stomp on black hose to initiate drive thru order, car driver rights, carding pedestrians, Chandler Ave. pedestrian bridge, drive thru, good area of town, Kitchener, lots of pressure on a high heel, NIMBY, not in my back yard, pedestrian rights, racial profiling, showing ID, Toronto, Toronto police, Wendy's
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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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Watch Those Ultimate Words
The Globe and Mail likes to think of itself as the intellectual national newspaper of Canada. I could get on board with that. Too bad it’s simply not true. Here is an article where I am quite sure their science … Continue reading
Posted in Language, Science, Wry
Tagged Canada, Canadian-led astronomy, David Dunlap Obsersvatory, dwarf planet, ever, galaxies, Ivan Semeniuk, penultimate words, Pluto, Richmond Hill, second largest telescope in the thirties, stars, supernovae in other galaxies, The Globe and Mail, Toronto
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Greetings From the Left End of Toronto
It’s angered me at least three times this year that Kitchener-Waterloo, Cambridge, Guelph and Brantford have all been included in maps that were said to represent the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). I have always felt that these cities were just … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Geography, Humour, Politics, Social Science
Tagged Blackberry, Brantford, Cambridge, Central Park, GTA, GTA has 6 million people, Guelph, Hamilton, Kitchener, left end, left end of Toronto, maps showing the cities west of Toronto as part of the GTA, Mississauga, New York, Oracle, Silicon Valley, the Green Belt, the left end of Toronto has shy of a million people, Toronto, Waterloo
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The Personality of Graphers
Most people will interpolate graphs. Interpolating is an educated guess saying that, with uniform points on either side, you can assume points in the middle follow the same shape which is sometimes a straight line. For instance the grid like … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Mathematics, Social Science
Tagged big risk takers, big risk takers are fun to watch, big risk takers get called legends if they live long enough, Bloor St., extrapolate, extrapolating is an educated guess about the extremes, graphs, interpolate, interpolating is an educated guess of what's in the middle, Keele Street, light risk takers, Steeles Ave., the blindfolded graphers are big risk takers, the cautious, those who balloon around the world, those who extrapolate are light risk takers, those who interpolate are fairly cautious, those who invest everything on penny stocks, those who sneak up on stingrays, Toronto, York University
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The Answer to Toronto’s Condo Wall
A wall of condos and other high rises presently blocks part of the waterfront from the rest of Toronto. Real Estate is location, location, location and the waterfront is part of Toronto’s downtown area. There is money to be made … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Geography, Humour, Politics
Tagged board walk, condos, downtown Toronto, Front St., Hamilton, high rises, infilling, Lake Ontario, Lake Shore Blvd., Queen's Quay, real estate, the future of Toronto is St. Catharine's, Toronto, Toronto's waterfront, towers, wall of condos
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Possible Names for NHL Canadian Expansion Teams
Most Canadians are aware that Gary Bettman, the NHL commisioner is mostly against expansion into new Canadian markets. But I think I have a way to entice him. All we have to do is come up with wonderful names for … Continue reading
Posted in Geography, Humour, Sports
Tagged Big Dekes, Canada, expansion teams, Gary Bettman, Halifax, Hamilton, Hamilton Body Checkers, hockey, Hookers, Kitchener, Kitchener Five Holes, Les Phoque, London, London Little Dekes, Montreal, NHL, Nordiques, Quebec City, Toronto, Toronto Maple Leafs, Toronto Puckers, Winnipeg
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