Polite is not normally a word associated with me. Try phoning me up pretending to be from the Microsoft Computer Company Technical Department and you'll find out just how not polite I can be.

Homework for tonight
Compare and contrast the Language police of Quebec and the Morals police of Iran

http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/sleep-m...tudy-1.1711309

sleep machines?

how on earth did i manage 70 years ago?

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-26431417

This is one way to keep kids quiet in the classroom!

I hope the teacher gets sacked.

shard

i think not

i agree with you though

but if the unions over there are like those over here teacher will be protected and all that will happen is a slap on the wrist

And about the sellotape teacher - yes i hope she gets sacked! Just an example of how the school systems in our world today are making kids not like school!! And for good reasons

http://ca.reuters.com/article/entert...A2324Z20140304

Bieber police video may be released, minus genitalia -judge

which begs the question why would anyone in their right mind bother to film his privates?

Oh trust me, kids didn't like school back in the 80's and 90's when I was in school either..

Or the 70s and Christian Brothers weren't known for their easy going mannerisms either.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilt...ment-1.2559809

Dead soldier gets 1-cent cheque from federal government
this is amazing

don't these well paid bureaucrats look at the cheques being mailed out or is that too much to ask?

Doubt it. Gov't doesn't seem to check and verify much before sending things out.

that is exactly the point

what if the cheque had been for a million dollars?

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toront...ults-1.2550308


10 years in the clink


how did he ever imagine he would get away with it?

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26464490

The programme called "Jjak", which means partner, features seven men and five women contestants who compete for dates in a guesthouse, known as "Lovetown", which is fitted with cameras in all rooms except the bathroom.

South Korean newspapers say the show has a reputation for creating emotional tension and that contestants are required to eat meals alone when rejected by their dates.