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Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jan 30th 2009, 7:06 am
Replies: 7
Views: 622
Posted By GrantE

Smile Signs of our times: get your passes online - for a public toilet

http://www.breakingnews.com/venice-goes-online-ease-toilet-pain430078
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jan 29th 2009, 2:52 am
Replies: 0
Views: 472
Posted By GrantE

J.K. Stores Bookshop (we also sell cows)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/7853656.stm
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jan 29th 2009, 2:08 am
Replies: 4
Views: 703
Posted By GrantE

Re: Beware the blowfish testicles!

By whom? :)
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jan 28th 2009, 3:55 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 703
Posted By GrantE

Post Beware the blowfish testicles!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/27/blowfish-testicles-poison-diners
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jan 28th 2009, 3:49 pm
Replies: 0
Views: 781
Posted By GrantE

Post "I just had a great idea for a TV show"

http://www.newyorker.com/humor/2008/06/23/080623sh_shouts_saunders?printable=true
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jan 28th 2009, 3:20 pm
Replies: 838
Views: 43,742
Posted By GrantE

Re: Who remembers...........

Ahem...
http://xmb.stuffucanuse.com/xmb/viewthread.php?action=attachment&tid=5886&pid=16634
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jan 28th 2009, 1:59 pm
Replies: 0
Views: 533
Posted By GrantE

Wiwichu a Meri Crismas

Lingua franca, eh?

http://epicfailwin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/bad-english.jpg
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jan 28th 2009, 12:41 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 576
Posted By GrantE

Post Trapped underneath sofa for 3 days

"I took a sip of [the whisky] and thought, well this isn't too bad."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/somerset/7853328.stm
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jan 27th 2009, 12:42 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 527
Posted By GrantE

Re: Electronics?!

Hey, that's what I said :)
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jan 27th 2009, 11:53 am
Replies: 5
Views: 583
Posted By GrantE

Re: RIP John Updike

Yep :)
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jan 27th 2009, 10:43 am
Replies: 3
Views: 527
Posted By GrantE

Smile Electronics?!

http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&rs=&ref_=sr_nr_i_12&keywords=diaper&qid=1233094672&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Adiaper%2Ci%3Aelectronics
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jan 27th 2009, 10:16 am
Replies: 0
Views: 460
Posted By GrantE

Post Winnipeg: Lesbians a mystery to city MD

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/lesbians_a_mystery_to_city_md_complaint_filed_heres_what_could_happen38441529.html
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jan 27th 2009, 10:11 am
Replies: 0
Views: 438
Posted By GrantE

Wink Bank of Canada: despite the recession, prices will continue to go up

http://chtongueeek.com/bank-of-canada-assures-worried-canadians-that-despite-the-recession-prices-will-continue-to-go-up/
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jan 27th 2009, 7:35 am
Replies: 5
Views: 583
Posted By GrantE

RIP John Updike

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/books/01/27/obit.updike/index.html
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jan 25th 2009, 4:19 pm
Replies: 22
Views: 1,820
Posted By GrantE

Post Ladies! Stop giving birth to your grandchildren!

http://open.salon.com/content.php?cid=86148
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jan 25th 2009, 4:15 pm
Replies: 37
Views: 4,221
Posted By GrantE

Re: English as the global lingua franca? Not going to happen

Oh, and BTW: 恭喜發財! :)
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jan 25th 2009, 4:13 pm
Replies: 37
Views: 4,221
Posted By GrantE

Post English as the global lingua franca? Not going to happen

http://mithridates.blogspot.com/2009/01/english-as-global-lingua-franca-not.html
Forum: Canada
Jan 24th 2009, 12:12 pm
Replies: 49
Views: 7,845
Posted By GrantE

Re: Is NE Calgary a bad place to live?

No need to apologise. You must've thought of "paraphrases" (for a mo', I feared I had written "paraphrastic" myself, when you intervened).

<tips hat and merrily goes the Guinness way - what a...
Forum: Canada
Jan 24th 2009, 11:36 am
Replies: 49
Views: 7,845
Posted By GrantE

Re: Is NE Calgary a bad place to live?

You must fascinate easily. Pray tell, why do you think the word was misused? don't you agree PC terms are periphrases?
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jan 22nd 2009, 10:41 am
Replies: 1
Views: 569
Posted By GrantE

Smile Signs you've been...

SIGNS YOU’VE BEEN IN LONDON TOO LONG

1. You say ‘mate’ constantly
2. You think it is perfectly normal to pay over £3 for a pint.
3. Anyone not from London is a ‘wanker’
4. Anyone...
Forum: Canada
Jan 21st 2009, 10:08 am
Replies: 49
Views: 7,845
Posted By GrantE

Re: Is NE Calgary a bad place to live?

Completely agree: good winter tyres make a world of difference.
Forum: Canada
Jan 21st 2009, 8:00 am
Replies: 49
Views: 7,845
Posted By GrantE

Re: Is NE Calgary a bad place to live?

Yeah, that's what PC abuse does to you :)
Forum: Canada
Jan 21st 2009, 7:57 am
Replies: 49
Views: 7,845
Posted By GrantE

Re: Is NE Calgary a bad place to live?

No need for political correctness here - the OP wants the cold truth, not some periphrastic remarks, skillfully crafted so that no one would be offended (although I can't stop wondering: "slightly...
Forum: The Barbie
Jan 21st 2009, 4:00 am
Replies: 23
Views: 1,582
Posted By GrantE

Re: GPS advice needed: Garmin or TomTom?

Sure. You can download and use any map (provided you have enough space on your device).
Forum: Canada
Jan 20th 2009, 5:35 am
Replies: 67
Views: 8,160
Posted By GrantE

Re: Do you have a "Canadian Accent" now?

I seem to perceive a clear difference between Ontarians/Quebecers (Anglos) and Albertans/BCers; the Westerners (especially the women), have a nasal twang.
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