Category: Humour
Something funny or a humorous perspective on some topic or thing.
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The Flip-flop
I recall when the term flip-flop was commonly used as the name for those rubber, thong sandals, where a strap fit between the toes [1]. Later, in the 1970s, while in university, we built JK flip-flops in our computer engineering course. In this case, a flip flop was a circuit able to switch rapidly between…
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Rights of Passage
Everyone has a first job, and I suspect there are trends that suggest what that job might be, based on the era, one’s class and gender. In my time, a common first job was to deliver the newspaper. Kamala Harris‘ submits that working at MacDonald’s was a marker of her middle class roots, and it…
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Staying Relevant
Recently a Federal Member of Parliament voiced frustration with Tim Hortons after the fast food chain began testing new paper lids in certain Ottawa locations. Taking to social media, the MP criticized the “woke paper lids that dissolve in your mouth.” This MP is not the only one. A provincial member introduced a private member’s…
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White House Correspondent’s Dinner
The White House Correspondents Association was founded in 1914 and has held a dinner nearly every year since 1921 to celebrate the reporters who cover the presidency and raise money for scholarships. CNN Provided full coverage of the event itself, from 8PM to midnight, preceded by a one hour preamble and a two hour post-dinner…
