Category: Humour
Something funny or a humorous perspective on some topic or thing.
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Am I Really a Political Whore?
I just discovered that my wife’s favourite wine is HST-free for the next couple of months, as a result of the recently announced Federal Government Christmas Bonuses. That will turn into a $1.50 savings per bottle. I bought 5 (for now). Trudeau is great! What a great country we live in. No wonder Dumb Old…
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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…
