Looking for a “big gulp” experience? Fill up your gas guzzler. With gasoline at $1.20 per litre in Canada, it can bring a lump to your throat and tears to your eyes. Yesterday, the Bank of Canada concluded that the Canadian economy is facing a difficult time over the next two years. In an […]
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Deuteronomy No Longer Describes Canada’s Place in the World
April 24th, 2008 · Comments Off on Deuteronomy No Longer Describes Canada’s Place in the World · Canada Humor, Construction Humor, Economic Humor, Economics, General Humor, General Interest, History, Political Humor
Tags:Alberta Tar Sands·Book of Deuteronomy·Book of Johua·drawers of water·hewers of wood·petro-currency·SAGD
Bathroom Humour
April 14th, 2008 · Comments Off on Bathroom Humour · Allegory or Fairy Tale, Children and Pets, Construction Humor, Entertainment, Family Humor, General Humor, Jokes, Lifestyle, Public Speaking
There is bathroom humour and then there is “in the bathroom” humour, which may be a form of advertising. I have been accused, on occasion, of using bathroom humour in my speeches and written material. This mystified me until I realized that there had been a misunderstanding.
Tags:building product manufacturers·comedy·eco-friendly·funny·human folly·humor·killer whale·rubber ducky
Driving Schools: What’s in a Name?
April 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment · American Humor, British Comedy, British Humour, Canada Humor, Charming, Construction Humor, Cop Humor, Cottage Life, Cute, Disturbing, Family, Family Humor, Funny Driving, Funny Generation Gap, Funny Horror, Funny Rant, Funny Scary, Human Nature, Lifestyle, Oddball, Offbeat, Outrageous, Satire, Screwball, Slice of Life, Surprise Twists, Twisted, Whimsy, Witty, Zany
It has often been said there are two driving seasons in Canada, winter and construction. We are currently in the transition period from the former to the latter. My wife and I were talking about this the other day as we made our way to the cottage on Georgian Bay for the first time in the […]
Tags:disturbing driving story·funny Canadian driving story·funny driving school story·funny driving story·funny highway story·funny Hooters story·funny learning to drive story·funny multi-tasking story·funny repo man story·scary driving story
Phrase of the Day: Green Collar Jobs
February 25th, 2008 · Comments Off on Phrase of the Day: Green Collar Jobs · Construction, Construction Humor, Economics, Lifestyle
You’ve heard the terms blue collar jobs and white collar jobs. Now, somebody has coined the phrase “green collar jobs”. I wish I’d thought of it. This is in relation to employment on projects that have an energy-saving and/or public safety component. It also includes jobs servicing those projects or making parts for them.
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