corkingiron.bsky.social
Canadian. Teacher. Zamboni Driver. Jackknife Carpenter. Shipwrights Helper. Professional Grandpa.
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Both droll and obscure. Lid doffed!
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Ah, Geez! I’m still waiting for Dylan to explain how anyone can play a song on a tambourine. Now this!
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In my experience, you’ll have momentary guilt pangs that you aren’t marking for the next two weeks because your brain refuses to accept that you’re actually done.
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You have just made my day!
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It’s covered in Baptist's “Half The Story Never Told” IIRC.
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“Let them eat road kill”.
(Oh, c'mon people. You know you were thinking it!)
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The firm of Arnold, Quisling $ Petain continue their negotiations.
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Love seeing our flag there. Thanks!
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Awesome! Thanks from one small town on Vancouver Island!
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If memory serves, the following day the bbc issued a retraction and an apology. Then they said “this is where spaghetti actually comes from” and showed a group of miners descending into a mine.
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We’ll be here Paul.
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A black man, standing proud and speaking truth to a racist and lawless power is - and always has been - an act of incredible courage.
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To quote in all seriousness- from Laugh In, “who writes this stuff?
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She's probably ignoring his desires…
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Same.
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Dem Congressional leaders need to find a way to bring this to the floor of the House and Senate - force the GOP members to vote against it - then force them to wear it.
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More of this. Much more of this please.
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Right out of the Hitchhiker’s Guide- “Did you like Norway? I won an award for that. All the crinkly bits.”
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We call them “friends”.
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Well, damn.
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That’s the British system. In Canada party leaders are selected by delegates at formal Conventions. The PM is whoever can command a majority of votes in the House of Commons. If they have to rely on another Party to get those votes, it’s a minority government.
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We'll allow it. But you’ll have to pronounce it with a French accent.
(You’re sticking out your lips and doing that right now, aren’t you.)
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And worked through two different financial crises as well.
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It’s pouring rain here. Even my dogs don’t want to go outside. Would it be Ok if I just admired the Spring flowers blooming in my gardens?
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I carried on with that theme:
What religion is a Canadian? “I dunno.”
What language does a Canadian speak? “I dunno”.
What Country does a Canadian come from? “I dunno.”
So who - or what - are we? “I dunno.”
Ok - then what aren't we? (Spontaneously and in unison)
“Americans”.
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I taught my students that the name “ Canada” is traditionally believed to be Chief Donnacona's response to Cartier's question “What lies further up this River?” We have assumed that he meant “a village” - but there’s another possibility depending on how he pronounced it - “I dunno”.
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You could do worse than John Ralston Saul's “A Fair Country”.
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But only valid at Canadian Tire…
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“Stop pointing with his feet!”
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My older brother contracted measles at 9 months - in the days before a vaccine was available. It left him utterly deaf for the rest of his life.
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Thank you for that last sentence. We need to hear that!
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How about twice-impeached sex offender President?
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Mustard Plaster Survivor here.
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Lime pickle is absolutely the best condiment in the World.
I will not be taking questions.
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Swuimmingly.
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There’s gotta be some Star Trek nerds who can paraphrase the standard Geordie/Data technobabble dialogues
“I recalibrated the Ionic Field Generators to protect the Phaser Banks”.
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I had exactly the same reaction.
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Savuka.
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Dah.
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Common knowledge! Just like flat Earth, Witches, and Elvis sightings!
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If they change the law to allow him to run again, doesn’t that mean that Obama could run again? Asking for a country…
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My guess is that a public showing of courage and integrity would result in a number of job offers. Not every US business operator is stupid.