I don’t know if this one is the fault of the police or the media, but I’m going to guess it’s the police because the media tends to just go ahead and regurgitate whatever silly ass language the police put in their press releases without bothering to think about it. When you hear the words …
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All Is Well At The Animal Prison
I have breaking news, everyone. The orangutan that got out of its enclosure at the Toronto Zoo this week did not escape. It merely “accessed an area just outside of its habitat.” Phew! That was close! The oddest part about that sentence is that there were no quotes around it until I put them there, …
A Good Reminder To Be Nice To Ghosts
Dead man linked to 4 murders in northern Ontario last summer
Maybe Get Him Some Swimming Lessons?
One Quebec child in ER for near-drowning every day in summer, says study
Do I Have A Mind That’s Degrading? Or Maybe Degrading?
Here is another example of Carin’s mind is screwed up. I was watching TV when a commercial came on that got the exact wrong reaction from me. It said “Do you have boxes of videos and DVD’s that are degrading?” My first thought was “Whaaaat? Nooo! Why would I have those? Gross! And even if …
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I’m Suddenly Not Very Thirsty
I just got what should have been a very tempting marketing email. “Splash into our summer cocktail menu,” it offered. It also used this emoji. 💦 “What,” you might be asking yourself at this moment, “is the problem there? I assume there’s a problem since you said “should have been tempting”.” The problem, my curious …
The Best Blind Joke I’ve Ever Heard
There’s a guy who, when we see each other, will sometimes try to hit me with a blind joke I haven’t heard yet. As any blind person who has ever had a conversation will tell you, however, this isn’t the easiest thing to do. After a certain point we’ve just heard everything, some of it …
I Swear I’d Lose My Head If I Accidentally Detached It And Dumped It In The River
Police seeking help identifying ‘intentionally dismembered’ human remains found at Cherry Beach If you can help the authorities out with this please do, but what I need is more information on all of the human remains that end up hacked apart, wrapped in plastic bags and floating in the harbour by accident. I assume there …
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Christmas Music And Grammar. Two Of Everyone’s Favourite Things, Together AT Last
I’ll confess. Until I listened to this, I had given exactly no seconds of thought to God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen’s proper comma placement. In fact I’ve seen it written so many times without one that I wasn’t even sure one was necessary. But I also see a lot of “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen”, …
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A New Reaction To Chain Reaction
For a little while there, the Game Show Network had episodes of Chain Reaction on after 5. I don’t know what it is about that show, but it’s addictive. You can get sucked in so easily. I had to laugh at my scathing review of Chain Reaction from 13 years ago. I really had a …