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How Many Things in the World are 18 Minutes and 20 Seconds Long?
I went up to the gym the other day and hopped on the elliptical machine for a ‘run’. I set the timer for 25 minutes and got going. I was flipping through my iPhone looking for a good song and all of a sudden there it was, one song that would take me through an entire time slot on the…
Read more »A ‘Happy’ Secret
I LOVE this video!!! I try to visit TED for some inspiration and mind expansion every so often, and today I stumbled on this talk. It was funny to have come across it now, since I had been doing some journaling on something akin to the subject and hadn’t had the time to post it. After reading this I went…
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48/366 – After the Show
February 17, 2012 – When I was a kid I loved the Carol Burnett Show. Kirk bought tickets for us for Christmas, and tonight was the show. And it was wonderful. It was an evening with Carol and she took questions an comments form the audience, presented vignettes and video clips from the shows, and was a completely delightful, and…
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33/366 – Acronyms and Misinterpretations
February 2, 2012 – Acronyms are funny things. Every field has its own language, and they don’t always cross translational boundaries well. Yesterday I was asked if I was going to the Town Hall meeting for DFO because the ADM was speaking. DFO is Department of Fisheries and Oceans, I know that one obviously, but ADM was new to me.…
Read more »The Pattern Behind Self-Deception
Fascinating and funny from both scientific and sociological perspectives. Well worth watching.
Read more »Day 328 – Magical Marketing
Have you ever been so absolutely taken by a marketing scheme that you thought was not only funny, but downright brilliant? If you are Canadian you will recognize this. If you aren’t Canadian, you will have missed out on this little nugget or marketing ingenuity. A few years ago a marketing intern with Post Foods Canada was thinking about advertising…
Read more »Abbot & Costello nowdays…
A funny I found on BCSB today that deserves to be shared a little wider. ______________________________ If Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were alive today, their infamous sketch, ‘Who’s on First?’ might have turned out something like this: COSTELLO CALLS TO BUY A COMPUTER FROM ABBOTT ABBOTT: Super Duper computer store. Can I help you? COSTELLO: Thanks I’m setting up…
Read more »The Honeymoon-is-over Downs
I have no idea where I got this, it came across my email as an audio file about 6 years ago and I kept it because the first time I heard it I was almost crying with laughter. I was going to upload it as an audio file when I thought perhaps someone had put it online and I could…
Read more »8:52 – Slow to 50 km/hr when children on highway…
….because they make a much bigger mess when you hit them at full highway speed………
Read more »2:52 – More Contact Printing Humour
I try to swing by this business every few weeks to see what witticism they have come up with. It changes regularly and is always entertaining.
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