March 2012
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Island Talk
A Canadian Highway Patrolman pulled a car over and told the Guyanese driver that because he was wearing his seat belt he had just won $5,000 in the Province safety competition. ‘What are you going to do with the money?’ asked the policeman ‘Well, I gonna get a driver’s license,’ he answered. ‘Oh, don’t listen to him,’ yelled the Trini woman in the...
February 2012
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October 2011
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Papa and his Tomato Garden
An old Italian gentleman lived alone in New Jersey . He wanted to plant his annual tomato garden, but it was very difficult work, as the ground was hard. His only son, Vincent, who used to help him, was in prison. The old man wrote a letter to his son and described his predicament: Dear Vincent, I am feeling pretty sad because it looks like I won’t be able to plant my tomato...
September 2011
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Lower 9th Ward lots to be cleared of towering... →
Mayor Mitch Landrieu announced Thursday a $200,000 pilot program that will hire unemployed neighbors in the Lower 9th Ward to clear overgrown lots. Residents say the vacant parcels have become thriving habitats for rats as big as house cats, coyotes, armadillos, possums, raccoons, hawks, owls, fast-moving black snakes, insects of all kinds and even, in one lot fed by a leaky fire hydrant, a...
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“A photographer went to a socialite party in New York. As he entered the front...”
– Sam Haskins
August 2011
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WatchWedding fun goes too far.
July 2011
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perfect-tune asked: Hi. How are u?
June 2011
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My Tumblr was hacked
Which explains why I’m all of a sudden following 5,000 random people. As interesting as it would be to keep all of you, Tumblr is unusable to me like this and I’ll never get to see the stuff my original subscriber list is posting.
If Tumblr doesn’t fix this then I may have to just quit Tumblr altogether, I don’t even think my page is even viewable outside of Tumblr.
Ah...
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WatchHow close to a train track can you set up a vegetable market?
May 2011
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18-15n-77-30w asked: Shey, I'm loving your blog, sistrine (?).
April 2011
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Scotch?
On the first day of school, the children brought gifts for their teacher.
The florist’s son brought the teacher a bouquet of flowers. The candy store owner’s daughter gave the teacher a pretty box of candy. Then the liquor-store owner’s son brought up a big, heavy box.
The teacher lifted it up and noticed that it was leaking a little bit. She touched a drop of the liquid...
March 2011
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“Setting an example is not the main means of influencing another, it is the only...”
– Albert Einstein
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“In many respects, Pocahontas is part of the second wave of genocide - the...”
– Miles Morriseau, “Disney’s Disgrace” in Aboriginal Voices
February 2011
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“If a child can’t learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way...”
– Ignacio Estrada
Teachers make too much money! →
world-shaker:
Are you sick of high paid teachers? Teachers’ hefty salaries are driving up taxes, and they only work 9 or 10 months a year! It’s time we put things in perspective and pay them for what they do - baby sit! We can get that for less than minimum wage.
That’s right. Let’s give them $3.00 an hour and only the hours they worked; not any of that silly planning time, or any time they...
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“Pretending to be colour-blind in the face of the hardships encountered by young...”
– Thomhill, 1984, cited in Ontario Provincial Advisory Committee, 1987, p. 37
January 2011
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Zeen In Jamaica: Psalm 23 - Jamaican Version →
zeeninjamaica:
The Lord ah mi one boss, and mi nuh fi want nutt’n.
Ah Him ah prevent mi from tell off people everyday.
Ah Him ah gimme peace, when so-so madness a gwan roun’ mi.
Ah Him ah remine mi fi pray and fi do everyting widout complain, murmur or kiss mi teet.
Ah Him ah remine mi dat ah…
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“Dear 25-year-old who just dropped $130 on a bottle of white wine at the [liquor...”
– Mr. M.M.
December 2010
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An American, a Scot and a Canadian
An American, a Scot and a Canadian were in a terrible car accident. They were all brought to the same emergency room, but all three of them died before they arrived. Just as they were about to put the toe tag on the American, he stirred and opened his eyes. Astonished, the doctors and nurses present asked him what happened.
‘Well,’ said the American, ‘I remember the crash,...