Canadian Content - Off-Topic

Canadian Content - Off-Topic http://forums.canadiancontent.net Discussion of topics not relating to other forums. en Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:17:31 GMT vBulletin 60 http://forums.canadiancontent.net/images/styles/cancon/misc/rss.jpg Canadian Content - Off-Topic http://forums.canadiancontent.net Nuggler et al... http://forums.canadiancontent.net/showthread.php?t=75255 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:15:59 GMT Hi, Nuggler;
I'm referring to your recent post....

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nuggler (Post 943668)

I wish I could "easily" lose 50 pounds.
(dunno what that is in celcius)............:tard:

I need to drop 15 Celsius (!) How about we challenge each other...fire each other on?

I start with wanting to loose 2 pounds by July 17th!

Do you have a scale? Set a goal! Don't look at 50 - focus on 5 instead.

Anybody else like to join?? Or just provide some tips and encouragement? ]]> Off-Topic dancing-loon http://forums.canadiancontent.net/showthread.php?t=75255 50th State....Big Trivia Extended http://forums.canadiancontent.net/showthread.php?t=75240 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:20:07 GMT As in the original post "Big Trivia", here is another question that was always answered incorrectly.

What was the 50th state to join the United States?

-- Puerto Rico 1964
-- Guam 1957
-- Hawaii 1959
-- U.S. Virgin Islands 1971

The participants in this cell phone game never answered correctly.
95% of the participants were American.
]]> Off-Topic scratch http://forums.canadiancontent.net/showthread.php?t=75240 .....Deep Dark Secret..... http://forums.canadiancontent.net/showthread.php?t=75238 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:12:20 GMT Does anyone have a DEEP DARK SECRET that they have never revealed to their partner/boy friend/girl friend or best friend? *_There is a poll attached... Does anyone have a DEEP DARK SECRET that they have never revealed to their partner/boy friend/girl friend or best friend?

There is a poll attached to this thread. ]]> Off-Topic scratch http://forums.canadiancontent.net/showthread.php?t=75238 Big Trivia..... http://forums.canadiancontent.net/showthread.php?t=75219 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:18:34 GMT *IMPHO/WP/WADR *For three years I played a cell phone game that had the same 300 questions. One of the questions that frequently appeared was the... IMPHO/WP/WADR

For three years I played a cell phone game that had the same 300 questions.

One of the questions that frequently appeared was the following:

Name a country in North America (Anglo America for purists):
The choices were ------- Alaska or Canada

Additional information: 95% of the participants were American.

95% of the time I played "Alaska" was always chosen as the answer.

So what does this tell us about America's knowledge or recognition of Canada as a sovereign nation?

Makes you wonder if they only know about a 15 mile radius of where they live and haven't a clue about their own country, let alone the rest of the world. I guess it begs the question why they are in a Canadian Content Forum, doesn't it?

Personally I found it very offensive. I stopped playing three months ago. So what if any thing do our American members have to offer us?

But when they want to voice their opinion on something political, they know they can't do it in an American Forum....then they remember Canada and post here.

IMO: An example of double standard because here they are not being monitored by the (INT) FBI, DHS, ICE, peepers for The Patriot Act etc.......

]]> Off-Topic scratch http://forums.canadiancontent.net/showthread.php?t=75219 Biofuels = higher food costs/less food http://forums.canadiancontent.net/showthread.php?t=75213 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:02:53 GMT :tard: It don't take a freakin genius to see that if'n you have a load of finite stuff, and you use a bunch of it for somethun, ther ain't gonna be as much leff over for sumethun else.

Ol Nugg and a bunch a like retards ben sayin this fer a while now, and lookee heer, aktually someone agrees.

They gotta be stoopid two??

http://news.sympatico.msn.ctv.ca/abc..._report_080704 ]]> Off-Topic Nuggler http://forums.canadiancontent.net/showthread.php?t=75213 <![CDATA[Health------Q & A......]]> http://forums.canadiancontent.net/showthread.php?t=75212 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:55:22 GMT __________________________________________________ _____________________
HEALTH QUESTION & ANSWER SESSION

Q: I've heard that cardiovascular exercise can prolong life; is this
true?

A: Your heart is only good for so many beats, and that's it... Don't
waste them on exercise . Everything wears out eventually. Speeding up
your heart will not make you live longer; that's like saying you can
extend the life of your car by driving it faster. Want to live longer?
Take a nap.

Q: Should I cut down on meat and eat more fruits and vegetables?

A: You must grasp logistical efficiencies. What does a cow eat? Hay and
corn. And what are these? Vegetables. So a steak is nothing more than an
efficient mechanism of delivering vegetables to your system. Need grain?
Eat chicken. Beef is also a good source of field grass (green leafy
vegetable). And a pork chop can give you 100% of your recommended daily
allowance of vegetable products.

Q: Should I reduce my alcohol intake?

A: No, not at all. Wine is made from fruit. Brandy is distilled wine,
that means they take the water out of the fruity bit so you get even
more of the goodness that way. Beer is also made out of grain. Bottoms
up!

Q: How can I calculate my body/fat ratio?

A: Well, if you have a body and you have fat, your ratio is one to one.
If you have two bodies, your ratio is two to one, etc.

Q: What are some of the advantages of participating in a regular
exercise program?

A: Can't think of a single one, sorry. My philosophy is: No Pain...Good!

Q: Aren't fried foods bad for you?

A: You're not listening....Foods are fried these days in vegetable oil.
In fact, they're permeated in it. How could getting more vegetables be
bad for you?

Q: Will sit-ups help prevent me from getting a little soft around the
middle?

A: Definitely not! When you exercise a muscle, it gets bigger. You
should only be doing sit-ups if you want a bigger stomach.

Q: Is chocolate bad for me?

A: Are you crazy? HELLO Cocoa beans! Another vegetable. It's the best
feel-good food around!!

Q: Is swimming good for your figure?

A: If swimming is good for your figure, explain whales to me.

Well, I hope this has cleared up any misconceptions you may have had
about food and diets.

And remember:
"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of
arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to
skid in sideways - Chardonnay in one hand - chocolate in the other -
body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming, "WOO HOO, What
a Ride!"

HAVE A GREAT DAY! ]]> Off-Topic scratch http://forums.canadiancontent.net/showthread.php?t=75212 The Purist Voice? http://forums.canadiancontent.net/showthread.php?t=75189 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:04:56 GMT Of the following female singers who do you think has/had the purist voice. Feel free to go outside the box and suggest your own. -- Celine Dion --... Of the following female singers who do you think has/had the purist voice. Feel free to go outside the box and suggest your own.

-- Celine Dion

-- Karen Carpenter

-- Barbra Streisand

IMO: Karen Carpenter
]]> Off-Topic scratch http://forums.canadiancontent.net/showthread.php?t=75189 you tube and your privacy http://forums.canadiancontent.net/showthread.php?t=75184 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:44:11 GMT GOOGLE must divulge you tube log the viewing habits of EVERY USER who has ever watched any video on you tube US court has ruled today 4/7/2008 the... GOOGLE must divulge you tube log the viewing habits of EVERY USER who has ever watched any video on you tube US court has ruled today 4/7/2008
the ruling comes as apart of google's legal battle with VIACOM over allegations of copyright infringement ( is this the real reason i think not ) digital rights group the electronic frontier foundation (eff) called the ruling a set- back to PRIVACY RIGHTS (too ****ing right they are) get this the viewing log which will be handed to VIACOM contains
The viewing log which will be handed to Viacom CONTAINS
1 The log-in ID of users
2 The computer IP address (on line identifier)
3And all video clip details ]]> Off-Topic quandary121 http://forums.canadiancontent.net/showthread.php?t=75184 Your Patriotism vs Your Pocket http://forums.canadiancontent.net/showthread.php?t=75170 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:13:27 GMT You live in a Canadian city that has four hardware/depot type super stores. It is the beginning of May and all four have sales going on all month... You live in a Canadian city that has four hardware/depot type super stores. It is the beginning of May and all four have sales going on all month long.
The stores in question are -- Canadian Tire
Home Hardware
Home Depot
Lowe's
You know very well which are Canadian concerns and which are American. Where will you shop?
There is a poll above this post.
]]> Off-Topic scratch http://forums.canadiancontent.net/showthread.php?t=75170 Tough Dilemma http://forums.canadiancontent.net/showthread.php?t=75168 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:32:53 GMT A group of children were playing near two railway tracks, one still in use while the other unused. Only one child played on the unused track, the... A group of children were playing near two railway tracks, one still in
use while the other unused. Only one child played on the unused track,
the rest on the operational track.

The train is coming, and you are just beside the track interchange. You
can make the train change its course to the unused track and save most
of the kids. However, that would also mean the lone child playing by the
unused track would be sacrificed. Or would you rather let the train go
its way?

Let's take a pause to think what kind of decision we could
make........ ]]> Off-Topic scratch http://forums.canadiancontent.net/showthread.php?t=75168 <![CDATA[Prisoners' Dilemma]]> http://forums.canadiancontent.net/showthread.php?t=75167 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:29:06 GMT Two political prisoners are brought before a magistrate, who presents them with this “offer.” If one will testify to the guilt of the other, then he... Two political prisoners are brought before a magistrate, who presents
them with this “offer.” If one will testify to the guilt of the other,
then he will go free while the other will receive a ten year prison
term. If each betrays the other, each will be sentenced to five years.
And if both remain silent, each will receive a one-year sentence.

The prisoners are then led into an empty room to deliberate their
decisions. They are assured that whatever their decision, they will never
meet again and will in no way affect each other’s lives.

What would you discuss?

How would you make your decision?

What would your decision be? ]]> Off-Topic scratch http://forums.canadiancontent.net/showthread.php?t=75167 Big Dollar Dilemma http://forums.canadiancontent.net/showthread.php?t=75166 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:24:18 GMT You and an acquaintance, "Pat", are walking down the street when you
meet an older couple with a bag of money. The older couple makes the
following offer: We wish to give the two of you $100,000 if you can
decide how it should be divided between the two of you in the next 3
minutes. You say, "So, Pat, what do you say? How about fifty thousand
dollars each". To your dismay, Pat answers, "Gee, I'm really sorry, but
my mother needs an expensive operation. So, I'll take eighty thousand
dollars and you can have twenty thousand. I won't settle for anything
less!"

Update: Pat will NOT settle for anything else. You try to negotiate but
to no avail.

What do you do? Insist on an even split and get nothing or take the
$20,000 and be happy?

What if Pat offers a $90,000 / $10,000 split?

A $99,000 / $1,000 split? ]]> Off-Topic scratch http://forums.canadiancontent.net/showthread.php?t=75166 What does this mean to you? http://forums.canadiancontent.net/showthread.php?t=75151 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:28:37 GMT What does "deja vu.." mean to you?
Not literally but within your own experiences.
]]> Off-Topic scratch http://forums.canadiancontent.net/showthread.php?t=75151 Non Baby Boomers http://forums.canadiancontent.net/showthread.php?t=75144 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:15:18 GMT :-? *Baby boomer* *From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia* Jump to: navigation... :-?
Baby boomer

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jump to: navigation, search
For the video game, see Baby Boomer (video game).
For further information, see Post-World War II baby boom.
Baby boomer is a term used to describe a person who was born during the Post-World War II baby boom between 1946 and the early 1960s.[1][2] Following World War II, these countries experienced an unusual spike in birth rates, a phenomenon commonly referred to as the baby boom. The terms "baby boomer" and "baby boom", along with others expressions, are also used in countries with demographics that did not mirror the sustained growth in American families over the same interval.[3]

I was born in 1943..................Suddenly I realize, I'm not a boomer. What am I??

This has really ruined my day..............:roll:

Generation X.................? nope

The lost generation..............? dunno

buncha dickheads born during the "big one".............I'd qualify.

Anyone know??

:-(...........ex-boomer Nugg.

]]> Off-Topic Nuggler http://forums.canadiancontent.net/showthread.php?t=75144 Who are the spooky people - with no faces - seen by many at Wimbledon? http://forums.canadiancontent.net/showthread.php?t=75120 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:27:17 GMT *Mysterious people with no faces - featureless masks - have been spotted at the Wimbledon tennis championships in south west London.* *Who these... Mysterious people with no faces - featureless masks - have been spotted at the Wimbledon tennis championships in south west London.

Who these people are, and their purpose, is a mystery. People escaped from a local loony bin? Some sort of mysterious government officials who don't want to be recognised? Or just pranksters?

But they have certainly got a few people spooked....

Faceless 'aliens' spotted in crowd at Wimbledon

By Alex Millson
02nd July 2008
Daily Mail

With the blankest of blank expressions on their faces, these mysterious figures have been popping up in the most unlikely of places.

The faceless mutants have a penchant for A-list celebrity bashes and have been spotted at Elton John's White tie ball and Harrods summer sale, opened by Sex and the City star Kim Cattrall.

With a membrane of skin stretched tightly over their eyes, noses and mouths, the alien-like figures were most recently snapped 'watching' a match perched on Murray Mount at Wimbledon.

Eerie: The faceless figures watch a spot of Wimbledon on Murray Mount

Court on camera: The pair sit in on a match, where most of the crowd are too absorbed by the game to notice them

Close inspection of the pictures rules out an alien invasion - small perforations around the eye areas of the masks allow the people beneath to see the world outside.

But nobody knows who the faceless figures, who often appear as motionless couples are, or why they are turning up at high profile events.

Theories include the possibilities that they are limelight-seeking pranksters, performance artists or that they are at the centre of a viral marketing campaign for an as-yet unknown product of forthcoming horror film.

Another faceless couple stand in the crowd at the start of Harrods summer sale

Craning his neck - but he won't see anything with skin stretched over his features

Speculation has even arisen that the masks hide a pair of well-know faces, fed up with being harrassed by the paparazzi.

One blogger wrote on the Moue Magazine website: "They probably aren’t just random people off of the street.

"If it ends up being a pair of celebrities who have had it with being photographed all of the time and are staging a protest, I vow to support every project they appear on from now on.

"Whatever their purpose, I want to join them. And I have a new Halloween costume for this year."

Chauffeur: This faceless figure even has his own driver, fuelling speculation that the man behind the mask may be a celebrity himself

Close-up: Eye holes in the spooky mask allows the wearer to see what is going on around him

dailymail.co.uk ]]> Off-Topic Blackleaf http://forums.canadiancontent.net/showthread.php?t=75120 <![CDATA[New UFO witness reopens 1974 mystery of the "British Roswell."]]> http://forums.canadiancontent.net/showthread.php?t=75118 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:05:58 GMT In 1974, a mysterious event occurred which has been dubbed "Britain's Roswell."

UFO enthusiasts believe a UFO crashed in the Berwyn Mountains in Denbighshire and the bodies of the occupants taken to a military base in Wiltshire.

In January 1974, an earthquake measuring 3.5 on the Richter Scale shook the area then, soon after, mysterious glows were seen in the sky.

Now, a new witness reopens this mysterious case, and a documentary on it is to be shown on Channel 5 tonight....

New UFO witness reopens 1970s mystery of the 'Welsh Roswell'

01st July 2008

Daily Mail

The Berwyn Mountains in Denbighshire, the site of an incident later dubbed "Britain's Roswell".

One of Britain's greatest UFO riddles refuses to go away as a new witness emerged today - 34 years after the alleged 'close encounter'.

The Government is said to have covered up 1974's event in North Wales, where scores of residents reported a massive tremor, strange lights in the sky and secret-service-style 'men in black' scouring the area.

It has been dubbed the 'Welsh Roswell' after the famous U.S. case in which aliens were allegedly found by authorities in New Mexico.

UFO believers claimed aliens crash-landed in the Berwyn mountain range and their bodies were transported by the MoD to top-secret Wiltshire research base Porton Down.

A scene from Channel Five documentary Britain's Closest Encounters reveals a flying saucer hovered for 10 minutes above the Berwyn Mountains in Denbighshire in 1974 before disappearing

No new details of the alleged incident emerged in May when hundreds of MoD documents about UFO sightings were released.

But now, fresh claims by retired gamekeeper Geraint Edwards, of Llandderfel, Denbighshire, have reopened the debate.

He told the makers of a new Channel Five documentary - being broadcast tonight - that a flying saucer hovered for 10 minutes above the mountains on February 15 1974 before it disappeared into space at impossible speed.

He said: 'It was definitely a flying saucer. It was a pity I didn't have a camera because it was there for at least 10 minutes, just hovering.

'We were on the way down to play darts when something caught our eye in the south-east, so we stopped.

'It looked like a rugger ball, but the ends of it were more pointy. When it took off, it just went like lightning on the same line as it hovered.

'I wrote it down in my diary. It was 6.45pm on the Friday night.

'If we were coming back from the pub, people would be saying, "They've had one or two." But we were going TO the pub.'

Three weeks before, on January 23, 1974, the villages of Llandrillo and Llandderfel, near Corwen, were rocked by a tremor measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale.

Reports of coloured lights and objects in the sky immediately afterwards, and unusual military activity in the following weeks, fuelled speculation that a UFO had crash-landed.

Sceptics maintain the explanation was an earthquake and a coincidental meteor shower.

The 'men in black' are explained as being seismologists researching the quake.

They also insist that a bright, twinkling moon-sized 'orb' seen by Mr Edwards's former neighbour Pat Evans was just a lamp carried by poachers on a nearby mountainside.

But one of the poachers has now told the Five documentary they had finished for the night by that time and their lights were switched off.

Farmer Huw Lloyd, 48, who was a teenager at the time, said: 'Whatever it was, it was kept quiet. I think there are things we should know about. And things that have happened have been covered up.'

Firefighter Adrian Roberts, who was thrown from his settee by the tremor in January 1974, told the programme makers: 'What are they hiding? There was a lot of military action in the area. Areas were secluded off from the public. It was about three months before anyone was allowed to go near the site.

'What people have seen and reported simply could not be made up.'

Retired North Wales Police Assistant Chief Constable Elfed Roberts, who was a sergeant at the time of the UFO incident, was rushing to Llandrillo moments after the tremor with his superior when they saw the mysterious lights.

He said: 'As we were driving, all of a sudden we saw this green light in the sky ahead of us and it seemed to be an arcing light, but it was very sudden, totally unexpected, different to anything ever seen before.'

• Britain's Closest Encounters is on Channel Five tonight at 8pm.

dailymail.co.uk ]]> Off-Topic Blackleaf http://forums.canadiancontent.net/showthread.php?t=75118 anime/manga fans, click here! http://forums.canadiancontent.net/showthread.php?t=75099 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:43:12 GMT anime or manga fans out there, what r ur top? personally i'm a fan of both: evangelion, naruto, inuyasha, princess mononoke, fushigi yuugi, nana, trigun, furi kuri (flcl), deathnote, samurai champloo, dragon ball z, sailor moon, rurouini kenshin, yu yu hakusho

thats all i can think of at the top of my head... ]]> Off-Topic MissAnnika http://forums.canadiancontent.net/showthread.php?t=75099 Any investors out there? http://forums.canadiancontent.net/showthread.php?t=75091 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:31:43 GMT I would be interested to know if anyone here invests in shares or unit trusts as I am looking to invest some amount of my money in the share market. ... I would be interested to know if anyone here invests in shares or unit trusts as I am looking to invest some amount of my money in the share market.

My banker visited me a couple of months ago to see if I was interested in investing in their unit trusts. Medium returns/medium risks...

Anyone out there with advise as to how I can start entering the local share market and to make wise investment decisions?

Thanks! ]]> Off-Topic jellyfarm http://forums.canadiancontent.net/showthread.php?t=75091 H5N1 DNA in Flu Vaccine http://forums.canadiancontent.net/showthread.php?t=75090 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:08:39 GMT URGENT WARNING: H5N1 DNA in Flu Vaccine http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=zcniJxck0gI avian flu what are they up too millions of people in britain... URGENT WARNING: H5N1 DNA in Flu Vaccine
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=zcniJxck0gI

avian flu
what are they up too millions of people in britain are given the anti flu jab each year especially the old folks, Ive always been suspicious of it, and this confirms why there is a good reason to be.!!!
Flu Mist a popular over the counter live flu vaccine has been found to contain two H5N1 DNA markers, these markers seem to have been sewn into the flu mist vaccine to ensure that H5N1 or another strain of Avian Flu goes pandemic.
This is going to cause major problems before long, it is imperative that people are warned about flu mist. ]]> Off-Topic quandary121 http://forums.canadiancontent.net/showthread.php?t=75090 Islam, Free Speech, Mark Steyn http://forums.canadiancontent.net/showthread.php?t=75052 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:56:57 GMT

Quote:

Originally Posted by dancing-loon (Post 962936)

From reading Praxius' thread about Omar Khadr's trial in the US, I have asked myself, "is there an anti-Muslim attitude in the ranks of our government, and in the Canadian public as well?"

I would appreciate your input from personal observations, articles you have read, and news you heard about.

I will start off with a complaint from a Muslim group in B.C. At the heart is an article by Mark Steyn in McCleans Magazine, titled....
"The future belongs to Islam." http://canadianpress.google.com/arti...v2p307REnuvfBg
----------------------------------------------------------------
Looking up who Mark Steyn is I wasn't surprised to read that he is a strong supporter of Israel and the Jews, as well as a Neo-Conservative fan. One doesn't need to look further to agree with the two Muslim leaders.

If our government has allowed Muslims from various countries to immigrate to Canada, then there should be no bias from our leaders against them. All "Canadians" are equal when it comes to rights and obligations of any individual towards the State, as well as the State towards its citizens.

In the case of Omar Khadr it is painfully obvious that our government, liberal or conservative, is violating the right of a proper citizen to all the help and support he can get from his own government, especially since Omar was still a child at the time of his incarceration and torture by the Americans.

Unfortunately, our involvement in a war against Muslims tends to feed an anti-Muslim mindset. McCleans, I'm sorry to say, is not helping to diffuse this trend.

Related:

Canadian Christianity:

Quote:

Defendant Steyn needs a better crystal ball
Return to digital BC Christian News
By Matthew Claxton
TWO YEARS ago, Canadian ex-pat columnist Mark Steyn riled people up with a new book – and an excerpt, which appeared in Maclean’s magazine.
In June, Steyn was before a human rights tribunal in Vancouver, accused by the Canadian Islamic Congress of discrimination and exposing Muslims to hatred.
Not guilty
Right off the top, I’m going to say that I don’t think Steyn is guilty of any crime, that I don’t think he should be penalized, fined, jailed – and especially not censored for his article or his book. Free speech is our single, most valuable right, and it should not be compromised. That said, Steyn is dead wrong...

Worth reading...
http://www.canadianchristianity.com/...8/14steyn.html

Free Speech is an essential part of Freedom. Canada is a Free country. Steyn sounds like a right wing blowhard, but he's entitled to Free Speech. If he's incites violence against others he crosses a line. But its only politically incorrect to be a racist bigot. The Canadian Islamic Congress should take up Steyn's challenge in the court of logic, not try to censor free speech.

Muslims should consider people like Steyn an opportunity to enlighten Canadians about Muslims. ]]> Off-Topic earth_as_one http://forums.canadiancontent.net/showthread.php?t=75052 <![CDATA[Women's Minister Harman's ("Harperson's") discrimination against white males is crazy]]> http://forums.canadiancontent.net/showthread.php?t=75048 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:11:48 GMT Image: http://www.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00408/jeremy-clarkson-bra_408645a.jpg The hilarious Jeremy Clarkson, presenter of Top...

The hilarious Jeremy Clarkson, presenter of Top Gear, mocks the British Government's obsession with political correctness and "equality."

Women's Minister Harriet Harman (nicknamed Harriet Harperson because of her politically correct views) has shamefully made it law that if a white man is competing for a job against a woman (of any colour) and a member of the ethnic minority, then the woman or the member of the ethnic minority must be given the job and not the white man.

The government calls racial discrimination against white males "positive discrimination."

But Clarkson, rightly, is angry.

Here's his hilarious article...

Vision of the future ... Judge Peter Andre

Do we really want to see Peter Andre the High Court judge

Published: 28 Jun 2008
The Sun

IN this country we already have plenty of equality laws to ensure all job applicants are treated fairly.

You can’t work up a chimney if you are nine. You can’t work at the BBC unless you read The Guardian. You can’t be a vicar unless you are mad. You can’t be a policeman unless you have a turban. And you can’t get a job working on the motorways unless you have high-visibility hair.

I know someone with a hairdressing salon who was fined £4,000 recently for refusing to employ someone . . . who could not remove a headscarf.

But the Government, led by the fearsome Harriet "Harperson" Harman, is not finished yet — it wants a world where cows can become the Archbishop of Canterbury and I must be allowed to pose on Page Three of this newspaper.

And what’s more, they want us to walk around with a sign on our foreheads saying exactly how much we earn.

This might work in Sweden, where it is perfectly natural for perfect strangers to ask how much money you made last year. But it won’t work in Britain where we have more interesting things to talk about. The weather, for instance. Or Wayne Rooney’s “tasteful” wedding

In fact, nothing that is being suggested by the foolish Harperson will work. Because she plainly has no idea how the world works.

Life is tragic. Equality is an impossible dream. You might as well try to get a chicken to go to the pictures with an alligator.

I can’t play football which is why, no matter how many times I applied, Sir Alex Ferguson would not employ me as his next striker.

However, under Harperson’s regime, I’d be able to take him to court, saying he was discriminating against me because I am fat and all my arms and legs are on back to front.

Similarly, I could be taken to court if I refused to employ a cleaning lady who had no head.

Are we now entering a time when Gloria Hunniford can demand to be a topless model and Peter Andre a High Court judge?

The simple fact of the matter is this. Some people are born pretty, some are born clever, some are born sharp and some are born with a face like a box of battered biscuits and less brain capacity than a dishwasher.

There is nothing anyone can do about it. The pretty ones will become Kate Moss. The clever ones will become Boris Johnson. The sharp ones will become Sir Alan Sugar and the ugly idiots will end up in prison.

Whales

If this country is to have a hope of weathering the economic storm that’s brewing, firms must be allowed to take on the best person for each job that becomes available, irrespective of race, creed, colour and disability.

And it’s the same story with the police force. If it is going to work, it must not be ordered to take on people just because they are whales.

Equality was tried very publicly in Russia. Rich people were shot. Everyone worked in a tractor factory. Millions of lives were ruined and, eventually, they realised it was hopeless and decided that instead of trying to sell stupid idealism to the rest of the world, they’d be much better off selling us oil and gas.

thesun.co.uk ]]> Off-Topic Blackleaf http://forums.canadiancontent.net/showthread.php?t=75048 <![CDATA[Burger Queen: Elizabeth II has her own McDonald's restaurant]]> http://forums.canadiancontent.net/showthread.php?t=75047 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:01:17 GMT The Queen has bought her own drive-thru McDonald's in Berkshire.

The Crown Estate bought it for £92 million....

One's lovin' it ... how the Queen might look serving up Big Macs

Her Maj is a burger Queen

By JAMIE PYATT
28 Jun 2008
The Sun

THE Queen has her own drive-through McDonald’s, The Sun can reveal.

Her Majesty became landlady this month when a retail park down the road from Windsor Castle was bought by the Crown Estate for £92million.

She can even SEE the royal burger bar across the Thames in Slough, Berkshire, from her State Apartments.

A McDonald’s insider proudly said yesterday: “We are delighted she chose us — rather than Burger King.

“The only trouble is the drive-through is one of our smaller ones so she’d have a job getting her Rolls-Royce round it.”

The Bath Road Retail Park is also home to a B & Q superstore plus branches of Comet, JJB Sports and Mothercare — all now on the Queen’s land.

Meal for One ... royal burger bar

Last night flunkies scoffed at the idea of Her Majesty popping out for a Big Mac.

A Windsor Castle source said: “I doubt royal courtiers will be sent out for takeaways either.

“However I’m sure below stairs staff wouldn’t grumble.”

The Crown Estate administers a supersized £7billion property portfolio for the Queen. Boss Jim Yates said of the latest addition: “We completed the purchase in just three weeks.”

Kevin O’Connor, a director of the firm which sold the retail park, said: “This is a good move for us.”

The McDonald’s source had one warning for the Queen if she does decide to eat there.

The insider said: “Dogs are not allowed inside — so the corgis will have to stay at home.”

thesun.co.uk ]]> Off-Topic Blackleaf http://forums.canadiancontent.net/showthread.php?t=75047 <![CDATA[The Red Arrows put the "Cor!" into the Big Apple]]> http://forums.canadiancontent.net/showthread.php?t=75045 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:26:04 GMT *The British military were back on the Eastern Seaboard of the United States this week..... not, unfortunately, to try and reclaim the area for... The British military were back on the Eastern Seaboard of the United States this week..... not, unfortunately, to try and reclaim the area for Britain, but as a symbol of goodwill.

The RAF's Red Arrows acrobatic team performed over New York City as a symbol of the friendship between Britain and the US.....

Red Arrows dazzle in New York debut (but soaring fuel costs rule out full displays back home)

By Daily Mail Reporter
28th June 2008
Daily Mail

Like dazzling birds against the dull browns and greys of midtown Manhattan, the Red Arrows yesterday made a historic first appearance in the skies over New York.

The RAF's aerobatic team performed daring manoeuvres over the city, streaking past the Empire State Building in perfect formation. The nine Hawk jets, in their distinctive red, white and blue livery, also carried out a flypast of the Statue of Liberty.

The Red Arrows' debut over the Big Apple is part of a North American tour.

Thrilling: British Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, the Red Arrows, performs its first-ever aerial display over the New York Harbour

Their team leader, Wing Commander Jas Hawker, said the appearance helped foster 'continued goodwill between the U.S. and United Kingdom', adding: 'We've always wanted to perform in New York City.'

The Windermere Air Show in Cumbria has enjoyed the Red Arrows for the last five years.

The team have put on their display over the Lake District town cut price as a 'thank you gesture' for the area having to put up with over 3,000 hours of low flying over it by the RAF each year.

Now next month's show will only have a flypast by the Arrows.

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Formation flying: The team jet up the East River in New York City

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Water show: Children take in the spectacle and then head for a paddle

Show organiser Rob McGraw said: ' We cannot afford the £20,000 the Red Arrows team wants for a full display.

I understand 40 shows across the country have been priced out because of this increased cost, most of which is due to fuel.

'The flypast alone will cost us several thousand pounds and we have asked the local council for a donation of £5,000 towards the costs involved.'

A RAF spokesman confirmed that the number of displays by the Arrows had been scaled back.

'The programme this years is very tight due to a number of reasons,' he said.

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Sky scrapers: The Red Arrows speed past New York's Empire State Building

dailymail.co.uk ]]> Off-Topic Blackleaf http://forums.canadiancontent.net/showthread.php?t=75045 The Bayeux Tapestry 2008 http://forums.canadiancontent.net/showthread.php?t=75044 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:16:37 GMT *Battle of Boujis: A Bayeux Tapestry for the 21st Century* By Daily Mail Reporter... Battle of Boujis: A Bayeux Tapestry for the 21st Century

By Daily Mail Reporter
28th June 2008
Daily Mail

This week a historian claimed the Bayeux Tapestry depicting the Battle of Hastings in 1066 was made in Britain, not France as previously believed. But why leave it there? We decided to create a tapestry reflecting British life in the 21st century . . .

Click on each picture to enlarge to see it better...

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dailymail.co.uk ]]> Off-Topic Blackleaf http://forums.canadiancontent.net/showthread.php?t=75044 Will Be Offline For Awhile? http://forums.canadiancontent.net/showthread.php?t=75033 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:50:13 GMT I've had it with this damn computor..less than 6 mos. old and in the repair shop 3 times! It;s going back in and this time, it'll stay there until they find and fix all the problems I've been cursing at since i got it. So, who knows when i can find my way back here:-( Should have posted this before as it explains my previous longish absences. ]]> Off-Topic missile http://forums.canadiancontent.net/showthread.php?t=75033