hate to brag but......

[peapod]

In B.C., more than a quarter of the respondents scored in the highest literacy level. That's ten percentage points higher than the national average. But it's not unusual.

Lynn Barr-Telford of Statistics Canada says the western provinces and the Yukon usually rank at the top.

The study shows that Ontario, Manitoba and Nova Scotia have an average score, while literacy levels in Nunavut, Quebec and Newfoundland are among the lowest in Canada.

http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/051109/d051109a.htm

 

[Hard-Luck Henry]

hate to brag but......

Yeah? Well if your so feckin' literate, how is it that you don't know what an ellipsis is supposed to look like, eh, smarty-pants? :wink:


(Three dots, lil' p, ( ... ), only ever three dots. An ellipsis followed by a fullstop ( .... ) may look like a four dot ellipsis, but there is no such thing).

 

[Ocean Breeze]

No one said we were "smart'.........just that we were literate.. :wink:

 

[TenPenny]

Literate, but man oh man, look at the gov'ts you people elect. Obviously, that literacy isn't put to use very often.

<G>

 

[Reverend Blair]

In B.C., more than a quarter of the respondents scored in the highest literacy level. That's ten percentage points higher than the national average.

Oh yeah? Well I can balance a beer bottle on my belly while rolling a smoke, so there! 8)

 

[Ocean Breeze]

In B.C., more than a quarter of the respondents scored in the highest literacy level. That's ten percentage points higher than the national average.

Oh yeah? Well I can balance a beer bottle on my belly while rolling a smoke, so there! 8)

:lol: :lol: :cheers: :laughing4:

 

[zenfisher]

In B.C., more than a quarter of the respondents scored in the highest literacy level. That's ten percentage points higher than the national average.

Oh yeah? Well I can balance a beer bottle on my belly while rolling a smoke, so there! 8)

Very true ...I have witnessed him do this many times...in an hour long period...

 

[manda]

heh? no puedo leer eso

 

[Hard-Luck Henry]

Slightly off-topic, but as we're talking balancing beer ... I was at beer festival in Belgium some time ago, and decided I wanted to keep one of the stein glasses from the beer keller, as a souvenir. Unfortunately, there were cops on the door, so I needed a plan, and fast. Well, as you may or may not know, the wearing of silly hats is as much a part of the beer festival scene as the oompah band, so I went to the silly hat stall and bought myself an oversize tophat, balanced the stein on top of my head, placed the hat over it and walked, very stiffly past the armed guards on the door. The job's a good 'un. 8)

Not bad, after a whole day on the lash - of course, I promptly left the stein glass in my hotel room when i left the next day. Still got that tophat, though ... :?

 

[zenfisher]

Impressive HLH...a little ingenuity..goes along way.

 

[peapod]

Henry-hard luck....stay on topic :? ........

 

[Andygal]

Literate, but man oh man, look at the gov'ts you people elect. Obviously, that literacy isn't put to use very often.

Well I didn't vote for those feckers you can be assured of THAT.

 

[peapod]

I would like to know who did andy..course dis island was NDP..knowing that lying cheating fecker campbell, it was probally fixed...I shall nar forget my uncle telling me about the black campbells and never never trust a campbell :?

 

[Hard-Luck Henry]

... and those Frasers are a right dubious bunch, too. In fact, never trust a highlander, fullstop ...



:twisted:

 

[Andygal]

RE: hate to brag but.....

Well I know of a bunch that did vote for them. But then I'm from Vancouver. Most of the Greater Vancouver area is Liberal safe seats. They could have run a chimp in my riding and won.

 

[peapod]

Why you :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: My clan fought at the battle of culloden, what were your doing eh? oh I know...down at the local pub gettin sotted...uh huh :twisted:

Woe is me! the white bodies
That lie out on yonder hillsides,
Uncoffined, unshrouded,
Not even buried in holes;
Those who survived the disaster
Are carried to exile o’erseas by the winds,
The Whigs have got their will of us,
And ‘rebels’ the name that we’re given.

 

[Twila]

RE: hate to brag but.....

Not bad, after a whole day on the lash - of course, I promptly left the stein glass in my hotel room when i left the next day. Still got that tophat, though ... Confused

Admit it, you just wanted the hat and needed an excuse to have a silly hat....we know.

 

[Hard-Luck Henry]

Re: RE: hate to brag but.....

Admit it, you just wanted the hat and needed an excuse to have a silly hat....we know.

D'oh! And I would've gotten away with it, too, if it wasn't for you, pesky Twinks ... :?

 

[Reverend Blair]

RE: hate to brag but.....

I think I speak for all of us when I say, "I wanna see a picture of Henry in his funny hat."

 

[Hard-Luck Henry]

Why you :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: My clan fought at the battle of culloden, what were your doing eh? oh I know...down at the local pub gettin sotted...uh huh :twisted:

Woe is me! the white bodies
That lie out on yonder hillsides,
Uncoffined, unshrouded,
Not even buried in holes;
Those who survived the disaster
Are carried to exile o’erseas by the winds,
The Whigs have got their will of us,
And ‘rebels’ the name that we’re given.

Grrr ... I'll have you know, my clan was known as "The Kingmakers of Ulster". Until the destruction of Gaelic order in the 17th Century the o Hagain's were one of the most powerful and influential families in Ulster, holding the title Lord of Tullohogue. Chiefs of the Clan Feargusa, they descended from Fergus grandson of Niall of the Nine Hostages, King of Ireland from 370 to 406. For over six hundred years the o Hagain's were hereditary brehons and inaugurators of O'Neill as King of Ulster.

So yes, okay, in 1745 we probably were in the pub ...