Category: Humour

My New Most Favourite Library Story of All-Times

A patron, concerned about the possibility of germs on library books, removes the plastic covers then cooks them at 350 for 30 minutes before reading them.  True story. 

Leader's Gala, a snub to working people

I hope no one thinks they've stumbled upon NDP Watch with this post but I have to admit that I had to do a double (actually triple) take

Betty White on SNL and Six Other Victories of the Internet That Influenced Pop Culture

Former Golden Girl and definitely not-the-typical Saturday Night Live host, Betty White actually *was* the host of last night's show, mainly because of an Internet campaign that started

"You Can't Handle The Truth" – Media Bans in the Digital Age

Everybody's probably familiar with the sad story of Tori Stafford, the young girl from Woodstock, Ontario who was abducted and killed last year.  Recently, some new detail has

Parody Is Not An Infrigement of Copyright (Watch It While You Can)

I wrote about this meme before.  Turns out that a couple years after these parodies gave their German-language art house film some international attention, the people who made

Warning: The following images represent typical atheist depravity and are very offensive. Please order your women/children to exit the room before review.

Apparently some people don't find the term “Zombie Jesus” appropriate, especially at Easter.  And they'll show you every offensive reference/graphic they can find so you know it (jus'

Why Ann Coulter is the Iron Sheik of Politics

One of the big hub-bubs of the last week or so was around the fact that American right-wing commentator, Ann Coulter, had one of her speeches in Canada

April Fool's Shenanigans

I usually have an April Fool's joke lined up for my April 1 blog post but this year it just totally escaped me.  So instead, here's a link

Friday Fun Link – Calling It "Palin" Probably Isn't A Term of Affection (March 26, 2010)

A company that makes an alternate to traditional female hygiene products, the Moon cup, has a brilliant marketing gimmick on their web site where they encourage readers to

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