In Preparation for Birthday 145!

I know its a few days early but who could resist this original and truly CANADIAN version of our National Anthem.

Thanks Cathy

29 June - 1613: The Globe Theatre in London, England burns to the ground.

Lunedi Lunacy

This from my nephew Stephen and his wife Maureen:

BBQ RULES

We are about to enter the BBQ season. Therefore it is important to refresh your memory on the etiquette of this sublime outdoor cooking activity . When a man volunteers to do the BBQ the following chain of events are put into motion:

Routine...

(1) The woman buys the food.
(2) The woman makes the salad, prepares the vegetables, and makes dessert.
(3) The woman prepares the meat for cooking, places it on a tray along with the necessary cooking utensils and sauces, and takes it to the man who is lounging beside the grill - beer in hand.
(4) The woman remains outside the compulsory three meter exclusion zone where the exuberance of testosterone and other manly bonding activities can take place without the interference of the woman.

Here comes the important part:
(5) THE MAN PLACES THE MEAT ON THE GRILL.

More routine...
(6) The woman goes inside to organize the plates and cutlery.
(7) The woman comes out to tell the man that the meat is looking great. He thanks her and asks if she will bring another beer while he flips the meat

Important again:
(8) THE MAN TAKES THE MEAT OFF THE GRILL AND HANDS IT TO THE WOMAN
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More routine...
(9) The woman prepares the plates, salad, bread, utensils, napkins, sauces, and brings them to the table.
(10) After eating, the woman clears the table and does the dishes.

And most important of all:
(11) Everyone PRAISES the MAN and THANKS HIM for his cooking efforts.
(12) The man asks the woman how she enjoyed ' her night off ', and, upon seeing her annoyed reaction, concludes that there's just no pleasing some women.

25 maggio - San Beda il Venerabile

Lunedi Lunacy

I've never considered myself backward when it comes to using new technology, in fact I spent a good deal of my working life helping design and assisting people in learning new programmes and systems. However for some reason I have a problem with SMS - I just haven't got the hang of it. It may well have something to do with using the various abbreviations or trying to type with one finger. Fortunately I was able to find this excerpt from CBC's Computer Corner to give me some hints on acronyms.



UPDATE:

My friend DF tells me that apparently the embeded video is block in Canada - guess because the CBC is protecting its programmming. But here is the link which should take you to it.


23 febbraio - San Policarpo di Smirne

Lunedi Lunacy

Johnny Wayne and Frank Shuster were part of anyone in English Canada's radio and television schedule between the 1940s and the 1980's. They were fixtures, like Hockey Night in Canada or Juliette or the Plouffe Family. They were also favorites on the Ed Sullivan Show and appeared 67 times on old Stoneface's variety programme.

Their comedy was literate, often bawdy but never vulgar - and they assumed that their audience was intelligent and if they ever cursed it was only during rehearsals.

This sketch was a perennial - this particular version was made in 1980, long before the days of discount airlines. A bit prophetic I would say.





I enjoy the fact that the first sequence was filmed at my first workplace with the airlines - the long gone Terminal 1 at Toronto International Airport. Hell when I worked there it was the only terminal and airplanes still had propellers and you walked outside to board. I guess you do that now but its called commuter airlines.

02 febbraio - Candelora

Lunedi Lunacy

One way to handle - should you really want to - evangelists.



26 gennaio - Santi Timoteo e Tito