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От : George Pope 1:153/757 06 апр 25 07:40:34
К : Dr. What 06 апр 25 18:11:01
Тема : Monthly posting of the ru
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> Do you know how Canada got its name?
> The three guys who discovered it put some letters in a bag and decided to
> name the country after the letters they pulled out.
> First guy: I got a "C", eh.
> Second guy: I got an "N", eh.
> Third guy: I got a "D", eh.
> Or the the alternate idea which was that Canada was empty when the first
>settlers arrived (or so they thought). So it was named: Can = container, nada
> = nothing. Empty container. Sort of like a Doug and Bob Mackenzie show.
Of course, you do know the Bob & Doug McKenzie show was 100%
American? It was on SCTV (Second City = Chicago)
The real, less funny reason for the name Canada is when explorers
first met and talked with the Ojibwe Indians, they asked the local
natives: "What is this place called" & the Indian answered "village"("kanata"
which is the name of a village on that site in Ontario, still, just up
or down the road from Adanac Canada backwards)
> ... You have two choices for dinner: Take it or Leave it.
I grew up like that & I turned out just fine -- but then we
weren`t primed to scream "abuse!" every time we didn`t get our own way --
if we screamed at all, it was just to, essentially, request an
arse-paddling, & then it was okay to cry, as we now had "something to cry
about"
Not abuseat all -- good parenting & most of us learned how to
behave in public including how not to become a criminal asshole. . .
Parenting through the ages:
(1)
"Hats off to the waiter that kept a straight face as my 5yo
ordered the vagina for lunch instead of the lasagna."
(2)
Me: *on the toilet*
2yo: *banging on door* Daddy!! Daddy!!! DADDY!!!! Me: I╞m downstairs!
2yo: Oh... *runs off*
Me: Why have I not tried that before?
(3)
"Somehow I╞ve lucked out and have an 8yo who thinks secretly
reading under the covers past her bedtime is an act of rebellion, and it
hasn╞t yet occurred to her that her flashlights never seem to run out of
batteries."
(4)
Me: OMG WHAT THE HELL
Child: The news said it╞s more sanitary to sneeze into an elbow.
Me: THEY MEAN YOUR OWN ELBOW
(FIN)
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