so i get an email: "please remove the [part number] from the web" from a
client. so i jump up, delete the record from the database and prepare to
party down for america's state sponsored weekend of alcohol and fireworks.

we call it 'independance day', but i think it might be called 'exhibit your
dependencies day'.

but i get a call. "you didn't take [part number] down from the web".

"yes i did, it's not there anymore"

"then how come when i do a google search it shows me this part number?"

oh, i get it. i was supposed to purge this [part number] from human memory,
it was never to be printed again in any readable media.

for once, i didn't go into the rap and bury my disdain under professional
detachment, i just told them i couldn't do that. there are dependencies to
exhibit in this great land, no time for tots.

but oh, the things i wanted to say, could have said or have been thinking i
should have said for the past hour......

trevor wrote:

Blinky the Shark wrote:

On 1 Jul 2005, Blinky the Shark wrote:

"Norman L. DeForest" wrote:
: Norman De Forest, not holding any grudge for people not noticing
that
: *his* national holiday was yesterday and nobody[1] mentioned it.

It's still yesterday, I mean today where I am on the west coast.
Happy Canada Day, everyone!

Dare I post this here? Why not. It's our day to put our patriotism on
show.

SO, WHAT DO CANADIANS HAVE TO BE PROUD OF?

1. Smarties

2. Crispy Crunch, Coffee Crisp

3. The size of our football fields and one less down

4. Baseball is Canadian

5. Lacrosse is Canadian

6. Hockey is Canadian

7. Basketball is Canadian

8. Apple pie is Canadian

9. Mr. Dress-up kicks Mr. Rogers' ass

10. Tim Hortons kicks Dunkin' Donuts' ass

11. In the war of 1812, started by America, Canadians pushed the
Americans back past their 'White House'. Then we burned it, and
most of Washington, under the command of William Lyon McKenzie
who was insane and hammered all the time. We got bored because
they ran away, so we came home and partied. Go figure.

12. Canada has the largest French population that never surrendered
to Germany.

13. We have the largest English population that never ever
surrendered
or withdrew during any war to anyone, anywhere.

14. Our civil war was a bar fight that lasted a little over an hour.

15. The only person who was arrested in our civil war was an American
mercenary, who slept in and missed the whole thing, but showed up
just in time to get caught.

16. We knew plaid was cool far before Seattle caught on.

17. The Hudsons Bay Company once owned over 10% of the earth's
surface and is still around as the world's oldest company.

18. The average dog sled team can kill and devour a full grown human
in under 3 minutes.

19. We still know what to do with all the parts of a buffalo.

20. We don't marry our kin-folk.

21. We invented ski-doos, jet-skis, velcro, zippers, insulin,
penicillin,
zambonis, the telephone and short wave radios that save countless
lives each year.

22. We ALL have frozen our tongues to something metal and lived to
tell about it.

23. A Canadian invented Superman.

24. The handles on our beer cases are big enough to fit your hands
with mitts on. OOOoohhhhh Canada!!

Oh yeah... and our elections only take one day.

And we have touques AND toboggans!

I AM CANADIAN!

Lois
--
www.wordsweave.com

On Fri, 1 Jul 2005, Lois wrote:

In article <ad45a$42c630f0$d135d5a2$[Email Removed]>,
"Lois" <[Email Removed]> wrote:

Once upon a time, far far away "Lois" <[Email Removed]>
muttered

Norman L. DeForest wrote:

Using a pointed stick and pebbles, Matt Probert scraped:

Lois wrote:

Blinky the Shark wrote:

Using a pointed stick and pebbles, Els scraped:

Els wrote:

Dylan Parry wrote:

Blinky the Shark wrote:

Using a pointed stick and pebbles, Blinky the Shark scraped:

Lois wrote:

Els wrote:

Blinky the Shark wrote:

Viper wrote

Viper wrote:

Charles Sweeney wrote:

On Sat, 02 Jul 2005 02:17:12 -0400, Lois <[Email Removed]>
wrote:

On Sat, 02 Jul 2005 08:07:39 -0400, Charles Sweeney
<[Email Removed]> wrote:

On Sat, 02 Jul 2005 08:02:43 -0400, Viper <[Email Removed]> wrote:

GreyWyvern wrote:

GreyWyvern wrote

Once upon a time, far far away Els <[Email Removed]> muttered

On Sat, 02 Jul 2005 11:15:06 -0400, Matt Probert
<[Email Removed]> wrote:

GreyWyvern <[Email Removed]> wrote in
news:[Email Removed]:

On Sat, 2 Jul 2005, Viper wrote:

In news:[email protected],
Charles Sweeney <[Email Removed]> walked into the bar with a grape in
each nostril and said to the bartender:
:: Viper wrote
::: Norman L. DeForest wrote:
:::
:::
::: I wished a friend a good Dominion Day weekend, this (well, Friday)
::: afternoon. Because I knew he's Canadian. I honestly didn't know
::: offhand that there were any Canadians in this group -- thought most
::: were Brit, a few of us were Yanks, and the others mostly Dutch or
::: German. Anyone here who's not covered by that paragraph?
::::
:: Please dont use that word. People will call you racist.
:
: Which word? Canadian?

No - paragraph.

In
news:[Email Removed],
Norman L. DeForest <[Email Removed]> walked into the bar with a grape
in each nostril and said to the bartender:
:
:: <puzzled>
:: What's racist about the word "paragraph"?
:: </puzzled>

Whoops - sorry - hadn't read that far ahead ...

Blinky the Shark wrote:

GreyWyvern wrote:

Matt Probert wrote:

GreyWyvern wrote:

Els wrote:

GreyWyvern wrote:

Blinky the Shark wrote:

On Sat, 2 Jul 2005, Matt-the-Hoople wrote:

On 2 Jul 2005, Blinky the Shark wrote:

Once upon a time, far far away Blinky the Shark <[Email Removed]>
muttered

Norman L. DeForest wrote

Els wrote:

Lois wrote:

Previously in alt.www.webmaster, Blinky the Shark <[Email Removed]>
said:

Toby Inkster wrote:

Previously in alt.www.webmaster, rf <@invalid.com> said: