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Blame It On The Bogey

creative direct action, Funny, Parenting, Women
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I’ve written nothing for ages, mainly because I’m just so angry all the bloody time, I don’t know where to start to get a handle on this inchaote rage.

So this from Bad Mothers’ Club‘s ‘tantrums’ section cheered me up no end.

OK, I asked you nicely not to pick your nose in the shower because they STICK to the wall, the floor, and end up calcifying in a disgusting manner. You laughed because flicking bogies is, well, hilarious isn’t it? And you carried right on doing it. Well I’ve just carried out my threat to remove your nasal offerings with your own toothbrush. And I told you JUST after you’d brushed your teeth.

Not so fucking funny now is it bogey boy?

If only there were a political equivalent.

You Say “Stuffed French Toast”, I say “Poutine!”

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Funny, isn’t it, the bemused contempt felt for the customs of any given country by it’s nearest neighbours: the French freak out the British, who freak out the Dutch, who freak out the Americans, who freak out everybody, not least the Canadians…

From Paulitics:

“Top 5 things I saw in America which, as a Canadian, freaked me right out”

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To celebrate my return to this frigid, yet comparatively sane country, I felt it worthwhile to relay a list of five items which I saw during my travels which the locals thought was perfectly normal (I presume), but which freaked the heck out of me as a Canadian:

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#4

A breakfast creation in upstate New York called “Stuffed French Toast”. What does “Stuffed French Toast” entail, you naïve non-American might ask? It’s French Toast (which, keep in mind is cooked in butter) stuffed with bacon, eggs and processed cheese (which they proudly call ‘American processed cheese’, I presume, to distinguish it from real cheese which could, after all, be French and/or offer unAmerican nutritional content). But here’s the kicker: on top of your “Stuffed French Toast” cooked in butter, you will find… a square of butter.

Did I mention Poutine?