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Not content to let KFC hold the title for World’s Greasiest Sandwich with its Double Down, a couple of enterprising Canadians have created ‘The Angry French Canadian’, with 5,343 calories and 207 grams of fat.

“Gravy and maple syrup is not a disgusting combination,” he said on Thursday. “It’s got the loving warmth of the poutine we all know in Quebec with this sweet taste of the pure maple syrup.”

Yum.

Meanwhile, back in the old Country, the town fathers in Pulham St Mary, Norfolk think that actual outdoor fireworks displays are too cold & dangerous. They brought in a fireworks projector from Japan and will use recorded sounds for Guy Fawkes Day.

”It is completely safe for people who don’t want to stand out in the wind and rain. Some children and older people don’t want to be outside in the cold.

”The projector takes away the safety risk and means you are in a nice warm place to watch the fireworks. It’s a really good change to standing outside on a cold night.

Fun.

Which group would you rather be part of?


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mharper42
mharper42
November 5, 2010 10:01 pm

#37 Squawk

Yes, thanks, I did see it. Appreciate the explanation. If you do fire up something political, especially if it involves your graphix skills, be sure to let us know here. You have a solid fan base!

phil
phil
November 5, 2010 9:49 pm

Is MSNBC’s Chrissy Matthews hypnotized? He said he was going to “do everything I can to make sure the Obumma administration is a success.” Was he hypnotized then? Was he in a trance? Was the tingle in his tinkle the cause of his perpetual hypnotic state when it comes to The Chosen One? Will he be the next to be… Read more »

GJT
GJT
November 5, 2010 8:58 pm

Hi, I’m Tim. I’m a mechanic, love family, blogging, football and NASCAR.

And I’m a Communist.

GJT
GJT
November 5, 2010 8:35 pm

Ok, we cannot lose these people. I’ll donate to a campaign to keep Olbermann on, and we should support Congresswoman Pelosi’s bid to be Minority Leader. For the cause.

squawkbox
November 5, 2010 7:48 pm

Mharper42

Don’t know if you saw it, but I left an answer to your question last eve.

mharper42
mharper42
November 5, 2010 6:53 pm

Fun. Which group would you rather be part of?

Reminds me of a Northern Exposure episode where Ed, the young Alaskan native film buff, appeared to be sitting in front of a roaring fireplace in his home, until the camera pulled back and we saw it was a video of a roaring fireplace.

Sarge
Sarge
November 5, 2010 2:11 pm

Interesting: Keith Olbermann has been suspended indefinitely because he failed to gain the network’s approval of his donations to 3 democratic candidates.

Actually, he was fired for violating a Code of Ethics provision published in the company hand book.

Any statement beyond that, even if equivocated in a subsequent sentence, is spin.

bob42
November 5, 2010 1:45 pm

Interesting: Keith Olbermann has been suspended indefinitely because he failed to gain the network’s approval of his donations to 3 democratic candidates. On the one hand, I’m sure the restriction is in his contract, so I don’t fault the network for calling him out on it. On the other, Countdown is a program that is aimed directly at a left… Read more »

gtotracker
gtotracker
November 5, 2010 1:25 pm

“We are swamped with people who leave various crappy places and then want to recreate them here.”

Add California to that list of crappy places.

mharper42
mharper42
November 5, 2010 1:10 pm

#9 Pyro Good posting about Sharia Law being proactively nixed in Oklahoma. And there were some good no-nonsense comments in it. To wit, we don’t need your stinking Sharia Law in the US and if that is what Muslims want, they should go back to wherever they came from. It is so frustrating that we have lost rational control of… Read more »

Katfish
November 5, 2010 12:17 pm

Just MHO – unless there is “something” MAJOR-LEAGUE to be gained for America with this proposed trip to Mumbai……………..we “can’t AFFORD it” (even if it’s only ONE million for goodness sakes!)

bweldon
bweldon
November 5, 2010 11:33 am

Bob, WB, I think in all honesty, the question that should be asked about this trip, is are there things that do not have to happen, and people that do not have to go on this trip. And to that point I mean, if the POTUS is going there to for a certain reason then only those who are directly… Read more »

bob42
November 5, 2010 11:20 am

Objectivity: Because things are not always as they appear to be.

In political discourse, they’re rarely as they appear to be.

bweldon
bweldon
November 5, 2010 11:13 am

#23, BC here is another attempt to eliminate historical eveidence

bob42
November 5, 2010 11:04 am

Mindless: The president of the United States will be taking a trip over to India that is expected to cost the taxpayers $200 million a day. — Michele Bachmann I heard it on Limbaugh multiple times, read it here and elsewhere from multiple folks, and as usual my skepticism meter pegged. To say this figure — $200 million a day… Read more »

TexMo
TexMo
November 5, 2010 10:58 am

NJ Transit’s code of ethics requires employees to give notice to an ethics liaison officer before participating in political activities. An employee can then participate in political activities so long as state or federal law or agency rules don’t explicitly prohibit them and “the activity doesn’t conflict with the employee’s official duties.” In this case I agree with the ACLU… Read more »

Bonecrusher
Bonecrusher
November 5, 2010 10:41 am

#9 Pyro: Seeing as how the tolerant mooooslims want to build a shrine to their suicide bombers in NYC while maligning the sensitivities of the victims of said bombers, I am not terribly concerned that they may get their panties in a wad over a state declaring in advance that sharia law will not be considered in state affairs. If… Read more »

Simple Simon
Simple Simon
November 5, 2010 10:36 am

Mindless ejaculations…just what intelligent discourse is lacking.

bob42
November 5, 2010 10:20 am

Here’s Myer’s wikipedia page.

bob42
November 5, 2010 10:16 am

Yes, but I don’t think you’d like the blog very much. It’s subtitled: Evolution, development, and random biological ejaculations from a godless liberal

bob42
November 5, 2010 9:50 am

PZ Myers cracks down on trolls. Maybe. Lately, we’ve had a number of threads blow up into furious arguments, which is fine and normal, except that they’ve also been fueled by contributions from an assortment of new (Yay! We like new people!) noisemakers who don’t seem to respond well to argument themselves (Boo!), and there’s been a great deal of… Read more »

GJT
GJT
November 5, 2010 9:33 am

#12
BW

Greased Lightening, that sounds more like the after dinner event.

bweldon
bweldon
November 5, 2010 9:16 am

With regards to the first entry of the topic today I provide you with this site… Enjoy/.

Katfish
November 5, 2010 8:59 am

#9 – THAT should be emulated by EVERY state (IMHO)

GJT
GJT
November 5, 2010 8:47 am

#5

Yeah but, a side order of fries.

bob42
November 5, 2010 8:39 am

Would you like a Barfy burger with your poutine?

Katfish
November 5, 2010 8:23 am

#2 – Why go halfway? Make it deep fried BEER eh?

TGIF yall Hamoustonians™

Super Dave
Super Dave
November 5, 2010 8:23 am

Mornin’ Gang
Well I’m Off to the deer lease. 😀

GJT
GJT
November 5, 2010 8:18 am

Would it be wrong to want fries with that?

GJT
GJT
November 5, 2010 8:15 am

Pole!

mharper42
mharper42
November 5, 2010 10:01 pm

#37 Squawk

Yes, thanks, I did see it. Appreciate the explanation. If you do fire up something political, especially if it involves your graphix skills, be sure to let us know here. You have a solid fan base!

phil
phil
November 5, 2010 9:49 pm

Is MSNBC’s Chrissy Matthews hypnotized? He said he was going to “do everything I can to make sure the Obumma administration is a success.” Was he hypnotized then? Was he in a trance? Was the tingle in his tinkle the cause of his perpetual hypnotic state when it comes to The Chosen One? Will he be the next to be… Read more »

Southern Tragedy
Southern Tragedy
November 5, 2010 8:58 pm

Hi, I’m Tim. I’m a mechanic, love family, blogging, football and NASCAR.

And I’m a Communist.

Southern Tragedy
Southern Tragedy
November 5, 2010 8:35 pm

Ok, we cannot lose these people. I’ll donate to a campaign to keep Olbermann on, and we should support Congresswoman Pelosi’s bid to be Minority Leader. For the cause.

bweldon
November 5, 2010 7:48 pm

Mharper42

Don’t know if you saw it, but I left an answer to your question last eve.

mharper42
mharper42
November 5, 2010 6:53 pm

Fun. Which group would you rather be part of?

Reminds me of a Northern Exposure episode where Ed, the young Alaskan native film buff, appeared to be sitting in front of a roaring fireplace in his home, until the camera pulled back and we saw it was a video of a roaring fireplace.

Sarge
Sarge
November 5, 2010 2:11 pm

Interesting: Keith Olbermann has been suspended indefinitely because he failed to gain the network’s approval of his donations to 3 democratic candidates.

Actually, he was fired for violating a Code of Ethics provision published in the company hand book.

Any statement beyond that, even if equivocated in a subsequent sentence, is spin.

OletimerLin
OletimerLin
November 5, 2010 1:45 pm

Interesting: Keith Olbermann has been suspended indefinitely because he failed to gain the network’s approval of his donations to 3 democratic candidates. On the one hand, I’m sure the restriction is in his contract, so I don’t fault the network for calling him out on it. On the other, Countdown is a program that is aimed directly at a left… Read more »

Katfish
November 5, 2010 1:41 pm

Just heard on the radio that MSNBC has suspended Keef Olby without pay. Seems Keef, who has Behar-ed about how much the parent company of Fox News donated to political causes, made some donations of his own, in violation of his employment terms.

Oopsie.