Oh ya... I almost forgot this thought from the previous post regarding my plight with Immigration, "Why on earth should I have to press "1" for English?"
Friday, July 25, 2008
Oh... I almost forgot
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Wednesday, July 23, 2008
The Newest Fashion Icon
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Sunday, July 20, 2008
Best Smart Alec Answers
SMART ANSWER#5
It was mealtime during a flight on Alaska Airlines.
“Would you like dinner?” the flight attendant asked John, seated in front.
“What are my choices?” John asked.
“Yes or no,” she replied.
SMART ANSWER#4
A flight attendant was stationed at the departure gate to check tickets.
As a man approached, she extended her hand for the ticket and he opened his trench coat and flashed her.
Without missing a beat, she said, “Sir, I need to see your ticket not your stub.”
SMART ANSWER#3
A lady was picking through the frozen turkeys at the grocery store but she couldn't find one big enough for her family.
She asked a stock boy, “Do these turkeys get any bigger?”
The stock boy replied, “No ma”am, they”re dead.”
SMART ANSWER #2
The cop got out of his car and the kid who was stopped for speeding rolled down his window.
“I”ve been waiting for you all day,” the cop said.
The kid replied, “Yeah, well I got here as fast as I could.”
When the cop finally stopped laughing, he sent the kid on his way without a ticket.
SMART ANSWER#1
A truck driver was driving along on the freeway.
A sign comes up that reads, “ Low Bridge Ahead.”
Before he knows it, the bridge is right ahead of him and he gets stuck under the bridge.
Cars are backed up for miles.
Finally, a police car comes up.
The cop gets out of his car and walks to the truck driver, puts his hands on his hips and says, “Got stuck, huh?”
The truck driver says, “No, I was delivering this bridge and ran out of gas.”
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Saturday, July 19, 2008
A Man With No Country
Many have asked why I haven’t attended the Pig Roasts lately. My reason is legit even though it sounds more like a situation comedy rather than the truth. Let’s do a little background first, shall we. Some of you may know while others may not that I was born in England around the time of the crusades. My parents loaded me onto a rather large boat and we left the island for Canada. Growing up in this country I was allowed to obtain an education, work and I felt special that I was permitted to pay taxes. What was really special is that someone in government felt it necessary to collect even more taxes after they extracted them from my pay checks. This usually took place around the end of April. What is amazing is that I could do all this without anyone asking if I was a Canadian! It’s incredible that I could vote and no one asked me to prove my citizenship at the polling stations.
It gets better! In order to leave the country to get to the Pig Roast I now need to apply for my Canadian citizenship. That will take me a year and a half. Wow, how special is this? I saw on the net that there was an 800 number to call if you were having problems getting your citizenship. Aha!!! Finally someone had seen my plight. I made the call and the gentleman kindly told me that I didn’t qualify because the assistance was for those immigrants who were WAITING to get into Canada!!! I mentioned that I had been here since I was 4, had worked in the fire service for 32 years and had been able to vote since I was 18. I loved his answer even though it was hard for me to understand with his accent, “Sorry, it seems that you have fallen through the cracks”. How nice!
Many nice people have tried to help me namely Ron Jones, Brian Masse and the MPP in my area Mike Wallace and for them I am truly grateful. In conclusion it will be easier to apply for a British passport that will take me only 6 weeks to obtain. The ironic part is that I will have to apply for a Permanent Resident Card from Ottawa. This will stop me from voting now as they have proven that indeed I’m not a citizen of this country. I would love to vote for those folks who helped me but I’m afraid that I can’t. Maybe in a year and a half I will be able to. Let’s hope they don’t hold another election until then.
So, until that time I say “cheerio” to everyone as I munch on my crumpet and take a sip of my cup of tea. : )
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Friday, July 18, 2008
Gladwin '08
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Friday, July 11, 2008
Celebrating
Hey... this has been a time of celebration...
- Jeannie and I have been married one year on the 7th of July
- The littlest granddaughter graduated from Kindergarten
- Gord graduated from O.P.P as an Auxiliary constable
- As most of you know George's house was completed
- and last but not LEAST.. the blog just passed 25,000 "hits" because of YOU! THANKS!!!
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