Busiest McDonald's?
snopes
> I was driving with a friend that told me that the "worlds busiest
> McDonalds" is between Route 81 and route 70 in Hagerstown, MD. I then
> heard the same story from two other locations?
Not even close. The McDonald's restaurants on Beijing's Wangfujing Dajie
and in Moscow's Pushkin Square (plus several other Asian locations) dwarf
any of the American outlets when it comes to number of customers served
or units of food sold.
In America, I believe the McDonald's in Chicago's River North area is
the "real" busiest. Most American outlets are owned by the KKK, however,
so I wouldn't patronize any of them if I could avoid it.
- snopes
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Bruce Gubser
: U3...@wvnvm.wvnet.edu wrote:
: > I was driving with a friend that told me that the "worlds busiest
: > McDonalds" is between Route 81 and route 70 in Hagerstown, MD. I then
: > heard the same story from two other locations?
: Not even close. The McDonald's restaurants on Beijing's Wangfujing Dajie
: and in Moscow's Pushkin Square (plus several other Asian locations) dwarf
: any of the American outlets when it comes to number of customers served
: or units of food sold.
: In America, I believe the McDonald's in Chicago's River North area is
: the "real" busiest. Most American outlets are owned by the KKK, however,
: so I wouldn't patronize any of them if I could avoid it.
: - snopes
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: i| Because I do not want any prehistoric animals to suffer and die for my |
: | transportation needs, I refuse to use petroleum-based fuels. |
When did the KKK start buying McDonalds?
: +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Norman Lantis jr
> so I wouldn't patronize any of them if I could avoid it.
Do you know how many BLACK Owner Operators there are in the U.S.?
Or, how many upper level management positions are filled by BLACKS?
Fortune 500 magizine recently named Mcds as having one of the highest
percentages of black euntrapeneurs. Wherever you heard that KKK
ownership crud from is badly mistaken!
-
stealth...@prodigy.com
George Grapman
: the "real" busiest. Most American outlets are owned by the KKK, however,
: so I wouldn't patronize any of them if I could avoid it.
: - snopes
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: | Because I do not want any prehistoric animals to suffer and die for my |
: | transportation needs, I refuse to use petroleum-based fuels. |
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Try cross posting this on alt.conspiracy. It will fit right in there.
Jeff Williams
Really. If it's true, I wonder why McDonalds hires so many minorities.
greg margulies
Jeff Williams <jmw...@is2.nyu.edu> wrote:
>sf...@well.sf.ca.us (George Grapman) wrote:
>> snopes
>> : In America, I believe the McDonald's in Chicago's River North area is
>> : the "real" busiest. Most American outlets are owned by the KKK, however,
>> : so I wouldn't patronize any of them if I could avoid it.
>> Try cross posting this on alt.conspiracy. It will fit right in there.
>Really. If it's true, I wonder why McDonalds hires so many minorities.
This is real simple. I can easily answer both questions. First, the busiest
McDonald's is whatever one you decided to go to for lunch. Secondly, they
hire so many minorities, so that they can keep them in low-paying jobs.
They also hire a lot of old people, I mean, youth-challenged, which
helps contribute to the busiest McDonald's, since they aren't really that
busy, but rather it's the same people stuck in there for a long time.
Greg "Exactly What Part of the Chicken Does the McNugget Come From?"
--
Confucius says, "Fuck you, stop quoting me!"
George Grapman
: Bruce Gubser (bgu...@lamar.ColoState.EDU) wrote:
: > When did the KKK start buying McDonalds?
: The KKK has owned McDonald's franchises all along, so I guess the answer
: to your question is about forty years ago.
Of course you can provide some names and documentation.
: - snopes
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andrew ross
> the "real" busiest. Most American outlets are owned by the KKK, however,
> so I wouldn't patronize any of them if I could avoid it.
What kind of a pea-brain are you my friend? how do you know who owns
literally thouusands upon thousands of restaurants? gee and all this
time I thought I was working for a corporation....(yes, there are
franchisees AND corporate owned stores)
do you think before you shout off your trap or are you so ignorant
that you must close your mind to the truth?
yes, Mcdonalds does hire alot of minorities and guess what? not very
many other places would hire them....hmmm. but McD's did, why?
gee, and I always thought it was almost necessary to pay minimum wage
(like most other jobs!) in order to remain competitive in a
low-skilled job market.... hmmm. but I guess my studying economics is
useless when I can listen to an expert demonstrate how to pump out B.S.
please accept my apologies for being so harsh in my words, I just
found your statement as ill-informed as is possible and it irritated me...
AR
Andrew Welsh
: SNIP!
: > the "real" busiest. Most American outlets are owned by the KKK, however,
: > so I wouldn't patronize any of them if I could avoid it.
: CRUNCH!
[blah deleted]
: gee, and I always thought it was almost necessary to pay minimum wage
: (like most other jobs!) in order to remain competitive in a
: low-skilled job market.... hmmm. but I guess my studying economics is
: useless when I can listen to an expert demonstrate how to pump out B.S.
Yes, but it can be argued that paying your staff better wages leads to higher
motivation and morale, thus improving productivity and giving better returns.
This is especially useful in MacDonalds in Leicester Square on a Friday night,
when large numbers of people enter, wait in a queue for 10 minutes, realise
they're never going to get their Big Mac and Fries, and go across the square
to Burger King instead.
Andrew "been there, done that (or bt, dt to the BOA exempt)" Welsh
--
Andrew Welsh (and...@bnr.ca) - All views in this posting are mine alone
"Today we storm the barricades not to bring down capitalism, but
to get revenge" - Gavin Hills, The Face, Jan 1995
Ray Depew
: SNIP!
: > the "real" busiest. Most American outlets are owned by the KKK, however,
: > so I wouldn't patronize any of them if I could avoid it.
: CRUNCH!
: What kind of a pea-brain are you my friend?
What is wrong with this picture? "You are a pea-brain. You are also
my friend."
Hey snopes, them Canadian ones are good eatin'. Some even come
already flame-broiled.
Buon appetito
Ray
Justin Fidler
> From: ar...@chat.carleton.ca (andrew ross)
> yes, Mcdonalds does hire alot of minorities and guess what? not very
> many other places would hire them....hmmm. but McD's did, why?
>
> (like most other jobs!) in order to remain competitive in a
> low-skilled job market.... hmmm. but I guess my studying economics is
> useless when I can listen to an expert demonstrate how to pump out B.S.
I guess you didn't study economics long enough. In any Economics 101
class, they almost always show how the minimum wage system is useless,
and there should be no minimum wage at all, because it actually hurts
more than it helps.
If you need more of an explanation, I'm sure there's a few lurking
Economics majors who can explain it; otherwise I can do my best, though
I'm not an Economics pro.
Justin
Barbara Hamel
> Well, I don't know about the rules up there in libertarian Canada, but down
> here in the USA you need a license to operate a restaurant (which probably
> explains why American McDonald's aren't vermin-infested like their Canadian
> counterparts.)
Yes, our McDonalds are overrun with vermin. We affectionately refer to
them as American tourists.
Barbara "inexplicably, the infestation gets worse during the summer
months" Hamel
--
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"decried NCFreenet wench" | straining even the most intimate friendships.
ag...@freenet.carleton.ca | - Paul Kunkel
Paul Tomblin
>
>up here we don't mate with our cousins and eat our neighbours!
Speak for yourself.
--
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<a href=http://watt.oedison.com:8080/~tomblinp/>My home page</a>
"ICMP: The protocol that goes PING!" - Bill Garret.
Bernhard Muenzer
|
| You may not want to hear this from a clueless newbie, but the usual urban
| legend involves KFC and rat meat, not McDonalds.
So why does eating a hamburger make you good at solving mazes ?
b "watch out for slime trails at fast food stores" m
--
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& A == T[ A]
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Jason R. Heimbaugh
>In a previous article, ar...@chat.carleton.ca (andrew ross) said:
>>up here we don't mate with our cousins and eat our neighbours!
>Speak for yourself.
OK, OK, OK, the hockey season is finally going to start, all you Canadiens
(read American-wannabes - sheesh, you people try *so* hard to be American, but
you just don't get it, do you?) can go home now.
Goodbye, oh, and you can send some beer back south when you get home.
--
Jason R. Heimbaugh - j...@uiuc.edu
"Monday morning I wake up with a [keyboard] in my hand, boss[wo]man yelling
somethin' at me I don't understand. I don't remember how I got to work, but
I sure know I'm there. I'm old enough to know better, but still too young to
care." --Wade Hayes
snopes
> You may not want to hear this from a clueless newbie, but the usual urban
> legend involves KFC and rat meat, not McDonalds.
The rat meat thing happened not to KFC, but to Kentucky Fried Chicken. The
chain was sold at about the same time that they were forced to change their
name because the Kentucky legislature took out a trademark on their state's
name.
- snopes
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| "She also gets a lot of notes from Canada, but she considers mail from the |
| provinces, as she puts it, 'no big deal.'" |
| _The New Yorker_ Aug. 8, 1994 |
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Jason R. Heimbaugh
> The rat meat thing happened not to KFC, but to Kentucky Fried Chicken. The
> chain was sold at about the same time that they were forced to change their
> name because the Kentucky legislature took out a trademark on their state's
> name.
This is nothing new, the Arctic Legislature did so long ago.
andrew ross
> true.
sorry, your imagination doesn't count... I know, I know.. but you
shouldn't really listen to ole Charlie M.
> a) I don't eat rats.
no, that would be canabolism....
> b) I don't believe in destroying rain forests for cheap ratburgers.
hmm, and I suppose you think I do eh? duh! besides, McDonald's doesn't
advocate rain forest beef anyways.... but I guess in your imaginary
world with your imaginary databases and computers (which only exist in
the ego-maniacal U.S. in your 'world' of imagination) you could once
again 'prove' this eh? uhn?!
> No, I suppose your Albertan cattle serve both purposes.
yes, but we deport americans caught doing such things....
up here, we like to have a reasonable degree of social standards and
education....
University Computing Center - Anonymous PC
>
>: Not even close. The McDonald's restaurants on Beijing's Wangfujing Dajie
>: and in Moscow's Pushkin Square (plus several other Asian locations) dwarf
>: any of the American outlets when it comes to number of customers served
>: or units of food sold.
>
I lived in Hong Kong for a while and from there I also visited Peking, back in
1993. I must say that the one in Peking was nothing compared to some outlets in
the HK territory. Especially the ones in Tuen Mun and Kwun Tong, two new towns,
were downright hectic.
Gerald A Belton
: all you Canadiens
: but you just don't get it, do you?) can go home now.
I was watching an NPR program about the Trans-Canada Railway, and they
quoted some Famous Canadian Guy as saying this:
"Canada had the chance to have the best of American know-how, French
culture, and British politics. Instead we got American culture, British
know-how, and French politics."
Gerald "some nightmare, eh?" Belton
--
"In the old days, being crazy meant something. I don't speak
Nowdays, EVERYBODY'S crazy." for Tulane.
-- Charles Manson
Bringas Lisa Marie
> Date: Thu, 12 JAN 1995 08:38:33 CST
> From: Jason R. Heimbaugh <j...@uiuc.edu>
> Newgroups: alt.folklore.urban, alt.mcdonalds, alt.food.mcdonalds
> Subject: Re: Busiest McDonald's?
I would rather be dead then be American....I'm thankful everday
that I'm Canadian. I live across from Detroit and I see what
crap is going on.
T.Ryerson Fuller (Tazman)
>John Doherty (jdoh...@bga.com) wrote:
>
>> The Montreal Canadiens, winners of 21 Stanley Cups, including five in a row
>> (a dynasty surpassed in pro sports only by the Boston Celtics), are hardly
>> "American waanabes".
>
> Uh, I think the NEW YORK YANKEES (winners of 22 World Series, including
> five straight in 1949-1953 and four straight in 1936-39) surpass that,
They surpass 21, but not the real, 24 Stanley (that's a Two-Four)Cups that
Montreal has won. Molson's came out with a special commemorative case when they won
in '93.
> especially considering that they play a *real* sport.
Yeah, they play that wonderful sport of Rounders! They just call it that other
silly name. :)
Ever wonder how many of those World Series were fixed? The black sox, weren't the
only ones, they were just the ones that got caught. Yeah, Great sport!
T.Ryerson Fuller
Concordia U, Que.
Justin Tharp
that we here at Mc Donald's are proud to introduce. It's called the Mc
Fuck, it's something entirely new that really looks like shit. It
contains two buns with meat in between. When you grab the meat sometimes
the secret sauce comes running down your chin. It will soon become value
meal #69, and no it doesn't come with biggie fries asshole.
John Doherty
>
>OK, OK, OK, the hockey season is finally going to start, all you Canadiens
>(read American-wannabes - sheesh, you people try *so* hard to be American, but
The Montreal Canadiens, winners of 21 Stanley Cups, including five in a row
(a dynasty surpassed in pro sports only by the Boston Celtics), are hardly
"American waanabes".
john "oh, did you mean Canadians? My mistake" doherty
George Grapman
: > From: ar...@chat.carleton.ca (andrew ross)
: Justin
.....and this is usually prpounded by economists who never had tosurvive
on a minimum wage.
Paul Tomblin
>On Thu, 12 Jan 1995, Jason R. Heimbaugh wrote:
>> In article <D2AMC...@compass.telemax.com> ptom...@compass.telemax.com (Paul Tomblin) writes:
>> >In a previous article, ar...@chat.carleton.ca (andrew ross) said:
>> >>up here we don't mate with our cousins and eat our neighbours!
>>
>> >Speak for yourself.
>>
>> OK, OK, OK, the hockey season is finally going to start, all you Canadiens
>> (read American-wannabes - sheesh, you people try *so* hard to be American, but
>> you just don't get it, do you?) can go home now.
>>
>> Goodbye, oh, and you can send some beer back south when you get home.
>>
>>
> I would rather be dead then be American....I'm thankful everday
> that I'm Canadian. I live across from Detroit and I see what
> crap is going on.
It's too small Jason, throw it back.
"I'd rather be dead than American"... Isn't that a quiz show on UK radio?
--
Paul "Part of the covert Canadian invasion force" Tomblin
hotc...@utdallas.edu
This sounds like a deep rooted fear of McDonald's employees someday
taking over your family and rapping your elders.
Man are you sick!
--
Adam Hotchkiss
------
hotc...@utdallas.edu
andrew ross
ridiculous that you won't get much of a rise out of me....
I like not being a fat dumb rosanne and dan clone....
I don't watch it much but hockey is MUCH better than NFL football (for
braindead pin-head's that work the gas station all day and can't
handle anything else.........)
we don't give a rats ass about whether O.J. drank a glass of water
yesterday and our t.v. stations aren't plastered with him....
we haven't built our country on the right to produce arms and sell
them to other countries....esp. poor ones so they can blast the snot
out of each other and the big powerfull u.s. can waltz in and save the
day even though they're the ones that made it worse by selling the dam
things to begin with....
we don't have to duck every time a car drives by!@
our music industry doesn't thrive on 'gangsta-rap'....
we don't cram our thumbs up our butt and cry every time we hear the
star spangled banner.....
our women get an education and work instead of watching oprah and
phill between fantisizing about fabio all day.....
our politicians aren't out doing drugs and having affairs so they CAN
institute health care and social benefits.....
we can locate our country on a world map without it being labelled
already..... oh, and we know were we send our troups.....
we don't need 'hooked on phonics....' to help us with our middle-aged
crisis.....
shall I go on.....
we, in Canada are not perfect but I seriously doubt that we give a
shit about being american..... in fact most of us are annoyed by the
egotistical little buggers....
ejoy yur 'lil yankee doodles, partner the bank's coming to re-po 'em
cus ya owe 13+ TRILLION bucks and its getting worse!
andrew ross
Bob Hiebert
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>You may not want to hear this from a clueless newbie, but the usual urban
>legend involves KFC and rat meat, not McDonalds.
>- trasi
>--
The way I heard it was that rat-meat tastes *just* like frog legs, not
hamburger.
Bob Hiebert
Jason R. Heimbaugh
>In article <jrh.35....@uiuc.edu>, Jason R. Heimbaugh <j...@uiuc.edu>
wrote:
>>OK, OK, OK, the hockey season is finally going to start, all you Canadiens
>The Montreal Canadiens, winners of 21 Stanley Cups, including five in a row
>(a dynasty surpassed in pro sports only by the Boston Celtics), are hardly
>"American waanabes".
OK, then Mr. Smarty-Pants, if they aren't American-wannabes, why are they
trying to break the Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America Celtics
record? Kinda like fucking to prove you're a virgin, n'est pas?
Jason "at least we don't speak French in America" Heimbaugh
Bob Hiebert
writes a 2-line follow-up and inadvertently re-posts forty-bazillion lines of
header.
WOW! Sorry about that. Trying out a new newsreader and I didn't know it was
going to put the entire freaking header in the post.
Bob
Barbara Hamel
>
> Jason "at least we don't speak French in America" Heimbaugh
Honey, from what I've seen, you guys barely speak English.
Barbara "good thing money talks or we'd never understand a word you say" Hamel
--
Barbara Hamel | As Bill Nelson will tell you, there is
ag...@freenet.carleton.ca | no way a person could become permanently
| insane from acid. Unless you mean H2SO4.
| - Paul Tomblin
snopes
> The Montreal Canadiens, winners of 21 Stanley Cups, including five in a row
> (a dynasty surpassed in pro sports only by the Boston Celtics), are hardly
> "American waanabes".
Uh, I think the NEW YORK YANKEES (winners of 22 World Series, including
five straight in 1949-1953 and four straight in 1936-39) surpass that,
especially considering that they play a *real* sport.
- snopes
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| "From the start, they seemed an unlikely couple. She is an articulate, |
| 22-year-old sophisticate. He is a 300-pound bruiser with a habit of |
| vomiting on people he doesn't like." |
| - The Wall Street Journal 27 Jan 1994 |
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Eric Masson
>> The Montreal Canadiens, winners of 21 Stanley Cups, including five in a row
>> (a dynasty surpassed in pro sports only by the Boston Celtics), are hardly
>> "American waanabes".
> Uh, I think the NEW YORK YANKEES (winners of 22 World Series, including
> five straight in 1949-1953 and four straight in 1936-39) surpass that,
> especially considering that they play a *real* sport.
> - snopes
Hi,
Make that 24 Stanley Cups. Better than the Celtics and Yankees if I am
not mistaken. Better than any pro team that I've ever heard of. And the Habs
have won 5 straight and 4 straight in a more recent past. And hockey is much
more of a sport than baseball. Go ask John Kruk if he thinks he is an athlete
and you will be surprised by his answer.
Salut,
Eric
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Jason R. Heimbaugh
>Make that 24 Stanley Cups. Better than the Celtics and Yankees if I am
>not mistaken. Better than any pro team that I've ever heard of. And the Habs
>have won 5 straight and 4 straight in a more recent past. And hockey is much
>more of a sport than baseball. Go ask John Kruk if he thinks he is an athlete
>and you will be surprised by his answer.
Why be surprised? One of my cow orkers likes the current Phillies team as it
proves that even fat guys like him can play baseball. Anyways, baseball isn't
really a sport as Canadiens play. Look what they did when they tried to start
a football league! Hey, here's an idea, lets play on a soccer field and give
every one 8 downs just so Canadien athletes [sic] have a chance to score.
Bri Farenell
: John Doherty (jdoh...@bga.com) wrote:
: > The Montreal Canadiens, winners of 21 Stanley Cups, including five in a row
: > (a dynasty surpassed in pro sports only by the Boston Celtics), are hardly
: > "American waanabes".
: Uh, I think the NEW YORK YANKEES (winners of 22 World Series, including
: five straight in 1949-1953 and four straight in 1936-39) surpass that,
: especially considering that they play a *real* sport.
Actually, the Habs have (unfortunately) won 24 Stanley Cups. That includes
5 straight (1956-60) and four straight (1977-80).
Although both the Habs and Yankees have been surprassed in pro sports
(although not North American) by several European soccer clubs including
(but not limited to) the Glasgow (Scotland) Rangers and Juventus
of Turin, Italy.
BRI
(A one-time baseball fan who didn't care much hockey but that's now reversed)
Go Boston Bruins! Go Adirondack Red Wings! Go Red Sox (if they ever play again)!
---
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fare...@craft.camp.clarkson.edu are made up.
Finger this account for Italian Serie A soccer standings. Forza Lazio!
"What is right is not always popular; what is popular is not always right."
Eric Masson
>In article <3f6bbd$s...@kirk.ee.mcgill.ca> er...@kirk.ee.mcgill.ca (Eric Masson) writes:
>really a sport as Canadiens play. Look what they did when they tried to start
>a football league! Hey, here's an idea, lets play on a soccer field and give
>every one 8 downs just so Canadien athletes [sic] have a chance to score.
We only need 3 downs, that's one less than the Americans for the same
10 yards. And you owe us a bit for the game of football. Here's what my
american sports encyclopedia has to say about it:
FOOTBALL
--------
"Football, as we know it, exists today because of a proposal from McGill
University in Montreal, Canada, and the gracious hospitality of Harvard
University, the host team for football games in Cambridge Massachusetts,
May 14 and 15, 1874.
At the Cambridge institution in 1871, a group of scholarly types seeking
diversion started to play what was called the `Boston game'. The game
the students played varied from the dangerous, unorganized informal
kicking game that the school faculty had prohibited in the 1860s. In this
new game, the ball --rubber, round, and inflated-- could be scooped up at
any time and the possessor could run with it if he was chased. All previous
football games including the first intercollegiate game between Princeton
and Rutgers in 1869 (the teams used 25 players to a side), were a
reasonably close imitation of soccer.
But this take-off on soccer had some merit, so much that in the fall of
1873 Yale invited Harvard, Princeton, Columbia and Rutgers to a convention
in New York for the purpose of drafting a code of rules and incorporating
them into the proposed Intercollegiate Football Association. Harvard
shunned the convention because it held dear the `Boston Game' and refused
to recognize any deviation from it. Harvard, which had organized its
own Football Club in 1872 for games between classes, thus had to look
elsewhere than the other four schools for intercollegiate competition.
This is where McGill came into the picture. The Canadian school proposed
a series of games for the spring of 1874, and Harvard mellowed somewhat
and compromised some of its earlier beliefs regarding the rules. It was
agreed that the first two games would be played under Harvard's regulations
while the third contest would be played under McGill's rules, which were
as in English rugby. This game set the pace for the development as it is
played in the US -- a game wholeheartedly American..."
It goes on explaining how the Boston game hardly resembled rugby. Harvard
won the first game under Harvard rules 3-0. The game under the McGill rules
finished scoreless. The game was supposed to field 15 players aside but McGill
had only 11 players so it was an 11 on 11 matchup. Harvard liked the style
of the McGill game so much that it adopted the rules and expressed the desire
to meet Yale. Subsequent games were played 15 on 15 until Yale in 1880
pushed for 11 on 11 again. It is ironic that Montreal no longer has a
professional team in football.
HOCKEY, BASKETBALL, BASEBALL
----------------------------
As a side note the birthplace of hockey claims (1860) come from Canadian
cities, notably Halifax, Kingston and Montreal. The first set of
rules were formulated by W.F. Roberson and R.F. Smith, students
at McGill University in Montreal. The next year the first recognized
ice hockey team was formed: the McGill University Hockey Club.
And the birth game of Basketball also had to do with a Dr from McGill
visiting Massachusets. Springfield more precisely.
Baseball is an American game whose credit goes to Abner Doubleday in 1839.
This question was answered by a US commission in 1905. The commission was made
to quiet British claims that baseball is merely an adaptation of the old
English game of rounders. Harvard claims to have played the game in 1829
but the evidence was not substantial enough for the commission.
So as you can see Canadians have little to envy from Americans when it comes
to creativity in sports. 3 out of 4 major sports ain't bad. And we still
have the most crowned team in North American pro sports: the Montreal Canadiens
with 24 cups (does anyone know of a pro team that has won more championships
anywhere else in the world ? I can't find better and I'm curious to know).
James L. Coffey
: So as you can see Canadians have little to envy from Americans when it comes
: to creativity in sports. 3 out of 4 major sports ain't bad.
Major sports? Hell, son, y'all ain't even mentioned a sport that can
hold a candle to NASCAR. And it shoo nuff was invented south of the
Mason-Dixon line that divides the US from Canada.
COMITALE LEO
Isn't that where Monster Truck racing and pig wrestling comes from
too?
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m o g h u a
James L. Coffey
: In article <3f7rhk$j...@crl4.crl.com>, James L. Coffey <jco...@crl.com> wrote:
: >Eric Masson (er...@kirk.ee.mcgill.ca) wrote:
: >
: >: So as you can see Canadians have little to envy from Americans when it comes
: >: to creativity in sports. 3 out of 4 major sports ain't bad.
: >
: >Major sports? Hell, son, y'all ain't even mentioned a sport that can
: >hold a candle to NASCAR. And it shoo nuff was invented south of the
: >Mason-Dixon line that divides the US from Canada.
: Isn't that where Monster Truck racing and pig wrestling comes from
: too?
yea, I'se just bout fergort the good ole boy's who drives them Monstor
trucks, but I anin't sure abot no pig wrastling. Ain't that what you
boys north of the mason-dixon line in Canada call sex?
Jim "just another bubba in a pickup on the troll road called the
infobahn" Coffey
"Knowledge is Good" Emil Faber
T.Ryerson Fuller (Tazman)
>andrew ross (ar...@chat.carleton.ca) wrote:
>
>> correction: you payed german scientist to build a good bomb... (might I
>> add you still owe money to germany and other countries for the
>> 'bomb-race' and the space race, at which, I may add -> you yankie
>> doodlers lost BIGTIME!)
>
> Yeah, the best you can say is that the surface of the moon isn't littered
> with the bodies of Canadian astronauts from failed landing attempts.
>
As well as we can say we didn't waste Billions of dollars on weaponry and
space junk (except that one Anik anchor in space).
While the "races" did lead to improved technology in some areas, the
devotion of production to these two goals may have cost America it's
global dominance in the economic sector. Along with the cost of Vietnam
(nearly a billion dollars a day).
Anyway the next step is to go to mars, but the question becomes, Why?
Any solar expansion is bound to destroy Mars soon after the Earth, if
we haven't succeeded before the need arises.
Ciao!
andrew ross
> yea, I'se just bout fergort the good ole boy's who drives them Monstor
> trucks, but I anin't sure abot no pig wrastling. Ain't that what you
> boys north of the mason-dixon line in Canada call sex?
no, haven't you had things explained to you sonny boy? oops, I forgot
that comes in grade 6 and well when you drop out at grade 2, you just
pretty well miss it...
COMITALE LEO
>COMITALE LEO (com...@ecf.toronto.edu) wrote:
>: In article <3f7rhk$j...@crl4.crl.com>, James L. Coffey <jco...@crl.com> wrote:
>: >Eric Masson (er...@kirk.ee.mcgill.ca) wrote:
>: >
>: >: So as you can see Canadians have little to envy from Americans when it comes
>: >: to creativity in sports. 3 out of 4 major sports ain't bad.
>: >
>: >Major sports? Hell, son, y'all ain't even mentioned a sport that can
>: >hold a candle to NASCAR. And it shoo nuff was invented south of the
>: >Mason-Dixon line that divides the US from Canada.
>
>: Isn't that where Monster Truck racing and pig wrestling comes from
>: too?
>
>yea, I'se just bout fergort the good ole boy's who drives them Monstor
>trucks, but I anin't sure abot no pig wrastling. Ain't that what you
>boys north of the mason-dixon line in Canada call sex?
Only when it's REALLY good.
>Jim "just another bubba in a pickup on the troll road called the
>infobahn" Coffey
>
>"Knowledge is Good" Emil Faber
--
Ray Depew
: well I am afraid your claim of us wanting to be american is so
: ridiculous that you won't get much of a rise out of me....
... and then carried on for 44 more lines, in which every sentence
fragment ended in four (count 'em, four) dots, and the only capital
letters in the whole place were in "O.J." and "Canada".
: we, in Canada are not perfect but I seriously doubt that we give a
: shit about being american..... in fact most of us are annoyed by the
: egotistical little buggers....
Yeah, well, some of us Canadians are really annoyed by other Canadians
who come off as "egotistical little buggers" as well. Go peddle your
nationalist claptrap somewhere else, okay?
Ray
p.s. Paul, I think we need to cancel this guy's Invasion Card.
James L. Coffey
: > yea, I'se just bout fergort the good ole boy's who drives them Monstor
Whatsen all this stuff bout grades? Grade 2, grade 6, whichin one is
that at Carleton.ca (aint't is strange that you boys north of the mason
dixon line there in canada put y'alls periods in the midlle of a word)--
andrew ross
> who come off as "egotistical little buggers" as well. Go peddle your
> nationalist claptrap somewhere else, okay?
and there are yet others who have no intellegent opinions OR a sense
of humor... good point!
notice ^^^ three dots! wheee now I can be 'cool' like you!!
q:can I be your friend?
andrew ross
> that at Carleton.ca (aint't is strange that you boys north of the mason
> dixon line there in canada put y'alls periods in the midlle of a word)--
and one finger for uze guys down south....
James L. Coffey
: > Whatsen all this stuff bout grades? Grade 2, grade 6, whichin one is
Shoot, you yankees in Canada sho nuff got some strange mutat, mutot, uh
differences from us down here. We just use our toes since we aint got no
three hands.
Articulate Mandible
>Major sports? Hell, son, y'all ain't even mentioned a sport that can
>hold a candle to NASCAR. And it shoo nuff was invented south of the
>Mason-Dixon line that divides the US from Canada.
Aw, shucks. NACAR ain't anywhere near as manly as it usta be. Gimme
mile ovals and clods over the rail and keep yer paved, banked tracks.
Speaking of major sports, there hasn't been one to compare with Jim Brady.
--
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"Sobriety, water, and fish. There you have it."
Scott Hampton
Jason R. Heimbaugh
>Speaking of major sports, there hasn't been one to compare with Jim Brady.
Taking a bullet in the head to save the President is now a sport?
--
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I've upped my standards, now up yours.
snopes
> Then whyfor all your universities teach oodles of English classes but
> don't offer American as a language?
What's the point of teaching something everybody already knows? That
explains why English is offered in Canada, though.
- snopes
snopes
> correction: you payed german scientist to build a good bomb... (might I
> add you still owe money to germany and other countries for the
> 'bomb-race' and the space race, at which, I may add -> you yankie
> doodlers lost BIGTIME!)
Yeah, the best you can say is that the surface of the moon isn't littered
with the bodies of Canadian astronauts from failed landing attempts.
- snopes
snopes
> sorry to embarass you but that wasn't a canadian woman, it was an
> albertan steer... good thing you were in the u.s. where that practise
> is called 'luv' or something...
If a Albertan rancher loses one of his steer, and it ends up in the USA,
are they still legally married?
- snopes
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Articulate Mandible
>>Speaking of major sports, there hasn't been one to compare with Jim Brady.
J...@uiuc.edu (Jason R. Heimboy) writes:
>Taking a bullet in the head to save the President is now a sport?
I were speaking of *Diamond* Jim, callow youth! He was one of the last,
great sports, spats and all.
Say . . . you look pretty good mounted on the wall of my den.
andrew ross
> If a Albertan rancher loses one of his steer, and it ends up in the USA,
> are they still legally married?
If you mean marred when refering to the american scholar who 'took'
the steer then yes I'd say their reputation is pretty well shot...
good question though....hehehe
Mike Czaplinski
>
>Jason "at least we don't speak French in America" Heimbaugh
>
Ah Oui, Mon Ami! Viv Le Newt!!!
Mike "Monge Moi, Garcon Fanatique" Czaplinski
m...@nsscmail.att.com
hotc...@utdallas.edu
Distribution:
Mike Hoffman (vid...@tezcat.com) wrote:
> hotc...@utdallas.edu wrote:
> : This sounds like a deep rooted fear of McDonald's employees someday
> : taking over your family and rapping your elders.
> I somehow cannot imagine a gang of McMinimum-wagers coming to *anyone*'s
> house, tying the occupants to chairs, grabbing microphones, and rapping.
> This shit simply does not happen.
May be I speak of experience. You know, us McStupids are armed with Mac
sauce guns.
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Paul Tomblin
>In article <jrh.49....@uiuc.edu> j...@uiuc.edu (Jason R. Heimbaugh) writes:
>>
>>Jason "at least we don't speak French in America" Heimbaugh
>>
>
>Ah Oui, Mon Ami! Viv Le Newt!!!
That's "Vive Le Newt Libré!"
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Paul Tomblin
[about andrew ross]
>p.s. Paul, I think we need to cancel this guy's Invasion Card.
>
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DaveHatunen
Dean Steptoe <ccsc...@superior.carleton.ca> wrote:
[...]
>Well, it was the busiest in Southern Ontario. That was until they built those
>service stations right off the major highways. It is no longer the busiest,
>but I think it is still one of the most "high tech" McDonalds I've seen
>around. Fancy terminals, computerized order system. Most McDonalds don't
>seem to have that stuff...
>
>I'm sure the McDonalds in SkyDome is busier (where there is no strike).
The busiest McDonalds in the World is whichever one I dash into when
I'm in a hurry.
Dave "Whaddya mean you have to make more Big Macs???" Hatunen
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Jeff Friedman
>well I am afraid your claim of us wanting to be american is so
>ridiculous that you won't get much of a rise out of me....
>braindead pin-head's that work the gas station all day and can't
>handle anything else.........)
Gee, there's a CFL but not a USHL...
>we don't give a rats ass about whether O.J. drank a glass of water
>yesterday and our t.v. stations aren't plastered with him....
No, but you get way too many Michael J. Fox updates...
>we haven't built our country on the right to produce arms and sell
>them to other countries....
And we didn't build ours on exports of cold weather, old timber, and fresh water...
>we don't have to duck every time a car drives by!
We don't have to ban a TV program every time each phrase doesn't end with "eh."
>our music industry doesn't thrive on 'gangsta-rap'....
What music industry? Gordon Lightfoot and Anne Murray? Give me a break!
>we don't cram our thumbs up our butt and cry every time we hear the
>star spangled banner.....
You didn't earn you independence the old fashioned way--you whined and whined until
the Brits turned to more interesting and exciting ventures such as Hong Kong and
the Falklands.
>our women get an education and work instead of watching oprah and
>phill between fantisizing about fabio all day.....
Your women work so they can cross the border and shop here.
>our politicians aren't out doing drugs and having affairs so they CAN
>institute health care and social benefits.....
Our politicians don't go to Canada for health care, I've noticed...
>we can locate our country on a world map without it being labelled
>already.....
Yeah, just north of the important country...
>oh, and we know were we send our troups.....
Ballet or opera?
>we don't need 'hooked on phonics....'
I guess even children can learn 'hosehead' without additional help. Although I fail
to believe that most of you can pronounce Saskatchewan...
>ejoy yur 'lil yankee doodles, partner the bank's coming to re-po 'em
>cus ya owe 13+ TRILLION bucks and its getting worse!
An amount surpassed only by (on a per capita basis, since the two of you don't add
up to much) and a rate growing faster only in... OH, CANADA, our homely wasted land!
Jeff Friedman
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. USA
fri...@nwu.edu
John Ngo - CNED/F94
>182...@sscl.uwo.ca wrote,
>: In article <3f7rhk$j...@crl4.crl.com> jco...@crl.com (James L. Coffey) writes:
>: >[troll deleted...]
>: do you have any clue what the Mason-Dixie line really is?!?
>: [Good catch, Jim. A bit small though...]
>Statistically speaking, threads about Canada average 5 catches
>per week.
Would be with or without the aid of cross-posts?
J "5 trolls are hung on crosses per day" N.
Ken Warkentyne
Helge Moulding <h...@unislc.slc.unisys.com> wrote:
>182...@sscl.uwo.ca wrote,
>: In article <3f7rhk$j...@crl4.crl.com> jco...@crl.com (James L. Coffey) writes:
>: >[troll deleted...]
>
>: do you have any clue what the Mason-Dixie line really is?!?
>: [Good catch, Jim. A bit small though...]
>
>Statistically speaking, threads about Canada average 5 catches
>per week.
This trolling business is nothing new. I remember a nice one from
several years ago that got such a big response they decided
to create a new hierarchy called "talk".
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MARTYN STUART REEVES
> In article <3flosu$1c...@columba.udac.uu.se> mag...@student.astro.uu.se (Magnus Selhammar) writes:
> :Has anyone done that? I mean have had sex in a McD?
>
> I know a guy that had sex in both a Taco Bell *and* a Pizza Hut.
>
> And my cousin knew folks who had sex in the salad island at a Pizza Hut.
>
> After closing, of course.
>
>
Apparently in the store that I work at in coventry, a couple
sitting at one of the tables decided to have sex. so in the middle of the
store she got out his snake and started to jerk off its head!!
I mean extra mayo with your chick sandwich or what !!!
andrew ross
> bristled when people insult you, your playing into their hands.
can I be gleefully amused when they play into mine....?
have a nice day! :)
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Carleton University
Email address: ar...@chat.carleton.ca
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Joe D
: On 22 Jan 1995, Bruce Ediger wrote:
: > In article <3flosu$1c...@columba.udac.uu.se> mag...@student.astro.uu.se (Magnus Selhammar) writes:
: > :[stupid question]
: >
: > [stupid answer to stupid question]
: [another stupid anecdote]
The sig that tin pulled up for me says it all.
Joe D
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dr. rone
Bruce Ediger <bed...@teal.csn.org> wrote:
>In article <3flosu$1c...@columba.udac.uu.se> mag...@student.astro.uu.se (Magnus Selhammar) writes:
>I know a guy that had sex in both a Taco Bell *and* a Pizza Hut.
I never mentioned a Taco Bell, Bruce. Stop trying to drag my name
through the mud.
5150
never mind the fact that she married my cousin the next year
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I don't know about the tallest sign, but if you're going in terms of
height, then the four Bank of Montreal logos on First Canadian Place here
in Toronto are the Guiness record for the tallest advertising in the world.
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snopes
> can I be gleefully amused when they play into mine....?
Dream on, Canuck-face. You've been trolled so many times that Brunvand is
including you in the "Norwegian Folklore" chapter of his next book.
- snopes
Barbara Hamel
> nsbo...@alpha.nsula.edu (Maddie!) writes:
>
>>"The McDonald's sign at I-49 is the tallest in the world! It's TRUE!"
>
> I don't know about the tallest sign, but if you're going in terms of
> height, then the four Bank of Montreal logos on First Canadian Place here
> in Toronto are the Guiness record for the tallest advertising in the world.
Aren't you forgetting the itsy-bitsy 'Drink Canada Dry' sign at the top of
the CN Tower?
Barbara "and I've been trying to" Hamel
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Steven C. Slawin
>> height, then the four Bank of Montreal logos on First Canadian Place here
>> in Toronto are the Guiness record for the tallest advertising in the world.
>Aren't you forgetting the itsy-bitsy 'Drink Canada Dry' sign at the top of
>the CN Tower?
Highest stationary sign. What about blimps--Goodyear, Fuji, Sea World, et al?
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Stephen Zatman
!>>> I don't know about the tallest sign, but if you're going in terms of
!>>> height, then the four Bank of Montreal logos on First Canadian Place here
!>>> in Toronto are the Guiness record for the tallest advertising in the world.
!>>Aren't you forgetting the itsy-bitsy 'Drink Canada Dry' sign at the top of
!>>the CN Tower?
"Drink Canada Dry"? Ach. Even if we limit it to alcoholic beverages, this would
be a dangerous task. Recall - you too can overdose on AichtwoOh. Remember,
Canada produces more crap beer than most other third world countries.
Drinking Canada dry of fresh water - now there's a challenge I'd like to see
Anneka take on.
Stephen "not to mention American beer" Zatman
andrew ross
> Dream on, Canuck-face. You've been trolled so many times that Brunvand is
> including you in the "Norwegian Folklore" chapter of his next book.
WHOA! now there's a burn! snoopie, I really thought you could pull off
something a little better...
ta ta!
Joe D
: nsbo...@alpha.nsula.edu (Maddie!) writes:
: >"The McDonald's sign at I-49 is the tallest in the world! It's TRUE!"
: I don't know about the tallest sign, but if you're going in terms of
: height, then the four Bank of Montreal logos on First Canadian Place here
: in Toronto are the Guiness record for the tallest advertising in the world.
Gee. Isn't that special.
Joe D
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That is HIGH, not TALL.
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DaveHatunen
Tim Meehan <du...@interlog.com> wrote:
>nsbo...@alpha.nsula.edu (Maddie!) writes:
>
>>"The McDonald's sign at I-49 is the tallest in the world! It's TRUE!"
>
>I don't know about the tallest sign, but if you're going in terms of
>height, then the four Bank of Montreal logos on First Canadian Place here
>in Toronto are the Guiness record for the tallest advertising in the world.
How about "Goodyear" on the side of a blimp?
Dave "And the Fuji Film blimp was here a while back" Hatunen
Andrew Welsh
: "Drink Canada Dry"? Ach. Even if we limit it to alcoholic beverages, this would
: be a dangerous task. Recall - you too can overdose on AichtwoOh.
Yes, but this is the sort of extravaganza that the AFU research council was
set up for. How much alcoholic beverage is there likely to be in Canada at
any one time? How many pints/gallons/litres is this per head of population?
How many volunteers do we have?
: Remember
: Canada produces more crap beer than most other third world countries.
Yes, well I'd stick to the spirits I think (and of course Zima).
: Drinking Canada dry of fresh water - now there's a challenge I'd like to see
: Anneka take on.
No, please. Anneka is already buoyant enough, without filling her with liquid
Andrew "That's why they don't film her in helicopters any more" Welsh
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Fell Swoop
>In article <vx.2559....@teleport.com>, Fell Swoop <v...@teleport.com> wrote:
>>local sign restrictions. There apparently *isn't* a restriction, anywhere, on
>>the size or height of a country's flag, and I guess the idea is that the
>>bedsheet-sized flag becomes connected in the public mind with BK, so when they
>>see it sticking out on top of the forest of restaurant signs at a truck stop
>>they'll go "Hey, there's a Burger King!"
>Gee, I guess some poor BK hunter passing through Columbia, MD will be mighty
>disappointed when they find themselves at the local car wash.
>But then again, maybe a chamois with ketchup & mustard would taste better...
Mmmmm...chamois-licious...
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>local sign restrictions. There apparently *isn't* a restriction, anywhere, on
>the size or height of a country's flag, and I guess the idea is that the
>bedsheet-sized flag becomes connected in the public mind with BK, so when they
>see it sticking out on top of the forest of restaurant signs at a truck stop
>they'll go "Hey, there's a Burger King!"
Gee, I guess some poor BK hunter passing through Columbia, MD will be mighty
disappointed when they find themselves at the local car wash.
But then again, maybe a chamois with ketchup & mustard would taste better...
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> local sign restrictions. There apparently *isn't* a restriction,
> anywhere, on the size or height of a country's flag, and I guess the idea is
> that the bedsheet-sized flag becomes connected in the public mind with BK, so
> when they see it sticking out on top of the forest of restaurant signs at
> a truck stop they'll go "Hey, there's a Burger King!"
Many zoning.sign ordinances in North America consider corporate flags to
be signs, and as such they are subject to the same height, size and
placement restrictions as other freestanding signs. Of course, some
municipalities, particulary in the American South, have very lenient or
nonexistent sign regulations, so a huge BK flag would probably be ignored.
National flags are another story entirely. It is constitutionally
possible to limit the height and size of local, state and national flags,
but attempts by municipalities to do so have been very unpopular. A lot
of businesses try to get around strict local sign ordinances by flying
huge American flags to attract more attention. Personally, I question
the patriotic intent of businesses that do this.
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:In article <3g3qg4$8...@gold.interlog.com>,
:Tim Meehan <du...@interlog.com> wrote:
:>nsbo...@alpha.nsula.edu (Maddie!) writes:
:>
:>>"The McDonald's sign at I-49 is the tallest in the world! It's TRUE!"
:>
:>I don't know about the tallest sign, but if you're going in terms of
:>height, then the four Bank of Montreal logos on First Canadian Place here
:>in Toronto are the Guiness record for the tallest advertising in the world.
:
:How about "Goodyear" on the side of a blimp?
There's a sign saying "Canopy release" on the side of the space shuttle.
Phil.
Helge Moulding
: [...] the teacher told us that the reason many (all?) Burger Kings have
: big giant American flags in front of them on extremely tall poles was to
: get around local sign restrictions.
No. I personally know of *no* BKs in Utah that have unusually large US flags
on unusually tall poles. Just the usual KKK crown on a regulation pole.
: There apparently *isn't* a restriction, anywhere, on
: the size or height of a country's flag,
Not true, either. There are definite restrictions on flags in Utah. They
are, of course, municipal zoning ordinances. SLC requires people who want
to fly a flag on a permanent basis to get a specific zoning variance. In
general, the ordinance prohibits flying flags for commercial reasons, when
the flags violate signage restrictions. Flags are generally flown (on a
regular basis) in front of public buildings only.
There are two locations in the SLC metropolitan area that I can think of
at the moment that have an unusually large flag. Both have a zoning
variance, both are associated with commercial centers, both have been
the subject of irate rantings and patriotic gushings, and neither is
sponsored or associated with BK.
: and I guess the idea is that the
: bedsheet-sized flag becomes connected in the public mind with BK
Not me, or anyone I know. Overpriced burgers, questionable hygiene,
and cramped tables is what is connected in my mind with BK.
: It doesn't seem like a particularly effective scheme, hence my curiousity as
: to the story's validity.
I haven't heard it, but maybe that's local. Until some others say they
heard it (or something like it), it isn't even a UL. Just a stupid story
told by an art teacher.
ObUL: *My* music teacher in Germany, reminiscing of his part in WWII
(stationed in Vichy), told us that he found a Vichy battallion was
using a German helmet to cook in. The food was ok, but he didn't
enjoy it because he thought he saw the same helmet used as a chamber
pot, earlier that day.
--
Helge "It's what you call hat cuisine." Moulding
(Just another guy with V^Rno one in particular in his .sig)
Eric Masson
What about that Canadarm logo when it stretches above the space shuttle ?
Perhaps one of the Pioneer or Mariner vessels wins it all. Which one has left
our solar system (if indeed one has) ?
Salut,
Eric
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Kevan Davis
Garner) writes:
> :>>"The McDonald's sign at I-49 is the tallest in the world! It's TRUE!"
> :>
> :>I don't know about the tallest sign, but if you're going in terms of
> :>height, then the four Bank of Montreal logos on First Canadian Place here
> :>in Toronto are the Guiness record for the tallest advertising in the world.
> :
> :How about "Goodyear" on the side of a blimp?
>
> There's a sign saying "Canopy release" on the side of the space shuttle.
I've a feeling that some satellite tracking nonsense in the UK has
a company's initials printed on it in frighteningly large letters,
apparently the largest in the world.
/<ev
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: I would like to tell all you Ronald wannabe's about a new product
: that we here at Mc Donald's are proud to introduce. It's called the Mc
: Fuck, it's something entirely new that really looks like shit. It
: contains two buns with meat in between. When you grab the meat sometimes
: the secret sauce comes running down your chin. It will soon become value
: meal #69, and no it doesn't come with biggie fries asshole.
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Perineum
that have a lot of trees or want ot be seen from the freeway will use very
large and very high American flags to be landmarks. There is no
restirction on flags.