A woman, working in a Tim Hortons donut shop in London Ontario, was recently fired for giving away one free “timbit” to a baby. This has become a public relations nightmare for the company. Timbits are the punched out centres of donuts – the empty holes, as it were – and, in some […]
Entries Tagged as 'Whimsy'
The Timbit Affair and a List of Bogus Firings
June 2nd, 2008 · 1 Comment · American Humor, Amusing, British Comedy, British Humour, Canada Humor, Charming, Cute, Economic Humor, Family Humor, Funny Economy, Funny Office, Funny Workplace, Human Nature, Irony, Jokes, Lifestyle, Oddball, Offbeat, Outrageous, Satire, Screwball, Silly, Whimsy
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Reasons to Want to be Governor of the Bank of Canada
May 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment · American Humor, Amusing, British Comedy, British Humour, Canada Humor, Cute, Economic Humor, Family Humor, Farce, Funny Celebrity, Funny Economy, Funny Government, Funny Politics, Offbeat, Outrageous, Political Humor, Romp, Screwball, Silly, Whimsy, Witty, Zany
There are quite a number of reasons it might be “neat” to be the Governor of the Bank of Canada. Here, arranged in no particular order, are the Top 10. (1) Guv’nor just sounds so great and fits in with this nation’s British heritage. (2) You always win at Monopoly cause you can just print […]
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A Perfect Second Career for their Golden Years – At Wal-Mart
May 12th, 2008 · Comments Off on A Perfect Second Career for their Golden Years – At Wal-Mart · American Humor, British Comedy, British Humour, Canada Humor, Celebrities, Children and Pets, Cute, Family, Family Humor, Famous Actors, Farce, Funny Advertising, Funny Celebrity, Funny Family, Funny Sayings, Funny Shopping, Funny Workplace, Human Nature, Lifestyle, Offbeat, Puns, Romp, Screwball, Silly, Slice of Life, Sweet, Whimsy, Witty, Zany
Over the weekend, I had some fun imagining how certain celebrities and politicians would seem to be ideally suited for second careers, in their golden years, as “greeters” at Wal-Mart. Try to imagine being met by these people and these words on your way into the store.
Tags:Abdul·Bush·Clinton·comedy·Cowell·Dr. Phil·funny·funny celebrity story·funny lifestyle story·funny retirement story·funny shopping story·funny Wal-Mart greeter story·funny Wal-Mart story·funny where are they now story·funny workplace story·Greenspan·Harper·Hilton·Lost·Obama·Probst·Queen of England·Randy Jackson·Spears·Trump·Vanna White
Crawlers and Spiders and the Art of Headline Puns
May 2nd, 2008 · Comments Off on Crawlers and Spiders and the Art of Headline Puns · American Humor, British Comedy, British Humour, Canada Humor, Cute, Economic Humor, Farce, Funny Economy, Funny Headline, Funny Prank, Funny Technology, Lifestyle, Oddball, Offbeat, Political Humor, Puns, Screwball, Slice of Life, Sports and Recreation, Twisted, Whimsy, Witty, Zany
There has been a major casualty of the digital age that you may be noticing only peripherally. Has it entered your consciousness that there are fewer punning headlines anymore?
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Driving Schools: What’s in a Name?
April 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment · American Humor, British Comedy, British Humour, Canada Humor, Charming, Construction Humor, Cop Humor, Cottage Life, Cute, Disturbing, Family, Family Humor, Funny Driving, Funny Generation Gap, Funny Horror, Funny Rant, Funny Scary, Human Nature, Lifestyle, Oddball, Offbeat, Outrageous, Satire, Screwball, Slice of Life, Surprise Twists, Twisted, Whimsy, Witty, Zany
It has often been said there are two driving seasons in Canada, winter and construction. We are currently in the transition period from the former to the latter. My wife and I were talking about this the other day as we made our way to the cottage on Georgian Bay for the first time in the […]
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GREEN is an Acronym
March 3rd, 2008 · Comments Off on GREEN is an Acronym · American Humor, British Comedy, British Humour, Canada Humor, Charming, Cute, Family Humor, Feel Good, Funny Environmental, Green Environment, Human Nature, Imagery, Jokes, Lifestyle, Oddball, Offbeat, Opinion Piece, Parable, Satire, Screwball, Slice of Life, Whimsy, Witty, Zany
The “green movement” is everywhere these days. You find references to “green” in news stories, television ads and learned journals. It’s all about climate change and conserving scarce resources for the future.
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