A Smile on Canada...

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After I read and visited Canada, I noticed unusual things. I noticed it is a habit to say "Eh?" to ask to repeat something just like "Huh?" I noticed how nicknames are formed with male names. Doug would be Dougie, Mick would be Mickie, or Buck would be Buckie. I also noticed that the Royal Canadian Mountain Police are known as Mountees...

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I wonder if the pregnant ones are called Buntees.

(Buntees=buntis. Hehehe...) 



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DL 
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“Stop worrying about the world ending today. It's already tomorrow in Australia.”
--Charles M. Schulz

A Laundry Service Shop in Chinatown...

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I was out in chinatown one day. A sign caught my eye. It reads: 

"Hans Olafsen's Laundromat" 

That's a first, a Scandinavian name used in a laundromat service in chinatown. So I decided to visit this laundry service shop. Upon entering, I saw an oriental fellow at the reception desk. I approached him and said, 

"Excuse me, sir. How did this laundry service get it's name?" 

He answered, "Shop named after owner." 

I asked, "Where is Mr. Hans Olafsen?" 

He said, "I'm he. How I help you?" 

So I asked him, "If you don't mind me asking, how did your name become 'Hans Olafsen'?" 

He replied, "Happened when I queued for registration at immigrations office. White man before me asked by immigrations officer, 'Name?' white man said, 'Hans Olafsen.' ...

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...After processing, he left queue. I next in line and was asked, 'Name?' I said, 'Sem Ting Tu.'"

(And that immigrations officer heard it as "same thing too." Ho boy...) 



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DL 
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“Stop worrying about the world ending today. It's already tomorrow in Australia.”
--Charles M. Schulz

The Oooi-oooi Bird...

Have you ever heard
'bout the Oooi-oooi bird?
(Sketch it? Looks absurd.)

That really sounds so lame!
From the odd hall of fame,
How did it get its name?

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This bird got its name from its male species. The male Oooi-oooi bird has testicles sooo big, that when he lands, he says, "Oooi! Oooi!"

Ouch! 



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DL 
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“Stop worrying about the world ending today. It's already tomorrow in Australia.”
--Charles M. Schulz