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We recently went on a wine tasting tour in Niagara. The tour ended with a dinner (at 5:30pm!!! DON'T get me started on having to eat dinner at 5:30pm!) at the final winery. At the final tasting, there was a really good ice wine. I suggested that we take the glass across the hall to the dining room t...

If I go to the kind of restaurant that hands out cutlery wrapped in paper serviettes, I carefully unwrap the cutlery, tear off a piece of the serviette and lay the cutlery on the paper rather than the table. I completely freak out if my fork or spoon touches the table. In Chinese restaurants, I like...

It's not an obsession or ritual but I find myself counting bars when listening to music. Counting them as if I were counting bars of rest. I'm not thrilled when I discover it though (usually I've reached around bar 107 or so) and stop immediately. Only to find that a few phrases later, there I am co...

Oh dear. You're right. I'm much more afraid of germs than I used to be. I won't eat free peanuts from an open dish in a public bar and I won't use sugar cubes from a bowl in a café. [...] I use my sleeve, scarf, bottom of my shirt, ANYthing but my bare hands to open any doors. I HAVE to wash my han...

First collector: [Points at the container] "What's this?" Second collector: G...a... garbage! Throw it in the truck. Aughh!! Do you think they know that much? Maybe I had better put LAWN AND in front of GARDEN. No wait, I can't do that. We're not allowed to put grass clippings in the gard...

We just came in from raking leaves. What a beautiful day it is. And of course, even though the garden is now pristine, it will be covered in leaves at the next breath of wind. But at least we got a start. Too bad we have to store the leaves by the side of the house until next week's collection. :sto...

CAM wrote:oooh, I want this on my website.... but where to put it????

Yes, I know what you mean. It was tricky deciding where to put it here too. I'm not sure I chose the best spot, but still it's very cool to have.


edit: Sadly, the searchbox had to be removed.... -ejm, September 2021

CAM wrote:See some new entries! thefuntheory.com/?q=entries

Excellent!! I really like the "fun tram tickets" one.

David wrote:I'll probably be posting here more frequently now that I'm preparing to leave Facebbook.

Yay!!

I was very close to folding this forum but will hold on to it just a little longer.

I wish there were stairs like this in the Toronto subway! thefuntheory.com: take the stairs instead of the escalator "Take the stairs instead of the escalator or elevator and feel better" is something we often hear or read in the Sunday papers. Few people actually follow that advice. Can w...

:stinks: edit September 2021: Alas, this wonderful search box no longer works. :stinks: Webster's no longer supports it. :stinks: -ejm I'm a big fan of the several dictionaries on our shelves but the Webster's Online Dictionary is so wonderful that I've added it to [edit] <strike> the top of this pa...

I can't decide what I like best about this email that was pushed summarily into my spam box. What a good thing that I check the box from time to time! Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:34:11 -0300 (BRT) Subject: CONFIRM OWNERSHIP (PARCEL) From: "IMPORTANT INFORMATION" <info (at) fedex (dot) com> R...

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Interestingly, I just saw a new news service of IPS devoted to stories about women. Genderwire: http://ipsnews.net/genderwire/. " IPS wants to redress a huge imbalance that exists today: only 22% of the voices you hear and read in the news today are women's. I'm glad they are trying to deal wi...