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If You Don’t Like Swine Flu, Stop Having Sex With Pigs
Here is some perspective. There have been six cases of swine flu in Canada so far. The chance of dying from swine flu if you get it is less than 1%. So if you randomly shuffled Canada’s 33 million people and gave six of them swine flu, the probability of you dying from it is…
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This Shirt Goes to 11
This is from my favourite shirt. It’s 78% bamboo and 28% cotton, making it a full 6% more comfortable than the laws of mathematics allow it to be.
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Earth Day and Plastic Bags
Today is Earth day, and it was announced that Loblaws will start charging for plastic bags. It’s in a partnership with the World Wildlife Fund, and framed as an environment-enhancing way of keeping bags out of landfills and from “blowing around the neighbourhood.” The most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen. Listen, I do everything I…
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