It's late November and it's 10 degrees, it almost feels like I'm back in BC. Compared to the fall we had last year, this is almost like a heat wave. This November has been a weird month, weather wise, but may not be as odd as some of the things I have heard recently. The following events are real — nothing is manufactured here.
No, I'm not talking about the recently-retired Mark McGwire. A man in the US has recently eaten his 18 000th Big Mac in the past 29 years. This means he has had 1.7 Big Macs a day, the equivalent of 14.5 cows. Maybe he should have bought a farm back in 1972, when he started this binge. He could have opened a burger place of his own and rake the profits, instead of giving tens of thousands of dollars away to the restaurant chain (and I haven't accounted for the drinks or fries that goes with the sandwich yet).
Harry Potter mania is sweeping across the world and anywhere you go, you see advertisements for the wizard. Every business is trying to associate itself with the lucrative wizard, and Royal Canadian Mint is no exception. Most of us know that the RCM mints coins for almost EVERYTHING. The RCM is planning to mint a "limited edition" Harry Potter coin and put it on sale. No details on the cost of the coin yet but coin collectors should be wary — I spent $12.95 to complete my 2000 millennium quarter set ($3 worth of quarters, $4.95 for the holder, and $5 for the uncirculated quarter), while one has to pay $24.95 to buy it from the Mint.
For some odd reasons, people multitask only when they are driving. Drinking, eating, reading, and talking on the phone while driving are rather commonplace these days, but a man from Cambridge has found a new way to occupy himself while driving. On a routine police check on highway 401, the man was found to be playing with a 3D puzzle of the New York skyline. The puzzle itself was ordinary enough, but it has the WTC twin towers in it. According to estimates, this particular puzzle can fetch about $500 on eBay. Perhaps the driver was trying to finish the puzzle quickly so that he could pay his other traffic fines.
Many of you will be off on work terms in about a month and you probably have found a place to live during the frigid months of winter. If you are going to work outside Waterloo or the GTA, then you may not have seen your new residence in person. After reading this, you might want to go sublet hunting in person from now on. A man recently bought an apartment in Pennsylvania that was previously owned. The man did not visit the apartment before making the purchase. So he had no idea of what was in his new home. On the day he moved in, he discovered an unusual object on the floor: a dead man! Little was mentioned of what happened afterwards, but I'm sure the he would not want anything to do with anyone who knew the former owner of the apartment.
Jason "the Screamer" Lau
All my attention are going to the wrong places
[All your attention are belong to us — TaxiEd]