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• Commented on Awful 1962 marriage textbook speaks out against feminism, communism and interracial dating
  Wow bOINGbOING dug up the show bible for Mad Men!...
• Commented on Man bites off tip of own penis
  I fear these tasteless jokes are just the tip of the iceberg....
• Commented on Top 50 drug "trips' in movies
  @thelimopit: "Poppers" are an inhalant called Amyl nitrate. Popular within the Gay culture. Not that I've done them in the 80s or anything....
• Commented on Sweet Snow-made Declaration
  Uhm... how do you know it's a man and a woman? Did you look under the hood?...
• Commented on Photos of a very messy house
  "Do you think I'm attractive?" "I think you're fine right where you are."...
• Commented on Mickey Mouse arrested at Disneyland
  Would the act of wearing their costumes while protesting get them fired anyway? I've read repeatedly (here) that non-Disney use of costumes is verboten....
• Commented on Gigantic horrifying hotdog -- 3.5lbs -- is free if you eat it in 4 minutes
  Cory! As an ex-pat of Toronto, how could you not mention Dangerous Dan's famous Coronary burger?...
• Commented on Homophobic politician sends self-published comic book to voters
  I love the "gay abaondon" protesters at the bottom! I know when I go to the gay village in town, everyone is dressed like Caligula....
• Commented on Why is someone putting sharp spikes in park ponds?
  Toronto has had similar implements of doom: double sided, old style razors embedded into wood blocks, left in an upright position around playsets and beaches. Not to mention poisoning dogs in dog parks with spiked hot dogs. I say we...
• Commented on Big Lebowski summarized as one still composite image.
  "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!"...
• Commented on Amazing photos of migrating Golden Rays
  These photos don't help me since I'm stuck in my cube and dreaming of outside....
• Commented on Canadian DMCA will criminalize emailing your kids' class photos to their grandparents
  Interesting clip about the amount of fine for infringement from the Globe this morning (not from Geist!): It's a fantastic piece of strategy. As the American experience has demonstrated, if you want a public-relations fiasco on your hands, sue a...
• Commented on Leaf growing from cucumber
  ...Film at 11....
• Commented on 5th foot found washed up in B.C.
  Police and coroners' officials have been stumped by the mystery of where the feet came from Oh the wit and funny of Canada's national news reporters!...
• Commented on Restaurant lays off waitress who shaved head for cancer charity
  Owen Sound. Oh you cornerstone of style and taste. Been there. Not surprised. Take your most small minded, toothless, backwater hovel in the US and add Fox News in the form of the Toronto Sun Newspaper and you have Owen...
• Commented on Real life Pinhead
  Wait. Little crosses? I smell a religious extremist....
• Commented on More severed feet in British Columbia
  All they need to do is find four people walking in circles. I should be a cop!...
• Commented on Clay Shirky on Colbert
  And Canadians are SOL....
• Commented on Air Canada: for $35, we'll let you talk to customer-service reps who can actually help you with a cancelled flight
  My brother wrote a play called "The Innocent Eye Test" and the opening line was "Why does Air Canada hate us so?" So appropriate....
• Commented on Spoon management system at a hipster cafe
  By the way, hacked iPhone users can read "Someone..." through Install. I read it on my 3G iPod back in the old days....
• Commented on Splayed angelic pigeon wings
  I've seen this too. Toronto has started to use falcons to reduce the pigeon population, but I doubt a falcon could strip the innards like that. I've also seen just the head of one poor bird, upright and unblinking....
• Commented on Disembodied hands to keep infant feeling secure
  I've got to hand it to them. They know how to palm off a good idea....
• Commented on Gabe & Max: now YOU can ask them how to get the Dream Life of YOUR Dreams.
  Can I run a piercing parlor from my living room via the Interweb?...
• Commented on Cereal Killers -- forthcoming book of spooky funny cereal box art
  Oh god, first post I opened this morning. UNICORN CHASER PLZZZ!!!!...
• Commented on Countdown to Microsoft's "J.Lo 3"
  Thank you for not offering any spoilers!...
• Commented on web zen: arrgh! 'tis pirate zen 2007
  And don't forget Sky Pirates...
• Commented on Boing Boing Gadgets: the latest posts
  The link to the iPhone GUI connects to a guy who claims to have written the package himself, but in reality he swiped it from The Dev Team (Gizmodo confirmed). Proof lies in his attrocious spelling too....
• Commented on Magicians innovate without IP law
  Where does that leave Penn and Teller? They expose magic tricks all the time (they had a TV series about it) yet they still manage to get work......