Oddly I had to explain #1 to my 2nd born when he was about 4 years old. We were in a large metropolitan Sears store and he pointed at a little girl about his own age and said, “We buy that little girl and take her home!”. I then had to explain that in Canada we can’t (yet/yet again) buy and sell people…he was very confused but accepted it the way young children do though with some seeming reservations even after an extensive lecture on the moral evils and Devine proclamations against slavery………
PS at least on location on the web with that question is found here:
Jon Rowe: I thought what on Earth is the owning a Canadian thing about?The article was actually pretty well read.
Fun satire maybe, but not really well read…..(eg shellfish are to be detested ie – not eaten – but aren’t an affront to God, they aren’t an abomination which is a thing or choice which is).
If you live by the Mosaic law there is no reason you can not own Canadians. Just make sure they’ve had their shots and it’s OK with Immigration :-)
I remember Alan Dershowitz quoting the article in his debate with Alan Keyes. And as the linked website shows, a speech given on the West Wing was based on that letter.
“I remember Alan Dershowitz quoting the article in his debate with Alan Keyes. And as the linked website shows, a speech given on the West Wing was based on that letter.”
Jon Rowe says:
I thought what on Earth is the owning a Canadian thing about?
The article was actually pretty well read.
March 31, 2010, 12:34 pmFantasiaWHT says:
That is an interesting article.
March 31, 2010, 12:40 pmJohn Elwood says:
Oh sure, I’ve wondered “why can’t I own a Canadian?” Who hasn’t? But it’s listed #1, above “why is the sky blue”?
March 31, 2010, 12:46 pmtroll_dc2 says:
Does the Bible applies in Canada the way it does in the United States? If so, can a Canadian logically ask about owning an American?
March 31, 2010, 1:06 pmJerry Mimsy says:
I like “Is there”:
#1: is there school tomorrow
#2: is there a god
#3: is there going to be a transformers 3
I don’t think those questions are orthogonal. (Also like that the Masons show up.)
March 31, 2010, 1:30 pmNorthern Dave says:
Oddly I had to explain #1 to my 2nd born when he was about 4 years old. We were in a large metropolitan Sears store and he pointed at a little girl about his own age and said, “We buy that little girl and take her home!”. I then had to explain that in Canada we can’t (yet/yet again) buy and sell people…he was very confused but accepted it the way young children do though with some seeming reservations even after an extensive lecture on the moral evils and Devine proclamations against slavery………
PS at least on location on the web with that question is found here:
http://www.humanistsofutah.org/2002/WhyCantIOwnACanadian_10-02.html
March 31, 2010, 1:31 pmNorthern Dave says:
Fun satire maybe, but not really well read…..(eg shellfish are to be detested ie – not eaten – but aren’t an affront to God, they aren’t an abomination which is a thing or choice which is).
If you live by the Mosaic law there is no reason you can not own Canadians. Just make sure they’ve had their shots and it’s OK with Immigration :-)
March 31, 2010, 1:39 pmjcm says:
Yahoo sugestion:
why i can’t lose weight
why i choose islam
why i can’t sleep
why i can’t get pregnancy
why i cry
why i cheated
why i can’t download yahoo messenger
why i can’t install yahoo messenger
why i can’t watch youtube vide
Google crew do it on purpose for publicity. They are messing around with the boss like Disney´s crew .
March 31, 2010, 2:23 pmJon Rowe says:
I remember Alan Dershowitz quoting the article in his debate with Alan Keyes. And as the linked website shows, a speech given on the West Wing was based on that letter.
March 31, 2010, 2:23 pmjcm says:
Yahoo sugestion:
why i can’t lose weight
why i choose islam
why i can’t sleep
why i can’t get pregnancy
why i cry
why i cheated
why i can’t download yahoo messenger
why i can’t install yahoo messenger
why i can’t watch youtube vide
Google crew do it on purpose for publicity. They are messing with the boss like Disney´s crew .
March 31, 2010, 2:25 pmDesiderius says:
“I remember Alan Dershowitz quoting the article in his debate with Alan Keyes. And as the linked website shows, a speech given on the West Wing was based on that letter.”
Wow. How utterly banal.
March 31, 2010, 2:26 pmSarcastro says:
[West Wing banal? More like the banality of awesome!
Mmm, escapism.]
March 31, 2010, 2:29 pmJoeSixpack says:
I have actually Googled #2 before. The answer is kind of interesting.
March 31, 2010, 3:59 pmtheobromophile says:
“How” gives you “How to kiss” as response #3 and “How to get pregnant” as response #5.
Although both are related, neither one is best accomplished whilst sitting at a computer, IMHO.
March 31, 2010, 4:12 pmAndrew says:
Try “Why Does”.
March 31, 2010, 4:45 pmDesiderius says:
Sarcastro,
“West Wing banal?”
Nah, it could be inspiring, if somewhat parochial.
I was referring to Dr. L’s proof-texting, and the fact that counter-proof-texting was evidently such a popular activity that it made #1 on Google.
April 1, 2010, 9:14 am