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1. There were two fathers and two sons on a boat fishing. They each caught a fish, but only three fish where caught. How can this be so? 2. A man has to get a fox, a chicken, and a sack of corn across a river. He has a rowboat, and it can only carry…
Canadians receive long-awaited apology from person who first added raisins to butter tarts Pastry connoisseurs were shocked this morning when 98-year-old Rosie Vasco, the first person to publish a butter tart recipe that inexplicably called for raisins, issued a long-awaited public apology for desecrating one of Canada’s most beloved baked goods. “My sincere apologies to…
Einstein has been widely credited online with the following riddle, and with the claim that 98% of the world could not solve it. There is a logical answer… There are 5 houses in 5 different colors in a row. In each house lives a person with a different nationality. The 5 owners drink a certain…
Back before the coronavirus pandemic shut everything down in our country, the folks in Vaughan Ontario got to celebrate their first Butter Tart Festival. Lisa Queen of YorkRegion.com and photographer Steve Somerville featured kids’ reactions to eating tarts in this delightful article: ‘Yummy’: 5 kids serve up 5 thoughts on butter tarts at Vaughan festival….
You might be Canadian if: You have 10 favorite recipes for moose meat. You know how to pronounce and spell “Saskatchewan” Your municipality buys a Zamboni before a bus. You know that Canadian Tire on any Saturday is busier than the toy stores before Christmas. You bring a portable TV on a camping trip so…
Need a diversion to pass the time? How about endlessly flipping a digital coin?! Heads or tails? When you get tired of this game, why not roll dice? How many rolls before you get boxcars? Chris George, providing reliable PR counsel and effective advocacy. Need a go-to writer and experienced communicator? Call 613-983-0801 @CG&A COMMUNICATIONS.
Everybody marvels at Yogi Berra’s quotes. He is an unflappable treasure of the game… “Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good, too.” “Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets.” “If the people don’t wanna come out to the ballpark,…
From the hundreds of puns you will find in the By George Journal archive, here are our dozen favourite puns. I stayed up all night to see where the sun went, and then it dawned on me. Did you hear about the cross-eyed teacher who lost her job because she couldn’t control her pupils? A…
A man is dining in a fancy restaurant and there’s a gorgeous redhead sitting at the next table. He’s been checking her out since he sat down, but lacks the nerve to talk with her. Suddenly she sneezes, and her glass eye comes flying out of its socket toward the man. He reflexively reaches out,…
Here are 5 gems to get you through the week!! King Ozymandias of Assyria was running low on cash after years of war with the Hittites. His last great possession was the Star of the Euphrates, the most valuable diamond in the ancient world. Desperate, he went to Croesus, the pawnbroker, to ask for a…
1) The Nomads In the great desert lived a bunch of nomads. Their leader, Benny, had risen to his rank, due to his magnificent beard. His people believed a man’s strength and courage came from his beard, and thus the man with the biggest beard was their chief. After leading the band for many years,…
1. The roundest knight at King Arthur’s round table was Sir Cumference. He acquired his size from too much pi. 2. I thought I saw an eye doctor on an Alaskan island, but it turned out to be an optical Aleutian. 3. She was only a whiskey maker, but he loved her still. 4. A…
A man’s home is his castle, in a manor of speaking. Dijon vu – the same mustard as before. Practice safe eating – always use condiments. Shotgun wedding – A case of wife or death. A man needs a mistress just to break the monogamy. A hangover is the wrath of grapes. Dancing cheek-to-cheek is…
How does Moses make his tea? Hebrews it. Venison for dinner again? Oh deer! A cartoonist was found dead in his home. Details are sketchy. I used to be a banker, but then I lost interest. Haunted French pancakes give me the crepes. England has no kidney bank, but it does have a Liverpool ….
This punny story is found in our very own By George Treasury: My first job was working in an orange juice factory, but I got canned . . . couldn’t concentrate. Then I worked in the woods as a lumberjack, but I just couldn’t hack it, so they gave me the axe. After that I…
We have had a lot of fun at By George sharing punny material through the past week. We received a great many memes through email and here are our top 10 – and we thank all our followers who participated in our antics!! Join us at the By George Journal on Facebook and Twitter….
Again, it was great that By George followers shared so many punny memes this past week. Here are another 10 of the memorable ones. Join us at the By George Journal on Facebook and Twitter. Enjoy our daily injections of provocative posts. Chris George, providing reliable PR counsel and effective advocacy. Need a go-to writer…
Folks shared many funny punny memes this past week. Here are 10 memorable ones. Join us at the By George Journal on Facebook and Twitter. Enjoy our daily injections of provocative posts. Chris George, providing reliable PR counsel and effective advocacy. Need a go-to writer and experienced communicator? Call 613-983-0801 @CG&A COMMUNICATIONS.
“Here’s a little tip for politicians everywhere: If you find yourselves with more time than issues on your hands, go home.” – Lorne Gunter “Power is a drug on which the politicians are hooked. They buy it from the voters, using the voters’ own money.” – Richard Needham “Canada is divided by great mountains, great…
After having dug to a depth of 10 feet last year, British scientists found traces of copper wire dating back 200 years and came to the conclusion that their ancestors already had a telephone network more than 150 years ago. Not to be outdone by the Brit’s, in the weeks that followed, an American archaeologist…