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3 Comments August 9, 2007 at 11:08 am

Edmund Fitzgerald Wreckage Found, Whither The Penny?, And Take That, Yankees

Farmer finds life ring believed to be from the Edmund Fitzgerald. In response, the Tragically Hip grumble about having to rewrite one of their songs.
An in-depth report on whether we should demonetize the penny. Short answer: yes, we should demonetize the penny, even though it looks very pretty in its own way and can be used to scam Europeans.
David Miller will announce the full list of service cuts either today or tomorrow. A likely candidate for cutting: the city’s temps. It’s always the temps who feel the pain first! Poor temps.
Newly released documents show that CSIS officials suspected that Americans would ship Maher Arar off for torture. Because this is one scandal that really needed to somehow be worse.
And the Jays beat the Yankees 15–4. Which is an acceptable amount by which to beat the goddamned Yankees.
Image via 3dfitz.com.

WannaBinToranna

Edmund Fitzgerald: OK, this is just getting wierd now, because on another TO site (a TO Blog, if you will), there was a post about a shipwreck in L. Ontario and I mentioned Gordon Lightfoot and…um…I need to run out and buy a lottery ticket. Two Great Lakes shipwreck stories in one day, Gordon Lighfoot, it’s all just freaking me out.
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In fact, the Edmund Fitzgerald’s wreckage had already been found not long after it had sunk. The ship’s bell and other artifacts have already been retrieved.
And what does this have to do with The Hip?
Jonathan Goldsbie

ELAINE: Andrea Doria? Isn’t that the one they did the song about?
JERRY: (Correcting her) Edmund Fitzgerald.
ELIANE: I love Edmund Fitzgerald’s voice.
JERRY: (Gives Elaine a look) No, Gordon Lightfoot was the singer. Edmund Fitzgerald was the ship.
ELAINE: I think Gordon Lightfoot was the boat.
JERRY: (Sarcastic) Yeah, and it was rammed by the Cat Stevens.
– courtesy Seinscripts

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