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1 tyrannosaurus_rek 80

Am I getting this right? He's a U of T student who decided to spend his 'homeless' time at the school, 'passing' as a student?...

On May 8, 2008 2:16 PM in Home Sweet Homelessness
2 mark0 54

Or try talking to a homeless person about their experience. It's an eye-opener for sure. I was volunteering at a youth homelessness conference in St. John's a while back and there were a number of yo...

On May 8, 2008 3:52 PM in Home Sweet Homelessness
3 TokyoTuds 46

iantri, you are correct that riders also are often uninformed about the best solutions to a problem, but there should at least be good outlets for information sharing. The LA Bus Rider's union, I a...

On May 4, 2008 9:44 PM in State of the Union
4 toronto_david 41

Doggiez: I don't believe you....

On May 7, 2008 11:12 AM in Sue Johanson Retires Sunday Night TV Show
5 toronto_marcl 40

I originally saw the "metrosexual" ad, so it's real, but I assume they changed it to the "never tweezed anything" one because the anti-metrosexual version was probably a little extreme....

6 Doggiez 36

Dear GS, Go away. You have no idea what you are talking about. "Outed as a liar"? What is your big interest in SJ, as a user of her line of butt-plugs?...

On May 8, 2008 11:11 AM in Sue Johanson Retires Sunday Night TV Show
7 Ben 34

It aims at the wussification of society Hundreds of generations of hard asses worked hard for the "wussification" we have today. Also, no one is stopping you from moving to northern Quebec and living...

8 spacejack 34

How about this one: DAD WAS A BADASS But emo kids can drink CC too!...

9 PickleToes 34

Experiencing the life of a sedentary person who should really be getting a job isn't that interesting....

On May 8, 2008 1:44 PM in Home Sweet Homelessness
10 toronto_patrickm 26

I like the ads, at least as much as I like any ads. The idea of reminding young-ish people that their parents were once young-ish too appeals to me, even if it's slightly tainted with a little superfl...

11 DavidToronto 25

CITY's newscasts have been going downhill the last few months. This situation is just proof of that. ---But it's still better than Global!...

On May 8, 2008 9:49 PM in Sin City
12 toronto_miless 23

Fair dealing also requires good reason. You can't just take anyone's photos or videos and call it news. In this case the pictures might have been exclusive but that is not enough of a justification. T...

On May 8, 2008 11:41 PM in Sin City
13 toronto_jonathang 23

I might tune in to CityTV just to hear that mea culpa as enunciated by Mark Dailey....

On May 9, 2008 1:38 AM in Sin City
14 MariaPD 22

I used to live in London, there were cameras everywhere and they didn't bother anyone. They're just there, no one is going to be seeing if you adjust your wedgie or anything. There was also a nail-bom...

On May 8, 2008 1:16 PM in Catch Me On CCTV
15 Green Sulfur 21

I didn't realize we were expecting an essay on the meaning of libel. Of course you can go a thousand times deeper into the meaning than I did (or you did, for that matter). Thousands of Canadian lawye...

On May 8, 2008 3:22 PM in Sue Johanson Retires Sunday Night TV Show
16 Svend 19

Great spoofs, Marc! I like the original ads, they target young guys who DO like their dads and are curious about what they were like when younger....

17 matty 19

I use canadian club as aftershave...

18 Vincent Clement 17

Miles: CCTV is not a solution period. CCTV did not prevent the transit bombings in London it only helped to capture the people that did the nasty deed. Essentially, it's the government waiting for peo...

On May 8, 2008 1:18 PM in Catch Me On CCTV
19 ked 17

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On May 8, 2008 4:58 PM in Wild Toronto: Red Bat
20 EricSmith 15

Hippie leftists are only hippie leftists out of malice. They know perfectly well whom to vote for, but they pick the commie rat every time, just to spit in the eye of decent folk....

On May 4, 2008 1:48 PM in Illustration Sunday: Jane "Janus" Jacobs
21 WannaBinToranna 15

But it's such an original pose. And his baseball hat, it's tilted to the side...he plays by his own rules. Yo....

22 Skippy the Magical Racegoat 14

fantasygoat, I prefer bourbon as well. Wild Turkey Rare Breed, anyone? Great goats drink alike!...

23 AR 14

Chicago is fantastic overall, but it's not like we're lacking in terms of architecture or green space. I think the city is worth a Chicagoan's time, though the cities are similar. ...

24 David Newland 13

Part of what makes these ads kinda cool is that the iconic "Dad" they're talking about was someone we all thought was a nerd - not a macho guy at all by the terms of his time. Then we grew up and the...

25 jaymo 13

Offensiveness is subjective. People with lives don't give such things a second thought. Are we really so bored that we need to pick every little thing apart just to see if it might offend someone? ...

26 andrew 12

I think he may be onto something; if you believe that what you have to say about Johanson's behaviour in a professional environment is true, then you aren't libelling her if you say it - of course, th...

On May 8, 2008 12:45 AM in Sue Johanson Retires Sunday Night TV Show
27 x_the_x 12

I find it interesting that so many of those commenting are willing to dismiss the point raised by the first out of hand. There may be problems with the math but the central point is a good one: that ...

On May 7, 2008 12:11 PM in Farmers' Marketing
28 ambrose 12

Looks like a nice shoreline!...

On April 30, 2008 12:53 PM in Get Outta Town, GO By Bike
29 Lauriemc 11

I want to "study" obvious things too... where do I sign up? and great Hinske joke – thanks for the afternoon laughs!...

30 toronto_karen 11

Oh man, this is embarrassing, but I remember the choking game. But we didn't call it that. "The Choking Game" sounds lame and dangerous, and what we were doing was super cool and harmless---or so we t...

31 toronto_amandab 11

My mom ran into her in the grocery store once. She says she was the nicest lady she's ever met, and they had an amazing conversation about whipped cream. And then my mom winked at me. Needless to s...

On May 7, 2008 4:56 PM in Sue Johanson Retires Sunday Night TV Show
32 toronto_kevinb 11

Sorry both Paige and Chris, I should have been more descriptive. Add "after midnight" as a qualifier and that is what I meant. Of course you can go to Sneaky Dee's before 9 PM and your folks can get ...

On May 8, 2008 11:24 AM in Queen and Beerthurst Runs Dry
33 dowlingm 11

I broadly agree with Reality. The contract could and should read "in the event of shortfalls in payments the City reserves the right to assume ownership of Astral equipment and to transfer the right ...

On April 30, 2008 1:49 PM in How The Street Furniture Bids Stacked Up
34 The Explosively Talented Christopher Bird 10

Another way to respond to legitimate criticism is to acknowledge its merits This unfortunately first requires believing that the criticism in question is meritious. I, on the other hand, think your a...

35 Gloria 10

What self-respecting American would come to Canada to shop? Silly. I thought I saw a mascot-type bear at Museum Station today on the way to work ... ...

36 iantri 10

To temper what I just posted a bit, I see that Canadian copyright law seems to allow CityTV to use the images (fair dealing), but certainly if not illegal it was unethical. ...

On May 8, 2008 9:30 PM in Sin City
37 redleaf 9

A quick google search found a Loring from Seneca still in journalism. Not much luck with the others. A nice afternoon break from work though....

On May 6, 2008 4:00 PM in Vintage Toronto Ads: Growing The Good News
38 jonnyr00 9

Lostracco's spoofs are essential!...

39 antiboy 8

davedave isn't here yet... I'll wave my broom angrily on his behalf....

On April 28, 2008 6:03 PM in Humber; Or, Life in the Woods
40 paigesix 8

"Also Paige, I don't think you realize, or perhaps you don't care, that there are now 0 licensed establishments in Toronto that will admit minors for an all-ages show or party. What kind of city does ...

On May 8, 2008 11:16 AM in Queen and Beerthurst Runs Dry
41 james a 8

There's another one of these on the side of Sunnyside Pool. My friend snapped a pic and looked it up when she got home, and I could swear it wasn't that book....

On April 28, 2008 10:52 AM in Humber; Or, Life in the Woods
42 RealityCheck 8

The sad thing is that terrorists invading and occupying university buildings weren't shot as the clear and present danger to campus security that they were. Hopefully they will all spend the rest of t...

43 DaveH 8

Some people are wrapped just a little too tight....

44 the goggles do nothing 7

missing a "used" and I need a spell check for "because"...

On May 1, 2008 1:18 PM in The Biggest Looser
45 tripper 7

"The hand signing may look quite funny by then" By then? It's funny now....

46 badbhoy 7

They seemed to have changed the Love Guru trailer recently at least for Canadian releases. I saw the trailer last weekend and it now says "is coming...here" instead of "is coming to...America"....

47 davedave 7

Please explain to me why you people neither care about nor respect people's private property....

On May 6, 2008 1:31 PM in Unimaginative Tagging Rocks Midtown
48 wardnikoff 7

Yeah, don't bother responding to ole' PickeToes there - not understanding the need for public transit in a city shows a complete lack of grasping the situation. But yeah, good for him that he drives e...

On April 26, 2008 10:05 PM in TTC Strike Status: Strike Ends Sunday Night
49 toronto_johnnie 7

There's some pretty good commentary about this campaign over at the Shamless blog and someone else's take on the website's make-your-own-ad feature on Banana Nutrient. You can check out the "YOUR DAD...

50 toronto_carrie 7

Spelling lose as loose is one of my biggest pet peeves. You wouldn't believe how many people do it...it's sadly pretty common....

On May 1, 2008 12:44 PM in The Biggest Looser

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