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    NFL .vs. NFL

    Who's got the better league? I'm sorry if you think it is the NFL, because it's obviously the NFL.
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    Happy St-Jean-Baptiste-Day! / Bonne St-Jean!

    A happy St-Jean to all North American francophone posters, and especially to those for whom it is an official holiday. Bonne St-Jean, tout le monde!
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    A "Row" in the House of Commons

    http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2007/05/16/4186339-sun.html I thought the bolded part was ironic, somehow. So tell us about some unseemly behaviour in your Halls of Power.
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    Worst Sports Logos

    http://www.bushparty.com/htms/hockeylogos.htm Give it a read. And share some of your least-favorite logos.
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    British weather

    What's the typical weather near Cambridge at this time of the year?
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    Free science-fiction books to a good home

    I'm going to take the last remnant of my science-fiction collection to the used book store sometime this week (about 400 books in total, used to be 3000 or so, but I've gotten bored with it over the last 5 years). I'd hate for the books go to waste, and I'm too lazy to see if they are worth...
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    Free science-fiction books to a good home

    I'm going to take the last remnant of my science-fiction collection to the used book store sometime this week (about 400 books in total, used to be 3000 or so, but I've gotten bored with it over the last 5 years). I'd hate for the books go to waste, and I'm too lazy to see if they are worth...
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    NHL CFC Playoffs Pool III

    Let the festivities begin anew, as the the chase is on for Lord Stanley's Mug. Previous playoffs pools: NHL CFC Playoffs Pool I (Winner: Gumby78) NHL CFC Playoffs Pool II (Winner: pboily) I have sent out PM invites to the regulars, if you know anybody else who wants to join in, let them...
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    The Onion News Network

    Immigration: the Human Cost Condoleezza Rice to Voyage East
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    OOTP Baseball

    http://www.ootpbaseball.net/ Is this a game that anybody else plays?
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    The Onion celebrates 4 years of winning in Iraq

    The Onion celebrates 4 years of winning in Iraq. On the positive side, we have discovered the Real Life identity of a prolific CFC poster.
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    Translation from Bureaucratese to English

    Alright, I have to translate a text in French (summary of qualifications for a Computer Specialist hire), except I have no clue what these things actually mean in English. Does anyone know what these two phrases could possible refer to? "development of application in a large scale...
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    How multi-dimensional are you as a poster?

    I'm 3-dimensional: there are three kinds of threads in which I will absolutely make my presence known 1. Mathematical threads; 2. Hockey threads, and 3. Canadian threads (which often end up being of type 2). So what's your dimension?
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    TV on the Internet

    I have some vague recollection of somebody posting a link to a site that broadcasts certain TV channels. Did I dream this up, or does such a site exist?
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    Pfl

    Wait for it... Pillow-fighting league http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=janowitz/070123 I'll be the first to admit this might be in the wrong forum.
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    Breast Cancer

    Both my girlfriend's mother and my ex-wife's mother (who also happens to be my daughter's grand mother) have been diagnosed with breast cancer during the last week. There has been a lot of tears around here for the last little while. Not being that close to the victims, it has been easier...
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    Harper to Commons: Quebec is a Nation

    http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2006/11/22/2446825-cp.html A whole lot of hot air to be sure, but what kind of precedent will that set? Quebec is either a nation outside Canada, or a province inside Canada. I'm fine with either concept, but what's the point of being a nation inside Canada...
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    Laughing Under the Covers: Russian Oral Jokes

    http://members.cox.net/marperak/jokes/ This could go under Humour & Jokes, but I wanted to focus on the role of humour and the oral tradition in dictatorships. Examples: ============================================ Ivanov applied to the Communist Party. The party committee conducts an...
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    George Frederick d'Utassy...

    ... and Lincoln's Foreign Legion. Here's a piece of information I know/knew next to nothing about. Any insights?
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    How to Win an Argument

    http://www.orange-papers.org/orange-winargs.html Hehehehe... ============================= Seriously, what do YOU need in order to feel YOU have won an arguement on CFC? An admission of your "rightness" from your opponent? An unofficial endorsement from other members? Support from...
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