Cole's Notes - The Sunday Journalist

Cole's Notes At our recent team meeting - the idea came up for us to all find commercials that tell a story about us. Well, my contribution is from last year - but since it's almost Christmas again this year - I thought I'd contribute this: Click on the arrow to play - or use the SHARE button to send a copy along to someone else. The video is permalinked here. As well, you can click on the envelope below to send the entire article to someone via an e-mail, or leave your comments on the ad or any part of Cole's Notes.

Yeah - I know - it's a troll to drive traffic.......

Heard on QR 77 this morning: A Guy goes into a bar with a robot bartender. The robot asks him what his IQ is. He replies, "150". The robot begins to chat with him about science, computers, all sorts of things. Another guy walks in, and the robot asks him what his IQ is. The guy says "Average - about 100" - so the robot starts to talk sports, cars and women to this guy. Finally, a third guy walks in and the robot asks him his IQ. The guy says' "I dunno - about 50?" So the robot turns to him and says, very slowly... "So -- are -- you -- going -- to -- vote -- Liberal -- again?"

Cross posted from Western Standard and the The econoclast . I usually don't put politics up here - but it's such a good story. CLASSIC VERSION: The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks he's a fool, and laughs and dances and plays the summer away. Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed. The shivering grasshopper has no food or shelter, so he dies out in the cold. THE CANADIAN VERSION: The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks he's a fool, and laughs and dances and plays the summer away. Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed. So far, so good, eh? The shivering grasshopper calls a press conference and demands to know why the ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed while others less fortunate, like him, are cold and starving. The CBC shows up to provide live coverage ...

Logging on, on the John - Net follows Americans everywhere Agence France-Presse Washington, December 5, 2005 Flushing out the secrets of America's websurfers, a new survey of Internet use has found that more and more people are logging on -- in the bathroom. The snapshot of how the Internet has changed American life, concluded that home wireless connections were allowing people to stay connected everywhere -- even in the smallest room in the house. "A significant number of Americans use the computer connection in the bathroom," said Jeffrey Cole, of the University of Southern California (USC) Annenberg School Centre for the Digital Future. Since people were unlikely to be surfing in the bath, or while brushing their teeth, Cole said he had concluded that many of them went off into cyberspace while on the throne. "Over half of those who used Wi-fi had used it in the bathroom," said Cole, remarking that he believed some people in busy homes retreated there for s...