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Vienna Woods's avatar

Oh, I know, and well into the 60's. My late aunt in Leamington on Lake Erie, born in 1911, used to reminisce about how the mayflies inundated the town in the spring, so many that the expired ones lay in heaps under the streetlights. She said that they were a major nuisance, but that she would be thrilled to see them again, because it would mean that the lake was healthy again. That was in the 80's. She's been gone for more than 20 years, but I'm sure she'd be thrilled to know that the mayflies are back, pissing people off.

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Vienna Woods's avatar

They do make rum at Hiram Walker's in Windsor, so there's that.

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Vienna Woods's avatar

You're too late for that. Been happening for years.

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Vienna Woods's avatar

Those dicks aren't going to blow themselves.

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Vienna Woods's avatar

I know for a fact that one of my ancestors swam across the Detroit River on his horse in, like, 1794.

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𝔅𝔢𝔢𝔩𝔷𝔢𝔟𝔲𝔟𝔟𝔞's avatar

"who the hell is going to empty the dumpsters or mow the lawn"

That's what the "striving immigrants" are for. With no minimum wage, they can strive until they die; meanwhile the dumpsters get emptied and the lawns get mowed.

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Vienna Woods's avatar

Fun fact. Back in the day it was called Hog Island, and one of my ancestors farmed there right after the revolution. But then he decided he'd rather get free land in Canada so he got out of there.

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𝔅𝔢𝔢𝔩𝔷𝔢𝔟𝔲𝔟𝔟𝔞's avatar

So you end up with what amounts to a libertardian homeowners' association? You could sell tickets to that show.

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𝔅𝔢𝔢𝔩𝔷𝔢𝔟𝔲𝔟𝔟𝔞's avatar

Gotta keep Jay-Z out somehow.

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𝔅𝔢𝔢𝔩𝔷𝔢𝔟𝔲𝔟𝔟𝔞's avatar

That's an <a href="https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch\?v=iesXUFOlWC0" target="_blank">astonishingly good idea. </a>

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Zippy W. Pinhead's avatar

more importantly, can they make change for a trillion dollar coin?

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Zippy W. Pinhead's avatar

the island of Ross Perot...

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𝔅𝔢𝔢𝔩𝔷𝔢𝔟𝔲𝔟𝔟𝔞's avatar

It used to freeze, back in the day when thermometers were not liberally biased.

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𝔅𝔢𝔢𝔩𝔷𝔢𝔟𝔲𝔟𝔟𝔞's avatar

I'm sure there are plenty of Kinkade and McNaughton wannabes who'd be happy to crank out wingnutty artworks.

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JustPixelz: IV%'er's avatar

Prosperous cities have a vibrant cultural life with artistes and whatnot. It's all so fru-fru to the greedy class. And artists* have a liberal bias because of, you know, thinking hard about the world. _________________________________ * except Jon McNaughton who is stoopid.

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