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I'm a diplomat....I failed flight school..

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Hey you better believe that in Quebec, Tabernac is the ultimate bad word. But that's what happens when you have a society totally under the thumb of the Catholic church.

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Nah. Mike Myers in his Fat Bastard suit. hell, he's from Scarborough, the other end of Toronto. He'll be great.

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There are many Jamaicans in Toronto in general, and in his part of the city in particular.

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All you can eat buffet, I've been told.

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So "raasclat" = "asswipe."

Got it.

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I'll never listen to Le Mormon Tabernac Choir the same way again!

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My next screen name is going to be Big Skull Bumbaclotting Goat.

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Mayor Tommy Boy.

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Was he John Bigboote or John Smallberries in <i>Buckaroo Banzai</i>?

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This was deeply unfunny as a born and raised Torontonian, until the city council basically neutered him, now I can laugh again! Of course, the fact that he still has supporters and has a non-zero chance of being reelected is still terrifying.

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Is anyone else curious about (or know) how the hell he knows Jamaican patois?

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<a href="http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch\?v=y2R3FvS4xr4" target="_blank">Well, you have to know these things when you're a mayor, you know</a>.

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<a href="http:\/\/www.figmentfly.com\/bb\/badguys3.html" target="_blank">Black Lectroid</a>, dude.

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<i>Toronto Mayor Rob Ford</i> <i> the very drunk mayor</i>

Isn't that becoming just a wee bit redundant?

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<i>Now, Mayor did you hear about this one? Tell me, have you tried the spiked punch? Mayor are you goofing on Elvis? Hey, baby Are you having fun?

If you believed that this elected buffoon What a maroon If you believe there's nothing up his sleeve Then nothing is cool.</i>

I know. The original didn't make any sense either.

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