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I’ve Been Keeping a Low Profile Since the Lockout
By George Smith, VP of Human Resources
There comes a time when all of us consider drastic career moves. For me personally, it came during the 2005 lockout when I saw a Photoshopped picture of myself on the internet, one of me drinking blood directly from a newborn baby. It was then that I thought to myself: “Perhaps I should consider a position in the private sector?” …
The full text of this article has 567 words.
What’s Wrong With You [Admittedly Impressive Specimens of Male Genitalia]?
By An Excitable Viewer on the Telephone
Transcribed by CBC Communications
A [fascinating] shootout, and then the last [possible] second, you cut to the [equally fascinating] Toronto game? My tax dollars pay for this? I’ve [really] had it with you [broadcasters who seem to have an unhealthy and possible sexual fascination with your own mothers] …
The full text of this article has 836 words.
What Is It That I Do All Day?
By The Assistant Chief of Risk Management
(formerly the Associate Manager of Change Management)
I realize that some people are confused as to what my position requires of me. In practice the process can be very difficult, and balancing between risks with a high probability of occurrence but lower loss vs. a risk with high loss but lower probability of occurrence can often be mishandled …
The full text of this article has 109,566 words and 2 Powerpoints.
Under Da ‘Hood At CBC.ca
By Bling Crosby
Yo checkit: your mom circulates like a public key, servicin’ more requests than HTTP. She keeps all her ports open like Windows ME, ’cause dat’s da way we do it at da CBC. DWORD to your moms, I came to drop bombs; I got more rhymes that San Jose’s got dotcoms. I rep the Farm like 50 reps Queens, wit more power than multitape Turing Machines …
The full text of this article has 47 rhymes.
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10 Comments
After Lee, who next? Who will turn out the lights?
All I can say is….
microsoft w0rd!
Thanks for the Lunchlaff.
Humour…the last resort of the intelligent and frustrated.
I feel a little guilty.
I can’t take credit for the rap, I stole the lyrics from the seminal nercore track So Much Drama in the PhD and changed them a bit.
And the risk management part I got from wikipedia.
Awe-some.
If I was paying to view this blog that’d totally justify the cost.
My best laugh all week. Thanks, Ouimet!
Nerdcore. Love it.
Sign me up, you lunatic.
You’ve got as many hot multiple personalities as Catherine O’Hara.
Forget the bureaucracy, let’s do some simulcasting!
(Chorus of “posters”:
Get a chat room, you two!)
Whoops. Forgot where I was.
Listen you faceless, pathetic, conceited moron. Nobody gets away with saying what they want in my world.
How dare you blog and have an opinion.
Why, when I find out who you are …
… ah, who am I kidding. You’re an absolute gem, Ouimet.
funny, but I came here hoping for a big Nancy Lee kiss-off.
The powerpoint diss was nice. How much powerpoint do we really need around the ceeb? Zero?
Hahaha! Oh, Ouimet, how I love you.
And sponsored by Jig-a-loo, I’m impressed! :)