01-11-2014, 09:25 PM
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Costa Rica Declares State of Emergency
Costa Rica Declares State of Emergency As Polar Vortex Sends Temperatures Below 75 Degrees Fahrenheit.
http://elpeji.com/2014/01/10/costa-r...es-fahrenheit/
“We could be facing a national crisis,” Chinchilla said in a national address beneath an umbrella to deflect the frosty dry season sunshine. “If Niagara Falls can freeze, who’s to say that Rio Celeste or La Paz waterfalls isn’t next?”
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01-11-2014, 09:29 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Tampa, Florida
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it was 60 here today... I'm happy
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01-11-2014, 09:33 PM
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Has lived the dream!
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Where I lay my head is home...
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Jeez, even Costa Rica has an 'Onion' now?
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01-11-2014, 09:38 PM
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Dumb joke.
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01-11-2014, 10:15 PM
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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Chinchilla. Really?
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01-11-2014, 10:38 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Calgary
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If only there were a place I could express how much "polar vortex" RGMG...
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01-12-2014, 12:53 AM
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First Line Centre
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JonDuke
If only there were a place I could express how much "polar vortex" RGMG...
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It's not polar vortex, it's pronounced
p'tex 
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01-12-2014, 07:20 AM
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Self-Retirement
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Quote:
Originally Posted by troutman
Chinchilla. Really?
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That's her real name. Thankfully she will be gone in a few months. She's had the lowest approval in the nation's history.
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01-12-2014, 09:44 AM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Calgary
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Can we start tagging these horribly unfunny link-bait "humour" articles as satire or something?
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01-12-2014, 11:15 AM
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In the Sin Bin
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I think we need two tags. [Satire] and [Lame].
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01-12-2014, 12:14 PM
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Craig McTavish' Merkin
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Are there any really funny satire sites out there? Even the Onion can be hit and miss, but I can't think of any site that does it nearly as well.
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01-12-2014, 06:53 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Somewhere down the crazy river.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DownInFlames
Are there any really funny satire sites out there? Even the Onion can be hit and miss, but I can't think of any site that does it nearly as well.
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"Cracked" and "Funny or Die" have their moments.
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01-12-2014, 07:37 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Supporting Urban Sprawl
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I actually read this as "75 degrees below F" for a second before my brain realized how cold that was and where Costa Rica is .
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01-12-2014, 07:40 PM
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I think this stuff is fun, but I also understand that most of us Flames fans have forgotten how to have fun and only remember how to bitch and complain.
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01-13-2014, 12:56 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by To Be Quite Honest
I think this stuff is fun, but I also understand that most of us Flames fans have forgotten how to have fun and only remember how to bitch and complain.
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some of them are funny but I mostly get tired of the endless amount of people who pass it around thinking its real stuff (work email, etc.) then I spend the next day or two explaining to everyone in my office that it's a parody site when they want to talk about it.
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01-13-2014, 05:50 PM
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Has lived the dream!
Join Date: Apr 2004
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Yeah, it's overdone on this site as it is, but you run into in other places too. It's just too much.
Plus a lot of the new ones aren't written as well as the classic ones such as The Onion.
Lastly, you can't say 'if you don't like it, don't click on it' cause it's not represented honestly. When I saw the headline I was thinking, 'oh no, what's happened in Costa Rica?'
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01-13-2014, 06:35 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Daradon
Yeah, it's overdone on this site as it is, but you run into in other places too. It's just too much.
Plus a lot of the new ones aren't written as well as the classic ones such as The Onion.
Lastly, you can't say 'if you don't like it, don't click on it' cause it's not represented honestly. When I saw the headline I was thinking, 'oh no, what's happened in Costa Rica?'
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But that's what I did when I saw the headline as well. I have a HS friend living there who posted it and I was concerned as well. So you're asking me to edit the delivery of their joke. Which nobody should do IMO.
This falls under people who like it and people you don't, however, I have contacted Brian Burke and asked if he would do a press release apology on my behalf and he graciously agreed to do it for all Flames fans.
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