09-07-2011, 11:59 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Fort McMurray, AB
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Win a Wife contest
Edmonton's The Bear radio station is drawing plenty of controversy with their latest contest where you could "win" a foreign wife.
http://www.thebearrocks.com/contests...fe/browse.aspx
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Thomas Lukaszuk, a Progressive Conservative MLA for the riding of Edmonton-Castle Downs, wrote on Facebook and Twitter that the contest was “deplorable” and demanded an apology from the station.
“The implied comparison of a wife being a prize that can be won like any other object just doesn’t sound good and it doesn’t feel right,” Lukaszuk told the Star.
He pulled his ministry’s advertising from the station in protest.
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http://watch.ctv.ca/news/latest/win-a-wife/#clip527835
It's surely drumming up interest for and against and I suppose that's the point.
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09-08-2011, 12:17 AM
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#2
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First Line Centre
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Women as a prize to be won...like The Bachelorette?
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09-08-2011, 12:30 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Somewhere down the crazy river.
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What kind of prize does somebody want that will cost them money? Will he win his divorce settlement in 3 months, too?
Come to think of it. Winning a fully paid, walk away free and clean divorce would be a pretty appealing prize... for somebody so inclined to want that.
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09-08-2011, 12:32 AM
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Redundant Minister of Redundancy
Self-Banned
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Originally Posted by Wormius
What kind of prize does somebody want that will cost them money? Will he win his divorce settlement in 3 months, too?
Come to think of it. Winning a fully paid, walk away free and clean divorce would be a pretty appealing prize... for somebody so inclined to want that.
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The price is murder.
In Canada you'll be out before you know it. Not that I've contacted a coroner to help me get away with it or anything....
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09-08-2011, 12:32 AM
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Don't click that link!
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Rural Alberta
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Are these the disposable kind? I hate having to re-use the same one over and over.
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09-08-2011, 12:59 AM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: The wagon's name is "Gaudreau"
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Not sure why... but the Herald decided to put together some random pictures of girls from russianbrides.com....not that I'm really complaining.. some are pretty nice looking 
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Looking...179/story.html
Although why do I get the feeling that the one you win will look nothing at all like these...
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09-08-2011, 01:52 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Shanghai
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Someone ought to write a book telling the stories of the lives and experiences of people who use this kind of service, both the brides and the buyers. I bet it would be really interesting.
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09-08-2011, 02:04 AM
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First Line Centre
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Yeah "winning" someone to get half....
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09-08-2011, 03:21 AM
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On Hiatus
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Calgary Alberta Canada
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So does she have sex with you before or after she gets the citizenship papers?
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09-08-2011, 06:40 AM
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Backup Goalie
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
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A local Ottawa station is running a contest where the winner gets a baby
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09-08-2011, 09:04 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Lethbridge
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Helllllllllo Natalyia...
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09-08-2011, 09:12 AM
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God of Hating Twitter
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Oh those Russians....
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09-08-2011, 09:28 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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This sounds like a negative prize.
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09-08-2011, 10:02 AM
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God of Hating Twitter
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Problem is, this is the one you'll probably get.
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09-08-2011, 12:07 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Definitions:
bigamy: one wife too many
monogamy: one wife too many
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09-08-2011, 12:13 PM
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RealtorŪ
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Teh_Bandwagoner
Not sure why... but the Herald decided to put together some random pictures of girls from russianbrides.com....not that I'm really complaining.. some are pretty nice looking
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Looking...179/story.html
Although why do I get the feeling that the one you win will look nothing at all like these... |
They all look so...........so Russian however while others are choosing their favorites I might as well join!
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09-08-2011, 02:30 PM
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GOAT!
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Originally Posted by Huntingwhale
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I thought your image-posting rights were taken away...
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