Stories we didn't stop the presses for in 2003

[tamakun]

The Globe and Mail today had a little information on the Canadian Dollar (analysts expect the Canadian Dollar to hit $0.80 US in 2004). However, there is an article about smaller, less-important events that happened this year that they condensed into one article.

http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20031231/EWRAPUP31

Several things of note in there:
- Tim Horton's doesn't make their donuts in the stores anymore! ;_; (Nothing is sacred, yet the donuts remain holy.)
- Berlin will be creating Trashcans that will thank passersby who use them - Talking Trash, indeed
- A nine-metre (approximately 10 yards) fork was created in Rock City, NY to create - yes, a fork in the road.
- Heinz-Klaus Metzger has started an organ piece called Organ2 which is to be played as slow as possible - so it won't be finished until 2640. Thankfully he's not holding the keys down himself...

If those interest you, go and read the article. There's tons more, including a religious parrot. I don't want to spoil the whole article.

Speaking of which, anyone see today's Crossword Puzzle in the Globe and Mail? Including the clues, the thing takes up 2 whole pages. The crossword alone is more than 1/2 of a full page in the newspaper... O.o

Comments

[ex-wataame890.livejournal.com]

big crossword~

[fishfeather.livejournal.com]

Hee hee holland has had talking trashcans for ages. In the amusement park "the efteling" where everything is fairy-tale related, we have a fairy-tale called "holle bolle gijs" (fat gijs, something like that) and when you put paper in his mouth he says thankyou. And he says "papier hier" (papers here) all the time ;))