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I live in North York Center of Toronto, and I am new here. Can anyone tell me where is the nearest swiming pool? You could try calling the city's 311 service.

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Is it true that Canadians rent the English language from the Queen of England? Close - Canada actually leases the English language under the terms of the British North America Act of 1867, with an option to buy in 2067.

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Who was the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada in 1992? Brian Mulroney was the leader of the Conservative Party as well as Prime Minister of Canada in 1992. He would retire a year later, massively unpopular with Canadians.

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Canada has history? A famous quote from an unknown native elder: "If this is your land, where are your stories?"

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Ignatieff supported Harper, now he's talkin' tuff. Layton was gung ho, now he open to a deal. Will Harper continue to walk on air for another year or two? Say what you will about Stephen Harper as a leader (he's terrible, etc) he is a master at parliamentary games, playing opposition parties off each other effortlessly. Because it takes all three opposition parties working together to bring down Harper's government, he only ever needs one partner to dance at any one time. With the Liberals now gunning for an election, you would think...

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Mr. Shinohara immigrates Gavrilo Princip's family to America in 1900, so nobody assassinates Archduke Ferdinand 14 years later and starts World War I. What happens differently in Europe? World War 1 happens anyway, triggered at a later, but inevitable date. Perhaps the Archduke Ferdinand lives out the remainder of his life and dies peacefully of natural causes. Pre-war Europe was a dry forest, waiting for the smallest spark to erupt.

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How come Harper and Martin faced threats from non-confidence, while Mulroney and Chretien didn't? Brian Mulroney and Jean Chretien were blessed with what today seems impossible: majority governments. That is to say, their respective parties controlled more than half the seats in the House of Commons, meaning that they were never in danger of being toppled by the opposition parties. Since Chretien stepped down, no leader has been able to muster enough support in an election to command a...

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Are there many immigrants in Canada? Where do most come from? How well have they integrated into Canadian society? Immigration is one of the most important topics in the discussion of Canadian history. Canada is, similar to the United States, a nation of immigrant. Where these immigrants have come from has changed significantly in the last 150 years. Originally comprised of people of British and French backgrounds, Canada was soon welcoming Americans (Loyalists) after the War of Independence. Beginning in...

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Canadian firm Magna is buying GM's European arm Opel & Vauxhal. Does Canada have any history making cars or is this a first for them? The Ford Motor Company of Canada was founded in 1904, so you might say they've been doing it for a while. Ontario has traditionally been the centre of Canada's automobile manufacturing industry, mainly in cities like Windsor (across from Detroit) and Oshawa. Ontario has been hurt badly by the recent collapse of the auto industry.

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Which campus of the University of Toronto is more well-known: Scarborough or St. George? The St. George campus is the UofT's oldest (1827) and most well known campus. It contains the university's most iconic architecture (e.g University College, Robarts Library), the largest number of students and a highly visible downtown location. When people think UofT, they aren't thinking Scarborough.

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Do you have any special "house rules" for when you play Monopoly? I recently played a game with people who went by the book and it was a little disorienting. My house rules: money collects for Free Parking, no auctions, and only counting cash on hand in determining net worth for income tax purposes (speeds things up). I'm sure there are more, but these three got me in trouble.

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What do you think of this "coalition" in the Canadian government right now? Isn't this just mutiny? Can someone explain this more in detail to me? The proposed coalition government put forth by the Liberal and NDP, with support of the Bloc, is absolutely in no way undemocratic or illegal. It is how our parliamentary system works. Stephen Harper won the last election, but with only a minority government. The onus was on him to work with the other parties to move ahead. That is how minority governments work. If you want to survive, you...

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How does your average Canadian feel about French séparatists seizing control of their country and becoming their new leaders? I am disappointed that this has become an issue of Bloc support when it should be about Stephen Harper. I hope that the average Canadian is capable of distinguishing Conservative rhetoric from fact and I hope that Stephen Harper accepts the loss of confidence with grace and humility.

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How was the U.S. Acquisition of the Isthmus of Panama justified? Nationalization of the canal (and just nationalization as a principle) was viewed as a first step towards communism, and more importantly it would have severely hurt American business interests

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What had a large impact on the Plains Indians? Arrival of the railway + decimation of the buffalo, in no particular order

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What differing conceptions of freedom did white people and slaves cultivate in the pre-Civil War "Cotton South"? How did the cotton economy-and its brutal slave labor system-dominate the lives of both white and African-American southerners? Many slave owners held a paternalistic view of their slaves, and believed that their slaves were treated well and that they were better off as slaves than they would have been otherwise. When plantation owners began returning to their homes following the Civil War, many were surprised to find that their formers slaves had not held such rosy view of their time in the fields.

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How did the 3/5 compromise over slavery affect America in the 18th century? You could make the argument that, as bad as the policy of recognizing certain people as being less than wholly human was, it may also having given a blacks a foot in the door, because now, under law, blacks were considered people, a fact that had not been previously recognized.

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What regions of Canada are most diverse ? Why are these regions diverse? Where do people choose to immigrate to most in these reions and why? Canada's large urban areas (Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver) are the most diverse in the country. Toronto is (arguably) the most diverse city in the world. Immigrants often choose to settle down in major cities to be close to preexisting immigrant communities which helps minimize the culture shock and provides social outlets where otherwise new immigrants might find themselves isolated.

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Was there a Canadian revolution? Most notably perhaps were the Upper and Lower Canada Rebellions of 1837 and 1838. In typically charming Canadian fashion they were both short and orderly but had long term consequences. You could make the argument if need be that they were an important early step on the way to Confederation in 1867.

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How can people honestly believe that the Holocaust DIDN'T happen? Did 35 million or more people just suddenly disappear between 1939 and 1945? Holocaust deniers are generally neo-nazis who believe that the only real road block to re-establishing Nazism as a viable political position is the continuing lingering memory of the Holocaust. They understand that as long as their ideology is tied down in memories of genocide, they won't be able to get anywhere. Fascist Nazi ideology is still (thankfully) a non-starter in the west. ...

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IF I BAY THE LAND IN CAADA CAN I GO THERE PLZ.I HEAR FROM SAME ONE HE TOLD ME SO BUT I LIKE TO GO THERE TO LIVE THERE.BUT I DONT NO THAT IF THERE WORK SO OK YOU SHOULD DEF COM UP HERE BUT BRRRRING (HAHAHAHA THAT WAS A JOKE) LOTS OF WARM COLTHS CUZ IT IS SSSOO COLD I WANT TO MOVE ACTULY BUT MY MOM SAYS THEIR R TWO MANY GUNS IN AMERIKKKA (THATS HOW MY BIG BRO SPELS IT BUT I DONT NOW WHY)

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Do you think Justin Trudeau will be Canada's "Obama"? Justin Trudeau benefits from being having a good brand as a last name and being young and handsome at a time when Canadians are desperate for someone to give them the same shot of hope + excitement that Obama delivered south of the border. But have you ever heard Justin Trudeau speak? Justin Trudeau is not his father and he is not Barack Obama. It is wishful thinking to say otherwise.

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Is there such a thing as being too patriotic? Patriotism to the extreme becomes a troubling form of nationalism. If you believes your nation/country/state to have an inherent superiority over all others, then you have taken your patriotism too far. A hallmark of fascist governments was the fostering of intense nationalistic pride within its citizens

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How did Che Guevara influence the twentieth century? Ugh so many awful t-shirts worn by so many awful people. Thanks Che

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What are Superman's powers? Whatever is narratively convenient/necessary

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Would you rather live under a dictatorship or in a state of anarchy/civil war? So would you rather live in Iraq pre- or post- Saddam essentially

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Does Freedom of Speech make a person Free, or does independence make one Free? In this Case who would be free: a prisoner/inmate with unlimited freedom of speech; or one that owns land, family, has privacy, but has no freedom of speech? I don't see how you can have privacy and independence but not free speech. If some one has taken that away from you you are hardly independent and free

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Would you rather be poor and live in a democracy with minimal government interference in peoples lives, or be rich and live in a socialist country with a lot of government control? A libertarian state is the last place I would want to be if I was poor

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Which player has made the most appearances in NHL finals? I don't know for sure, but I believe it is Henri Richard with 12

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I heard some time ago,that Michael Jordan is not a very bright person but his handlers make sure the public does not see it, is this true? He was in Space Jam....

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Please finish: I'll punch you soo hard that...? you'll love me forever.

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When did women get the right to vote in America and Canada? 1918 in Canada, 1920 in the US

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What was the worst recorded tragedy in the history of mankind? You can't compare tragedies like this. Who are we to say one atrocity is worse than another; that the Holocaust was worse than Hiroshima; Rwanda worse than Srebenica; that sorry your family was killed, and sorry your people were wiped out but those people over there got it worse than you.

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What is your favorite Ben Stiller movie? Zoolander. That Hansel is so hot right now

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Do you think the leafs will trade mats sundin this year? Yes, absolutely, emphatically, yes. The Leafs are no good and the best thing to do now would be to blow it up and rebuild, because the playoffs are not going to happen for Toronto whether Mats Sundin plays or not. Of course the larger problem is Toronto's embarrassing management situation, and until that's resolved (sometime in 2015) don't expect any steps forward.

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What is the point of Canadians well we make basically all the world's maple syrup

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Where in Canada would you recommend visiting? I hear it's a beautiful country! I would suggest Cape Breton Island in the east. It is wonderful. Rugged and remote and quiet and beautiful and just an amazing place to visit

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I'm new to hockey, and have been enjoying the AHL. I their rink smaller then the NHL, because it kind of looks that way on TV. Also, what is offsides? Can someone explain in a simple way what offsides is? To be brief, the rinks are the same size in both leagues and to simplify the offside rule, just know that an attacking player can not cross the opponent's blue line before the puck

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When do you think another city will get an NHL team (either an expansion or by buying a team), and who do you think that city will be? It's looking like Nashville is going to leave sooner or later (another season or two) and it's awful but one of the front runners to house the Predators is Kansas City. Toronto deserves another team, and Winnipeg could support a team, and Seattle would probably work and even Las Vegas would be fine as long as it wasn't Kansas City

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Whats the best slang term for being Drunk? Trashed or shitfaced

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Can you put backgrounds and glitter stuff and more on your facebook? Yes absolutely. Follow this link: http://www.myspace.com

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Who likes the toronto maple leafs It's more of a love/hate relationship these days...

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Who was the first Swiss player to play in the NHL? From what I can gather it was Mark Hardy, who was drafted 30th overall in 1979 and made his debut the same year. He played his junior in Canada though, and represented Canada on the international stage. He managed more the 900 games in the NHL which is pretty good wherever you're from. http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=10608

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In your esteemed opinion, who is the best ever defensive forward ever in the NHL? I don't know about ever, but Kris Draper is one of the best today.

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If a player is awarded a penalty shot and scores does the players on the ice at the time get plus 1 or just the guy who scores I don't believe anybody gets a plus or a minus. The only time plus and minus comes in is when both teams are at even strength

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Who was the dirtiest player in NHL history? Darius Kasparaitis deserves a mention.

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What are the names of some funny webcomics? i already love natalie dee, married to the sea, toothpastefordinner, and cyanide and happiness. Man I got a million. The Perry Bible Fellowship, Dinosaur Comics, and Achewood for starters and then we'll move straight into Wondermark (which you'd probably like if you're into married to the sea), Bear and Kitten, Beaver and Steve and finish off with Minus to clear the palate. There are a lot of really special webcomics out there.

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Who was the last russian czar? Putin. Discuss

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If I'm right there was in around 900AD a viking invasion of North America? Is there much Info about this? Any Written Material? any Arechology? Were Exactly did the Vikings land? What was the Reaction of the American Indians? To wit, the remains of a large (well, "large") viking settlement exist in Newfoundland at a site called L'Anse Aux Meadows. Whether this is where Lief Ericsson did his thing is apparently up for debate but we do know for sure for sure that the vikings were here long before anybody else in Europe. As for interactions with the natives, they called them skraelings and some will...

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Did African American soldiers make a significant difference in the American Civil War? Absolutely. The knowledge that there were black battalions and black soldiers fighting against the Confederacy was very powerful for still enslaved blacks. The South's economy completely destabilized as more and more slaves revolted.

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What's the absolute worst book you were forced to read in high school? Cat's Eye, Margaret Atwood

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Which of the caniadian prime ministers was in office at the out break of WW1 Robert Borden was the Prime Minister at the out break of WWI and remained in office throughout the war from 1911-1920. Got his face on the hundred dollar bill for his troubles.

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Please, write a paragraph about the night, if you dare? I can't see the stars. Too much interference, too much pollution, too much light. Night lasts six months at the poles, but here, here in the city, night never really comes. Not true night, just a poor imitation. People sleep on either way; if you've never seen a starry sky expand infinitely above you, than the sickly purple glow won't bother you, why should it. But for those who...

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Anyone willing to critique a short story I just wrote? Everyone seems to love it, but I feel the need to be critical. I certainly don't mean to sound like a bitter English teacher, but I felt that the characters were all... well, cliche. Derek, Kyle and Johnny all feel like cardboard cut outs I've seen before and the dialogue (never easy to write, I know) doesn't feel natural. "No dummy. That would be boring. We should pretend...

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What is Jesus' favorite food? Burritos probably

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Does anyone know why there is terrorism? What do these terrorists want and is it ok to asume that their demands are attainable or even reasonable for all this bulls!@t to stop? Terrorism will exist as long as there are people who are outside the system who do not believe that the current political structure around them can help them achieve their goals. They choose violence because they believe the powers that be will not listen or act on their behalf, so they resort to violence. Terrorists can have goals behind their destruction, but it can also be violence for the...

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What sorts of things crumble (preferably things that aren't food but that works too)? Relationships

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How do you think religion originated? Dudes be afraid of dieing

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Why should canada become a republic? Man, forget that. What has the Queen ever done to you? There's nothing glaringly wrong with the current set up, so I say leave it be.

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What are your thoughts on this statement? Every time the media reports a terrorist attack, the terrorists win. The terrorists only win when we restrict our own freedoms in order to make ourselves, ahem, safer.

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Could 40 lions kill a t-rex? Serious, science-based opinions only, please. Guys what if the lions had monkeys on their backs and the monkeys had these little submachine guns but the T-Rex was allowed to wear a giant T-Rex kevlar vest and use nun-chuks too, would the lions then be able to kill it? Serious, science-based opinions only, please.

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Why are liberals so quick to be hateful do you think? Today's alterna-question: Why are conservatives so quick to be hateful do you think?

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Are there dinosaurs in the bible? Or does it skip over that scientific fact and go straight to humans (Adam/Eve)? C-could it be because the Bible was written by dudes who naturally would not have known that 65 million years earlier giant lizards had been the dominant lifeform on Earth? C-could that be it?

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China just recently executed their Food and Drug administrator for accepting bribes... should we do the same thing with our politicians here in the US? Because the US should be taking tips from a repressive, brutal, secretive pseudo-communism like China?

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How many years do you think it will be before the Chinese economy collapses due to pollution and environmental degradation? Many, many, many years and anything else is probably just wishful thinking. The Chinese economy is just getting started man. How's your Mandarin? We'd all start boning up if we were smart.

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What are your thoughts on the New Jersey Devils? The Devils are a perennially good hockey team with one of the most resourceful and wily GMs in the game with Lou Lamoriello. As long as they have Martin Brodeur, they are worth watching out for. However, with Scott Gomez and Brain Rafalski leaving now, you have to wonder how well they will do next season.

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What is the tennis court oath? The Tennis Court Oath was an up yours by France's Third Estate to the King shortly before the French Revolution began. The Third Estate, made up of the businessmen and commoners, in a fit of outrage organized an ad hoc meeting in tennis court and called themselves the National Assembly and demanded a say in the way France was run.

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Why don't they have a grid of tethered surveillance balloons covering Baghdad? Around 100 or so, equipped for day and night vision could spot the ied planters and follow them home. They could also spot anyone trying to shoot down a balloon. Also, start implanting chips inside everybody's head so that the balloons are able to identify everybody they see. Then arm the balloons too and program them to shoot at anyone without a chip implanted which would be totally ok guys because the only ones without chips would be the bad guys anyways. And from there Middle East Peace is basically assured pretty much. And I'm sure that...

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How do I fail a class? Oh man, a question I know something about. Ok, ok, it's easy, so easy you won't believe. First you sign up for it and then - this is the good part - you don't go to class. Auto fail right there baby. Alternatively, go to class but don't do the work. That works to, but I mean, then you're left with all those wasted hours in class when you could have been, I don't...

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What is your favorite book? Lolita by Nabokov. It is dark, but it is so beautiful at the same time.

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What is your perception of NAMBLA? Ok, the first time I heard of NAMBLA was through an episode of South Park, and so I assumed at the time that it was a fictional group from the minds of Parker and Stone. Imagine my surprise, my disbelief, my disgust when I finally realized that there actually was a national orginization out there dedicated to the advancement of man-boy love. It is patently ridiculous.

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Rudi Guliani has announced his intention for running for President in 2008. Do you think he would make a good president? why or why not? Rudi is a one trick pony, and his trick is getting stale. If he could go five minutes without bringing up 9/11 maybe he would be an option.

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I know you are, but what am I? A garbage man

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If you were allowed to hang a banner from the Empire State Building for a day, what would you write on it? "Carry On"

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What's your favorite play on names? (like Ken U. Diggit or I.P. freely) Heywood Jablome

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I'm reading Nabokov's Pale Fire. Would it be wiser to read the poem, and then read it again with the notes, or just read the poem with the notes the first time? Is the poem *completely* dependant on Nabokov's notes? When I read it, I read both simultaneously, and it worked out well. I figured, I'd be referring to the poem anyways while I read the commentary, so I might as well save myself some time. It is an excellent book and wonderfully complex.

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Do you think that George Bush will withdraw troops before he leaves office? That wouldn't be a very smart political move. If he's thinking about his legacy, he'll leave the next president, preferably Democrat, to clean up the mess and take the blow. Bringing them home now wouldn't make any sense at all.

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Does The firing of New Jersey Devils Coach Claude Julien with less than a week to go in the regular season. (the Devils won 4 of their last 5 games. The team is in first place in the Atlantic Division with three games to go.) make any sense to you? If this was any team but New Jersey, and any GM but Sweet Lou Lamoriello, this would be a crazy move. But it is, and it isn't, so it could still work out. Lamoriello has done this before, and it resulted in a Stanley Cup.

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What do you think of when you think of New Jersey? (You got me going Singwell) Turnpikes and grey skies

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Do you believe drugs can kill you? It's really not a matter of belief. They can and do kill people all the time.

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Did you konw taht tehre was a sutdy to povre taht you can raed as lnog as the frsit and lsat ltetres in the wrod are crrecot? The rset of the wdros can all be jbmueld tgeohter. Tihs is bacseue the hmaun mnid rdaes the wlohe wrod and not jsut the lteter. I'm fairly certain most people should be able to read this, or at least way more than 55%. And just to nitpick, even if it was just 55%, that's still a majority - it's the people who can't read it who have the strgnae minds ;)

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Do you perceive bus riders as low-class citizens? That would involve perceiving myself as a low-class citizen, which I'm fairly certain I am not. Not everyone can afford a car, or even wants to. In my city at least (Toronto) public transportation will take you everywhere you need to go, and especially in light of the sudden need to curb our consumption, I view people who take the bus as nothing short of heroes. :)

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Do you like facebook? Have you used it yet? It's only as good as the number of people you know on it. That said, if you were to stack Facebook and Myspace up next to eachother, Facebook would easily win. Facebook is easy to use, and looks very clean and professional, compared with Myspace which frankly looks like it was designed by my 11 year old brother.

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What is your fave Dane Cook joke? My favourite definitely has to be that one where he says something that isn't really that funny, but he kinda yells it loudly enough that maybe you think it is. Or wait, I forget, is that every Dane Cook joke? ;D

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Do you think the senate should be abolished or kept? We need to get rid of the senate. In its current form, it is largely irrelevant, and its only functions are to rubber stamp bills from the house of commons and to provide cushy jobs for aging friends of the prime minister. It is filled with toothless appointees, put there by long gone Prime Ministers. Stephen Harper suggested democratizing the upper house by making Senate seats elected...

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What was John Locke's greatest contribution to society? We have a lot to thank John Locke for. He's considered one of, if not the founder of modern liberal thought. His best known work was the Second Treatise on Government, in which he attacked the ideas of absolutism and the king's divine right to rule, as well as placed a huge emphasis on the importance of private property in civil society. He was a huge influence the American...

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Why does it seem that a growing percentage of teens and young adults today are very liberal and outspoken? (PLEASE...NO partisan views or biased answers. Objective answers only!) Yeah, I seriously wish that today's young'uns would shut up and sit down, kind of like, you know, the boomers did back in the sixties. Oh wait. My bad. That's what young people do best: they go against the status quo. My point being that there's no point in getting worried about a bunch of rowdy, liberal teens because they're just going to turn up into a bunch of...

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Why some teachers won't let you write with red ink pens? Teachers traditionally use red pen to mark and correct your work. When you use it, it kind of throws them for a loop. And when it comes to this kind of stuff, it's better not to rock the boat. These are the people responisble for your grades after all.

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What countries were the central powers in WW1? The Central Powers were made up of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire.

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Were the Jews responsible for the economic collapse of Germany after WWI? Only if you believe Mein Kampf. The Jews, and quite a few other groups (e.g the communists and socialists) took a lot of the blame in Germany for their defeat and subsequent manhandling at Versaille. The Allies should shoulder most of the blame though for forcing reparations and other crippling sanctions on an already floundering state.

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What caused the Kulturkampf to occur in Germany? The Kulturkampf (culture struggle) was Bismarck's attempt to curtail the influence of the Roman Catholic Church's power in Germany. The measure's included banning Jesuits, religious teacher's in government schools and making marriage a solely civil institution. It didn't work out so well, and if anything, ended up bolstering the Catholic Church's support in...

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Will you or will you not vote for Barak Obama? Why or why not? I am really curious If I had the right passport, I'd vote for the guy in a second

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Do you know any foreign swear words? If so, which ones? You only need to know one in Greek: Malaka, which means wanker.

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Of the 4 major team sports in North America, 1 had its Hall of Fame open on Feb 17 sometime back in history. Which Hall of Fame is this and in what year. (provide links) That would be the baskeball hall of fame, or properly, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, which opened February 17, 1968 in Springfield, Massachusets. Linky: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball_Hall_of_Fame

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Certain races are characterized with certain qualities. i.e: Chinese often shy and thought to be smart, African Americans are thought to be very athletic, etc. Do you think these are racially inherited, or can one create or overcome these characteristics? Your question is flawed. Your certain qualities are little more than shaky stereotypes. Race has nothing to do with it.

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Should play by play hockey anouncers be able to be biased towards their team during broadcasts or is this unprofessional behavior? I really wouldn't have it any other way. When I watch local broadcasts of my Maple Leafs I kind of expect them to focus on my team, you know? The announcers shouldn't be wearing pom poms or anything, but to expect them to be strictly neutral is, to put it lightly, unrealistic.

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Do you think players should be allowed to fight in Hockey? Yes, emphatically. Hockey is too physical, too emotional a game to take it out completely. The argument may be trite, but fighting is a part of the game. I think that the NHL is reaching a good level of fighting. With the advent of the new rules, skill is back on top, meaning teams have less room for boxers on skates. There is such a thing as too many fights, but a conservative sprinkling...

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All American Rejects or My Chemical Romancee Your question is flawed. It's like asking, "Cyanide, or drano?"

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Why are jeans blue? From http://www.designboom.com/eng/education/denim2.html "why is denim blue? denim is unique in it's singular connection with one colour. the warp yarn is traditionally dyed with the blue pigment obtained from indigo dye. until the introduction of synthetic dyes, at the end of the 19th century, indigo was the most significant natural dye known to mankind, linked with pratical...

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What are your thought's on the band My Chemical Romance? They try too hard, and wear too much of their mothers' mascara for me to be able to take them seriously.

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Do you think soccer will ever be popular in the USA? Soccer will never truly succeed in the US. The sport is not made for American TV. There are low scores, few high light reel moments, no commercial breaks and David Beckham and all that aside, no real star power. Soccer fans can get satisfaction simply from a well placed pass, a close shot, or worst of all, the zero-zero tie. Can you imagine a 0-0 game being recapped on ESPN? Soccer just...

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What do you think about the Saddam Hussein verdict and sentence? Marshall McLuhan once said, "Convictions depend on speed-ups; justice requires delay". They got Saddam all right, but so what? On the 30th of December, they executed him, after a hasty excuse for a sham of a trial. Was Iraq really any different the next day? What did executing him accomplish, other than proving the ineptitude of the Iraqi justice system and sowing the seeds of...

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What do you think about people who eat fast food everyday trying to sue the fast food companies because they have become obese? Well, ok, the consensus seems to be overwhelmingly against our litigious fat people, and for the most part, so am I. It does smack of opportunism and greed, and it would perhaps serve as an endorsement for abandoning personal responsibility and sound judgement by we the consumers. However, there is something to be said for corporate responsibility. Yes, we may have a choice whether to eat...

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What is the explanation for the winter paradox, that is, the weather keeps getting colder even after the daylight hours get longer? During the warmer months, the earth absorbs heat from the sun, and then slowly releases it. Because of that, we don't begin to feel the full effect of the decreased sunlight until a few months after the fall equinox, and conversely, we don't begin to feel the full effect of the increased sunlight until a few months after the spring equinox.

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Do you like the hockey Vancouver Canucks? I'm not crazy about them. If you ask me, they always seem to underachieve compared to the talent they have on the ice.

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Can you finish this sentence? I have a _____ in my _____. I have a wocket in my pocket.

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Would you support a 20% raise for WalMart workers, if it meant a 10% increase in the prices you paid? This is really an economics question. WalMart is irrelevant. I'd like to say I would. I mean, since when were rock-bottom prices the end-all, be-all of existence? There are some things more important than saving five dollars. Not that I shop at Wal-mart mind you. Just thought I'd make that clear.

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Do you agree with the idea of having a minimum wage? I do agree with it... but I think it's more because I'm currently receiving it, then because of any deep rooted political beliefs. Though, I'm fairly confidant that if the government wasn't forcing my fast food company to pay me my $7.75/hour (that would be in Canadian dollars), that number would be somewhat lower.

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According to Karl Marx, what are the pre-requisites for socialism and communism? I was learning about Marxist theory a few months ago, and my memory might be a little fuzzy, but here we go anyway. Before a society can advance to communism, it must first have a bourgeois class and a working class. Because of the inherent flaws in capitalism (so says Marx), the workers will be continually alienated and marginalized, while all the wealth will be gradually consolidated in the...

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What is the name of your blog(s)? What's this? A chance to shamelessly plug my own blog? Well, don't mind if I do :) Cheap At Twice The Price, http://jasonvoulgaris.blogspot.com/

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Why don't I ever see baby pigeons? The answer is a little on the unsexy side. Pigeons hide their nests very well, and the babies stay there until they are almost fully grown. Linky: http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_015b.html

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Is it true that cold water boils faster? Deferring to the Straight Dope (http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_101c.html), "As any sane and decent person would expect, hot water out of the tap will boil faster than cold water out of the tap. However, water that has been boiled once and allowed to cool will boil faster than hot water out of the tap. That's because boiling gets rid of the dissolved oxygen usually found in...

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What's the best way to locate the wierdest students in any school? That's easy, just find the kids in the school's gifted program.

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What things are becoming obsolete in today's world? The need for proper spelling...

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KETCHUP on hot dogs. IS this just wrong, or in poor taste? But with no ketchup, all you're left with is a rubbery tube filled with a vaguely meat-like substance. I couldn't eat a hot dog without the ketchup.

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What is a rim job? To quote urbandictionary.com, "The act of using one's tongue on the anal rim of another person in order to gain and/or give sexual pleasure" Hey, whatever floats your boat.

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If you had to give one of your five senses up, which would you choose to get rid of? Deaf, easily. I mean, I think it would be a little harder to use Answerbag if I was blind ;)

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What is one word that you absolutely refuse to abbreviate? All of them. I mean, are we in some kind of race here?

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Out of all the notorious serial killers, who do you find to be the most detestable one? How can you say that one serial killer is worse than another? There's no sliding scale of depravity here, they're all terrible.

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If i is before e except after c, why is science spelled this way? Ok, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Don't bother with spelling rules when it comes to English, because, frankly, most of them are fairly useless. I've always found the "i before e" rule to be particularly unhelpful. For a rather lengthy list of exceptions to the above, ahem, rule, try this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_before_e_except_after_c

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There has been some speculation that Prince Charles is not the biological father of Prince Harry - what do you think? I think the British tabloids are scraping the bottom of the barrel for ideas, again.

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What is the longest winning streak in NBA History? That would 33 straight for the Los Angeles Lakers back in '72. Not only is that the longest win streak in the history of the NBA, but it's the longest win streak in the history of pro sports, period. Cite: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers#Team_history

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Have you ever apologized for something you didn't do to keep the peace? I work in fast food... I only do that fifty times a day.

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What are some of your PERSONAL quotes? "Quoting yourself is like playing the triangle; even if it sounds good, you're still a loser" -Me, on quoting myself

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Can guys wear pink? Of course, and if you are going to wear pink, you might as well go the whole way right? No point in half assing it. =D

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What is your favorite Stephen King book? I usually don't care for him, but I did like The Green Mile

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Were are animal questions located? Right here: http://www.answerbag.com/c_view/128/all

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What is your favorite insult? I can't take credit for this one, but if you use it, it is 100% un-comebackable. You are just the baby school, and I'm the big league chew

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What is your favorite oxymoron? It used to be the old Progressive Conservative party, but thankfully they scrapped that, so I'm still looking for another.

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Do you like the old A+ things better or the levels? Why? I prefer the old system, because I think it told you more about the quality of the answer than the point system does currently. The points don't tell you much. An answer with an "A" rating tells me more about the answer than saying it had 10 points. And unless a question has a rating of -2 or something, you can't tell whether it's been rated down or what. Points...

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Do you like the old A+ things better or the levels? Why? I prefer the old system, because I think it told you more about the quality of the answer than the point system does currently. The points don't tell you much. An answer with an "A" rating tells me more about the answer than saying it had 10 points. And unless a question has a rating of -2 or something, you can't tell whether it's been rated down or what. Points...

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Who is your favorite Russian writer of all time? Nabokov by a good mile. The way he plays with the English language... sublime.

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What's the name for the feeling you get when you realise you will never be able to accomplish or achieve a certain goal? Oh, these answers are all so pessimistic. How about "Liberated"?

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What will your famous last words be? "They said... there would be free food"

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Would you rather lose the ability to speak yet be able to understand what is being said to you, or be able to speak fluently but not be able to understand what is said? Um... that's not much of choice. As I understand the question, on the one hand you have the ability to understand without being understood, and on the other you can't understand... or be understood. Being fluent doesn't matter if nobody knows what you're saying, and really I would question whether you can really call yourself fluent... So obviously you have to choose the...

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What do you like about being the gender you are? I love being able to wake up at 8:55 in the morning, and being out the door at 9. Grooming? What's that?

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Is Somalia a tragedy? Or simply forgotten. Why can't it be both?

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What, in your opinion, is the most overlooked nation in the world? I'd say it's a dead heat between Bhutan and Bahrain. I mean, seriously, for all I know, they might even be the same country.

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United States is poorly served by a Congress that is often beset by inaction and localism. Supporters of the Congress maintain that the institution is a superior deliberative and representative institution. Which argument is the more persuasive and why? You can definitely make the case that Congress is a slow acting beast that rarely seems to actually do anything. But I think there is also a case to be made that this isn't such a bad thing. If I may steal an argument from my politics prof, he compared the American system to the Canadian one (the course being Canada in Comparative Politics). In Canada, as long as the Prime Minister has...

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Is facebook risky? I want to get it to stay in touch with friends when I leave high school last year but I don't want people who I used to talk to on the internet 5 years ago to find me. Hah, it is definitely a huge risk. Not in the "beware of dangerous stalkers who will gain access to all your personal information" sense, but more in the "it will steal whatever life you have and replace it with surfing Facebook" sense. Be warned, it is addictive...

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When did the Philadelphia Flyers start wearing their black jerseys at home? Well, to actually answer the question, the Flyers started wearing them at home the same time every other team started wearing their dark jerseys at home: the first post-lockout season.

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Why are the Carolina Hurricanes of the NHL not called the North Carolina Hurricanes when they play out of Raleigh? Aesthetics, I would guess. It just looks and sounds better to call them simply, the Carolina Huricanes. Also, it might be to try to appeal to South Carolina hockey fans (if they exist...) by giving them a team to cheer for too.

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Will the NHL be able to compete with the other sports or will it fall apart permanently? The NHL is, however slightly, on the upswing. It will never tackle (or is that check?), say the NFL in terms of popularity in the States, but it is slowly on its way back to reclaiming its spot with the other big leagues.

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Who is your favorite hockey team? The Toronto Maple Leafs, though being a Leafs fan isn't always easy...

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Why do so many teenagers swear? They aren't allowed to? Says who? They certainly hear it from their parents and from tv/movies enough to think it's ok to do. They're just trying to act adult, and swearing seems to be a pretty adult thing to do. Edit: Ok, in places where it is against the rules, like schools, then swearing is just an act of rebellion, a way of demonstrating their superiority over the ascribed...

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Why is the word "colonel" pronounced "kernal"? Just to add on, I found this question answered on the Straight Dope (http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_250.html) reproduced here: "Mainly to continue the tradition of making English as incomprehensible as possible, thereby keeping the spelling bee industry in business. (Believe me, there's millions in it.) Colonel comes from Old Italian colonello, commander of a column of...

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I just saw Sin City and hated it. Did anyone like it? I could see how Sin City might be an acquired taste, but I personally loved it. I think you'll find most people (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sin_city/) liked it as well.

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Has the Stanley Cup ever been won by a team with an European Captain? The answer is no, not yet at least. It's really only a matter of time of course. Thirteen teams currently have European captains, and a few of them are legitimate cup contenders, such as Ottawa, New Jersey, Detroit, New York (if you have to ask which one...), Philadelphia, Vancouver, and if I may expose my bias, Toronto.

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Why did the Buffalo Sabres change their jerseys to the blue and gold? The question is really, why did they change _back_ to blue and gold. Those are of course the team's original colours that they wore from inception in 1970 until 1996 when they switched to the red and black buffalo's head. That change didn't go over too well (though I personally think the red and black was an improvement...) among the Sabre faithful. So now, a decade later...

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Why isn't capital punishment replaced with deportation to an impoverished country, to have convicted murderers eke out an existence there? Hmm, I think someone tried that once. They called it "Australia", and I think we all know how _that_ turned out. ;)

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I'm 17, and I still don't have my permit yet..I just haven't had the need to get one.. So I was just wondering, how uncommon is it to wait so long to get ones permit? Has anyone else waited just as long? I hear ya. I'm eighteen, and no closer to getting my license than the day I turned sixteen. It's never been something I've felt particularly anxious to do. That may be blasphemy for male teenager to say, but between my bicycle and public transportation there's no where I can't get to. The only reason I even want my license is not so that I can drive, but so that I...

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If you could speak Greek, would you and why? I'd love to be able to speak Greek. Then maybe I could carry on a conversation with my grandmother that went farther than just nodding my head and smiling goofily.

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If the sun ceased to be, could humans survive on earth? It's not really a matter of whether we would be able to survive on Earth so much as whether there would be an Earth to survive on. When the sun finally decides to kick the can, it's taking us with it.

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What are some cool tricks to do with pen, pencil, etc. using your fingers? Fudge... didn't mean to answer. Deleted!

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Why do Americans know nothing about Canada, yet Canadians know everything about America? I really don't think it's anything personal. It's not like Americans purposely go about trying to know as little as possible about Canada. Or at least I hope they don't. But really, there's no reason for them to. The U.S has a population ten times the size of Canada, plus any number of domestic and international problems to contend with at any one moment. And you...

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If i comes before e except after c, then is science spelled wrong? Something you'll have to realise about English grammar "rules" is that none of them are definite. Consider them as simply rough guidelines, or even just helpful suggestions, and everything will start to make sense. Science isn't spelled wrong, any more than "weird" or "prescient" are. Or "feisty". Or "conscience". Or...

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What does this say "godisnowhere"? I'll fess up, I saw "god is nowhere" first. Feel free to draw your own conclusions ;)

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Is patriotism a good thing? I think it can be a good thing, provided it isn't taken to any extremes. Patriotism is nice, but fervrent nationalism isn't. Patriotism to the point of believing your country is infallible doesn't help anybody. It's also preferable to its opposite, apathy.

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What is the main reason people don't wear seat belts? Because, gosh darnit, my fore fathers didn't spill their blood for this beautiful country, didn't risk their lives to bring democracy to our fair shores, didn't sail across the sea to fight the Kaizer, so that some fat cat politico more interested in votes than the common good, can sit up there in his corner office and dictate to us, to me! how I'm going to drive my car...

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How do you get respect from older brothers and sisters? That's a tough one. As an older brother myself, I have to admit respecting your younger siblings is hard, especially while they're still young. I love my little brothers to bits mind you, but they're still at an age where it's very hard to fully repect them at an intellectual and emotional level. So I don't know, you could give it time I suppose, that would...

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If none of the major parties' candidates appeal to you, is it better not to vote at all, or to vote for a party who'll never win anyway? The word idiot comes from ancient Greek, essentially meaning one who doesn't vote. All not voting does is show you don't care. As has been pointed out, voting should be a means of expressing your beliefs, not about picking a winner. So vote for a small third party candidate if you feel they represent what you believe. And especially do that if you live in Canada, where every...

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If slavery was allowed today, would you own a slave? Umm, is there actually more than one answer to this question? Of course I wouldn't own a slave. Edit- Hmm, somebody gave me an incorrect rating on this answer. Hah, I guess my annonymous critic knows me better than I do myself. So apparently, I would in fact own a slave. My mistake.

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How do you reuse a sandbag when it's wet? Have you tried a blowdryer? I would try that first, before you give up on it. No sense in wasting perfectly good sand.

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How do u get rid of hicups? It really doesn't have to be that complicated. I mean, some "cures" were probably made up by the hiccuper's friend, "Yeah, ok, now that you have the plate on your head - make sure it's balanced! - spin counter-clockwise three times while singing "God Save the Queen" in C minor. Works for me every time." Anyways, what always works for me is simply...

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When an inmate is executed by hanging or the electric chair, what is the purpose of the hood placed over his head? It's so that the delicate spectators are spared having to see the inmate's final facial contortions while he's being pumped full of electricity. It's not a pretty sight. Also, I imagine that it would be slightly awkward, making eye contact with him while he's being killed.

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What possesses a man who wears Speedos? It's funny, but I was in Greece a year or two ago, and over there, speedos are (unfortunately?) the norm. Regardless of age, weight, looks, whatever. Nobody looks twice (sometimes for good reason...). So the problem might not be the men who wear the speedos, but in fact people like you who seem to think that there is something wrong with the human body. Maybe you should shed your...

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What team and league does Gino Odjick play for now and how can I check up his games when they start? Well I hate to disappoint you, but according to this (http://www.firstnationsdrum.com/Spring%202004/BioGino.htm)and this(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gino_Odjick), you're more likely to find Odjick on the greens than on the ice. He retired in 2002 due to concussion. Edit- Never one to take a negative rating sitting down, I decided to look into the matter, a little more. I was,...

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Why isn't root beer just categorized as soda in this category? Well, if no one else is going to throw out a serious answer, I'm going to guess that it probably has something to do with the powerful root beer lobby. Answerbag is merely their puppet.

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What is the name of the song that goes "and I will walk 500 miles and I will walk 500 more"? The actual title is "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)". Counter-intuitive, probably, but dem's da breaks. Source: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_Gonna_Be_%28500_Miles%29)

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Who is your favorite author? Vladimir Nabokov. The way that man plays with words... it's mind boggling.

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How do I become an assassin? Practice, I think, would be a good place to start. I would suggest beginning with stuffed dummies or mannequins, and kind of create a style of your own. Are you an old school ninja, using nothing but your bare hands, and maybe once in a while the sword to the spleen? Or maybe a mafioso style three bullets to the temple, sleeping wit da fishies kind of guy? Whatever, that's up to...

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How many books did Edith Wharton write? From good ol' Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Wharton), Edith Wharton's collected works: Ethan Frome Summer The Age of Innocence The Custom of the Country The Bunner Sisters The Glimpses of the Moon The House of Mirth The Reef Hudson River Bracketed The Gods Arrive The Touchstone

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What is the consecutive innings pitched without an earned run to start a rookie career record? From ESPN.com, Jayson Stark's recent Department of Useless Information article (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=stark_jayson&id=2553038) addressed this issue. The AL record is 22 innings by Boo Ferris for the 1945 Boston ed Sox. The major league record is 25 innings, by George McQuillan for the 1905 Philadelphia Phillies.

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Are you for or against the death penalty? Killing killers makes us no better than them. I'm against it. Edit- I think it's entirely about being "better" than them. These people are monsters, but by lowering ourselves to their level, we become ourselves dehumanized. Society gains nothing from killing its murderers, except a false sense of justice. Because killing these people, as satisfying as it may feel, is not...

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How do you challenge someone to a duel? Well, first things first, you should make sure that dueling the offending person is worth it. I mean, is risking your life over some thoughtless jerk who cut you off in the grocery check out line really worth it? Once you have that out of the way, it is time to get down to the actual challenge. The crucial ingrediant here is a glove, preferably white (if it is not winter time, or you do...

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Who sang "You Better Be Good to Me?" That would be Tina Turner.

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When talking about sex, is bigger better? It's not the size of the boat that matters, it's the motion of the ocean. I don't know about you, but it made me laugh.

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I have never heard of an "Eiffel tower" other than when speaking of the actual structure in France. Apparently it's a sexual act and you can be "in the middle" of one. What does it involve? From urbandictionary.com: "Eiffel Tower A threesome with two guys and a girl, where one guy is hitting it from behind, and the other guy is getting a blow job. The guys are high-fiving over the girl to make the Eiffel Tower shape."

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Why is alcohol legal? Because, quite simply, the act of banning something will only make people want it more. Why is it that so many teenagers drink and smoke so much? Because they are being constantly told that they can't have those very things (Not that I'm suggesting that we suddenly make booze and smokes freely available for the young 'uns, no sir). My father often tells me how back in the...

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What is the purpose of red government license plates in Ontario? Red license plates are given to diplomats living in Ontario. This signifies the driver's diplomatic immunity, which means the cops are less likely to pull you over ;).

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What is the difference between interspecific and intraspecific competition? Interspecific competion refers to competion by different species, where as intraspecific refers to competion by members of the same species.

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Why would my ninjask not evolve at level 63? Because Ninjask doesn't evolve at level 63. Actually Ninjask doesn't evolve, period. Perhaps you were trying to get Shedninja? If that's the case, you have been badly mislead my friend. It's really quite simple. First make sure you have a spot open on your party. Next raise a Nincada to level 20, the level it evolves into Ninjask. You'll still get that Ninjask,...

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Can prisoners vote? To give a bit of a Canadian perspective, I feel I should mention that prisoners were granted the right to vote back in 2002 by the Supreme Court. For more info check out this site: http://www.prisonjustice.ca/starkravenarticles/vote0604.html

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Can I play GBA SP games in the original GBA? Well the thing is, there really is no such thing as GBA SP game. The SP is simply a redesigned GBA. The GBA SP is a GBA. Hardware wise they are identical. That means that any GBA game can be played on an SP, and, I suppose, vice versa.

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What tests exist for a child to take to demonstrate s/he can skip a grade? I'm not sure that many school boards continue to skip children ahead. It seems much more common for them to be placed in advanced gifted classes with kids of the same age. Either way, there are definitely tests to determine whether a child is "gifted" or not. I assume that there are different tests and different standards school board to school board, state to state, and...

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How many hours a day do elementary, middle and high school students attend class? Generally speaking, the average North American school day lasts about 6 hours. I have been lead to believe that it is less in Europe, but don't hold me to it.

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Why do the Toronto Maple Leafs continue to wear their white jerseys at home when the rest of the NHL has taken to wearing their dark jerseys? That's because, unlike every other team in the NHL, the Leafs' third jersey is white. So when you see the Leafs playing at home in white, it's because they're wearing their vintage alternate uniform. Of course, the whole reason the NHL switched the colours around was because teams had taken to wearing their dark third jerseys at home, all the better for fans to see them....

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What is the commercial where a guy is talking about all the things he owns and then he says, "How did I get all this stuff? I'm in debt up to my eyeballs"? I remember that commercial. Made me laugh everytime I saw it. Anyway, I think it was for some sort of fiancial planners. I don't remember their name exactly. Moneytree maybe? Moneysomething at least. Hope that helped.

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What does DS stand for? Stemming from the fact that it has two screens, the DS stands for Dual Screen.

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What does GB stand for? GB stands for "Games Behind". It is the number of games a team would have to win to catch up to the team that is leading the division.

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Are professional athletes paid by the game? In most pro sports, the athletes are paid by the teams they play for, not the league itself.

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Is a player allowed to cross the blue line ahead of the puck, if skating backwards and in control of the puck? Upon looking at the *actual* rule book, I realise I was mistaken. According to the book, "Players of the attacking Team must not precede the puck into the attacking zone. For violation of this Rule, the play is stopped and the puck shall be faced-off in the neutral zone at the face-off spot nearest the attacking zone of the offending Team. (NOTE) A player actually controlling the...

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The middle toe on my left foot is the longest toe, but on the right foot it is my big toe that is longest. Why is this and is this normal? It's all in your genes my friend. Nothing to worry about.

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How did this team come to be called the Toronto Raptors? After the NBA granted Toronto a franchise, a naming contest was held to determine the name. The final ten were: Beavers, Bobcats, Dragons, Grizzlies, Hogs, Raptors, Scorpions, T-Rex, Tarantulas, and Terriers. From there it was whittled down to the Raptors which was unveiled March 15,1994. Source: http://www.nba.com/raptors/history/raptors_history.html

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Is there a holy book, like the Bible, in the Hindu religion? There are many holy Hindu scriptures, but i suppose the Bible's equivalent would be the Bhagavad-Gita. It takes place during the Mahabharata war and is written as a dialogue. It includes teachings on dharma, reincarntion, and the paths to salvation.

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What is the NBA record for most 3-pointers in a game, and who did it? Also, Donyell Marshall of the Toronto Raptors, tied the record with 12 three pointers, March 13, 2005 against the Philadelphia 76ers.

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Why do hard-working students sometimes get lower grades than students who put in less effort? From my experience, some students are just naturally smarter than others and don't need to study or work as hard to get the same results. It's not fair, but that's just the way it is.

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What is the history and origin of the name Liam? The name Liam is an Irish short form of William.

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