I’m not even sure this really is a gif, I’m pretty sure A-Rod would do this is he was in a Casey’s enjoying some of those delicious riblets. I guess he’s just warming up the pine tar – for his boyfriend.

I’m not sure if this is a mash-up, or whatever, but it made The Mayor laugh, and when it all comes right down to it, when all is said and done, isn’t that what life is all about?

Thank you for indulging me.

If I was to guess what Robert Plant’s favourite flavour of ice cream is based solely on his shirt, I would have to say it would be Tuity Fruity.

Some of you may be worried that Robert Plant has way too much ice cream in front of him, The Mayor says don’t worry about it, there’s still plenty of room left on that huge chin of his.

**I was going to go with this line instead: Every Now and Zen Robert Plant like to have a tall, cool one, and generally he’s pretty white, clean and neat; but today he’s acting like he’s the captain of a ship of fools.

I’ll let history judge which line was better.

During bad economic times (a depression comes to mind), it’s not uncommon for municipalities to offer their own script - local currency or certificates to that is used just like fiat money. When hyper inflation takes over (we still have about 2 years to go before we see that) and prices go through the roof and regular ole fiat money is worthless, THEN local municipalities roll out the certificates like the one you see above.

This happened in Alberta in 1936. The Social Credit Party began to issue local certificates called Prosperity Certificates. They were issued in $1 notes and were designed to pay relief workers, gov’t officials and such. The idea behind the certificates was to discourage hoarding. Here’s how it worked:

A holder had to affix to the back of a certificate a 1-cent stamp before the end of every week, for the certificate to maintain its validity. But the hassle and expense of the stamps made the certificates unpopular with the public. To make matters worse, the tiny stamps (smaller than 1 cm²) kept falling off. To avoid having to purchase and affix the stamps, holders would try to spend the certificates just before the week’s validity expired. That left them in the hands of merchants, who would have to purchase and affix the stamps themselves to maintain the notes’ validity.

The notes were intended to be redeemed after two years of issue, by when 104 stamps would have been affixed. But the program was cancelled after only about one year.

Oh, are we done? Is the post over already? Man, that was pretty quick, I thought there would be more of a story than that.

Tune back in tomorrow and I’ll tell you the story about the time Marc from Calgary and The Mayor went to DMorris’ stag. What a keraaaaazy night!!

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Whoa, whoa, dummy this down for The Mayor, please. Am I being told here that I can have sex with this guys wives and not get AIDS, but if I do his brother’s wife there’s a good chance I’m going to look like Tom Hanks did in the movie Philadelphia?

Because my second biggest fear in life, is that one day lightning will hit me in the face and I’ll look like Tom Hanks ~shudder~. My BIGGEST fear in life is that one day I’ll wake up and look like Tom Hanks did in the movie Philadelphia.

For those of you that don’t understand what I’m saying, I’m trying to tell you I think Tom Hanks is a mutt.

Man, nice job keeping up with the tour.

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I like how the word “Steal” is spelt wrong. Classic.

Out of curiosity, why IS the nose of that plane like that? What is it trying to hide?

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Are deep cavity searches your thing? Does the thought of being probed by fat, sweaty and smelly rent-a-cops turn your crank? Does spending hours upon hours in foreign and domestic airport security rooms being grilled by large men with weapons turn you on? Then these designer luggage bags are for you.

The Mayor can’t possibly see how these bags can be negatively interpreted, and I’m sure Ahkmed in Somalia will laugh as hard as Jose in Mexico when you come-a-strollin’ through airport security with one of these laugh-a-minute luggage bags strapped to your arm. 

“Oh , you’re only pretending to have cocaine in your luggage? Hahaha, no, the joke is on me, welcome to Saudi Arabia.”

Good job. Now you’ll finally see all along that humour is universal and everybody LOVES a good laugh.

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The cowrie shell (which these are) is the longest and most widely used currency in history. It dates back to 1200BC.

The cowrie is a shell of a mollusk, and was found predominantly in the shallow waters of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It was the Chinese that first started using the cowrie as currency, and soon other peoples starting using them as well. Funny thing, up until the middle of the 20th century, parts of Africa still used the cowrie as its currency.

The Mayor would like to see out western governments’ ditch its fiat loot and get back to using the cowrie. The peoples of Florida and other coastal areas would find themselves awash in great riches overnight. And The Mayor wants nothing but prosperity for our friends from Florida and other warm climate havens.

The cowrie – you would be wise to stock up on these bad boys.

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