Mornings with Danny and Laura on 91.5 CKPR

WATER COOLER CONVERSATIONS....

Did you know…it was on this date…in 2005 the Hudson Bay Company signed a $100 million dollar deal to outfit Canada’s Olympians for the next 4 games

Earth Hour is coming back. A number of Canadian cities are joining cities around the world again for Earth Hour… a plan to turn their lights off for one hour on March 28th at 8:30 P.M. to raise awareness about global warming

Insurance giant AIG reported a $62 billion dollar quarterly loss yesterday….forcing Washington to cough up another $30 billion to keep it afloat….so far Washington has dropped $180 billion on the company

The Ontario Lottery Corporation is at it again… a courier in Toronto found a bag on a city street with $3,400 dollars worth of unscratched lottery tickets – he did the right thing… called the OLG up to say he’d found these tickets…. They told him to…. Return the tickets to their head office during business hours…..he said NO…you come pick them up – they did come to an agreement …that he would bring them to a police station – and they are going to compensate him for their error.

Frozen Dead Guy Days are this weekend in Nederland, Colorado…. Where they bring out the frozen body of Grandpa Bredo……Grandpa Bredo is an actual dead guy who is kept in dry ice and brought out for Frozen Dead Guy Days


ORIGINS OF HI-TECH NAMES:

‘BlackBerry’ – ‘Strawberry’ was first considered because the phone’s tiny keys resemble seeds. But when ‘straw’ was thought to sound too slow, another berry was tentatively selected as a temporary replacement. It stuck

‘Bluetooth’ – It’s the English translation of 10th-century Danish king Harald Blatand’s last name. He became famous for uniting warring factions under one banner, Bluetooth’s objective with various technologies

‘Wii’ – Pronounced like the word ‘we’, which emphasizes the social concept that Nintendo envisioned for the console. The double ‘I’ spelling was thought to resemble 2 people standing side-by-side.


‘Wikipedia’ – In Hawaiian, the word ‘wiki’ means ‘fast’. It now describes website content that can be added to and/or edited by users. But taken literally, ‘Wikipedia’ means ‘fast encyclopedia’.– Excerpted from Neatorama.com.


LAUGH OF THE DAY....

A father passing by his son's bedroom was astonished to see that his bed was nicely made and everything was picked up.
Then he saw an envelope, propped up prominently on the pillow that was addressed to 'Dad.'

With the worst premonition he opened the envelope with trembling hands and read the letter...


Dear Dad:

It is with great regret and sorrow that I'm writing you. I had to elope with my new girlfriend
because I wanted to avoid a scene with Mom and you.

I have been finding real passion with Stacy and she is so nice.

But I knew you would not approve of her because of all her piercing, tattoos, tight motorcycle clothes and the fact that she is much older than I am. But it' s not only the passion...
Dad she's pregnant.

Stacy said that we will be very happy. We share a dream of having many more children.

Stacy has opened my eyes to the fact that marijuana doesn't really hurt anyone.
We'll be growing it for ourselves and trading it with the other people that live nearby for cocaine and ecstasy.

Don't worry Dad. I'm 15 and I know how to take care of myself.

Someday I'm sure that we will be back to visit so that you can get to know your grandchildren.

Love, Your Son John
PS. Dad, none of the above is true.
I'm over at Tommy's house.
I Just wanted to remind you that there are worse things in life than a Report card that's in my center desk drawer.

I love you.
Call me when it's safe to come home.