Have you ever wished that you'd have come up with an idea first? When you see one, you sometimes want to smack your forehead with an open fist and say, "Now what was keeping ME from thinking of that?"Talk around the staffroom table led to one person saying that every time we have trouble with something, it should be an opportunity for a new product. My synical mind immediately pictured ejector seats for student desks. Neh...that would never work. There's a ceiling in the way. What we need to think about is something truly unique...something truly Canadian.
Now why didn't I think of that? But that's not going to stop me from wishing others well during their times of success, Oh no. I'm going to do everything in my power to support the entrepreneurship of good Canadians.
Therefore, the first 20 people who email me with their complete mailing address and the words, "Brian, you make me so hot, but not in a sweaty kind of way" will receive one shiney new rimroller in the mail. Keep in mind that I'm a grade school teacher. I'll be checking for spelling.
Aaaaand, GO!
17 comments:
Brian - Du machst mir heiss - sehr heiss, aber schwitzen? Nie.
Ich moechte lieber nicht meine Adresse auf denn "Blog" schreiben. Vielleicht koennen wir uns in St. Vital Park morgen Abend treffen, und denn gebe ich Dir meine Adresse. Aber wir werden nicht schwitzen. Ja?
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I can't believe someone came up with that idea! I boycott Tim's, they stopped deep frying their donuts. What's the point of eating donuts if they're not deep fried?
ermmm...why? Maybe I've been too long in the sun, but the thing's use is lost on me!
Did you know that Dead Tim's makes enough money on the coffee to support their entire operation...
everything else is gravy..
and doughnuts cost 5 cents each to make...
you do the math.
Whilst marking your rabid readers requiring rimthingamabobs spellcheck *synical
...and ignore my dangling participles.
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Gesundheit!
Deb,
They're not fried...since when?
Dinamow,
If we Canadian's spent a little more time in the sun, we wouldn't be quite so concerened with our coffee prizes, but the "tool's" purpose is to make looking under the rim of a take-away coffee cup easier. Every so often, Tim Horton's, our national coffee hangout, will offer prizes to be won by coffee drinkers. To find your prize, you have to "Roll up the rim to win".
We're CRAZY for free stuff in Canada.
H.E.,
I'm not so concerned with Tim's making MORE money as I am with Mr. Kind have a slice of his congealed gravy.
CYNICAL...my bad. That was just my "s" as in "sin nature" showing through.
OK now I have to deal with my shame spiral having pointed out a spelling error...out here in the blogosphere! SHEESH!
As Jar Jar would say,
"Meesa so sorry."
Allow me the opportunity to nominate the rimroller as the perfect symbol of how desperate Canadians are to formulate a National identity.
This country is so Nirvanic that all we really have left to deal with are Doughnut Chain gimmicks and whether or not they should allow fighting in Professional Hockey.
What a Country!
Thanks for the explanation, Brian.
If at first you don't succeed, réessayez again and again!
Thanks for the explanation, Brian.
If at first you don't succeed, réessayez again and again!
H.E.,
You worry too much. Brian the (fragile) Mennonite can take a little rimroller ribbing. And am I right in guessing that you DON'T want one? My dad won't want one either. Whay would we go out for coffee when we have perfectly good coffee at home?
Cream,
And again, and again.
Cream,
And again, and again.
Rimroller? After having read the comments (I hope this is still legal in Canada), I finally got it. Well, sort of, me being the person who almost had Starbucks put up a "Wanted!" sign because I always insisted on "in a china cup, please!", to which the barista each and every time reacted with a "you mean for here?".
In the meantime, I have gone to heaven. China cup it is when I order coffee, no need to beg for one. ;-)
Thank you for visiting and commenting on my blog. I appreciate it very much, and you are right, well-crafted windows stand out. I think at least one of the Palace windows still has original glass, from the way it breaks up the reflections.
I no longer know if it's colored by the mists of first love but much as coffee continues to be a part of my daily life, the "Cuban coffee" I had when I lived in Tampa Florida for a year at age eighteen - indescribable! Except maybe to say the taste totally lived up to the aroma.
Merisi,
In a city as large as Vienna, it's nice to know that there can still be familiarity amongst the citizens. You have to make yourself noticable, though.
Paul,
Have you come here for a break from the high stress comment section on your blog? I noticed you posted a poem for your latest entry. It must be nice to have a bit of a break from the pelting of questions. Some people just seem to be a bit too high strung when it comes to their convictions. Your approach is calming. I appreciate that.
iamnasra,
I'll take a look.
Wow. I ran an espresso cafe for five years and could NOT figure out what this was for until I read the comments. ;)
Only in Cernadia I guess! hehe.
boy... if they put a keychain and attached a lite to it.. maybe Id want it.... (grin). Too bad I make my own coffee! ...
Janice
Ahh...thank you for explaining.I suppose the prizes offered must be substantial for someone to have invented a roller? Or maybe you folk are on a caffeine high?
(I think I have the kernel of a sitcom here...thanks!)
Ahhhh yes ROLL UP THE RIM TO WIN!! Gotta love the Canadian Tims tradition!! I haven't won anything yet!!!grrrrrr
What a great idea though I could really use one of those keychain thingys where oh where did you get your hands on one of those???
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