Monday, May 15, 2017

When is the "largest" not the largest?

End cap of a LEGO fixture, ToysRUs, Metrotown, Burnaby, BC

End cap of a LEGO fixture, ToysRUs, Metrotown, Burnaby, BC
"LARGEST Selection of LEGO Toys in Canada! *excluding LEGO brand retail stores and LEGOLAND Discover Center"

Sometimes the "largest" really is the largest. It wins the prize, gets a blue ribbon, and earns a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records.

But in this case the "largest" has a loophole. Does a LEGO store have twice the selection? Three times? Ten times? Who knows. But if you really want the largest selection of LEGO  in Canada, ToysRUs is not the place to go.

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Thursday, September 10, 2015

Why do this?

Advertisement for Guinness Blonde American Lager

The old advertising campaigns proudly proclaimed that Guinness was good for you. Traditional Guinness is a stout, almost black in colour. How can the brewser behind the lovely dark Guinness produce this abomination?

There is nothing about mass-produced American lagers that is appealing to any beer lover. I don't plan to even give this travesty a taste.

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