Like so much of Canada

[james_davis_nicoll]

Harper leaves 24 Sussex an uninhabitable shambles.

Comments

[bunsen-h.livejournal.com]

That'll give them time to find and dismantle any little "surprises" that Harper may have left behind.

I was thinking of suggesting that they should let Pierre Poilievre snoop around to make sure that Harper didn't leave behind any personal posessions, before moving in themselves. Being what some of my gaming friends, back in the day, referred to as a "Polish trap detector".

[dewline.livejournal.com]

Surveillance surprises or something else?

[sanskritabelt.livejournal.com]

re: that last line, http://achewood.com/index.php?date=02062007

[lostwanderfound.livejournal.com]

"Polish mine detector" doesn't reference the US ethnic stereotype of Polish-Americans, it references Nazi atrocities of WWII (i.e. forcing prisoners to walk in front of military units as mine- and ambush-triggers).

Not particularly polite either way, but somewhat different.

[bunsen-h.livejournal.com]

To be honest, I don't know if my former gaming buddies knew about that historical aspect.

In my comment, I'd intended to distance myself from that "joke". But in retrospect, I realize that in bringing it up, I was perpetuating it. I apologize to those whom I offended.