Question:

Can you answer his question?

Many years ago, I married a widow out of love who had an 18-year-old daughter.

After the wedding, my father, a widower, came to visit a number of times, and he fell in love with my step-daughter.

My father eventually married her without my authorization.

As a result, my step-daughter legally became my step-mother and my father my son-in-la


My father's wife (also my step-daughter) and my step-mother, gave birth to a son who is my grandchild because I am the husband of my step-daughter's mother.

This boy is also my brother, as the son of my father. As you can see, my wife became a grandmother, because she is the mother of my father's wife.

Therefore, it appears that I am also my wife's grandchild. A short time after these events, my wife gave birth to a son, who became my father's brother-in-law, the step-son of my father's wife, and my uncle.

My son is also my step-mother's brother, and through my step-mother, my wife has become a grandmother and I have become my own grandfather.

In light of the above mentioned, I would like to know the following:

Does my son, who is also my uncle, my father's son-in-law, and my step-mother's brother


fulfill the requirements for receiving childcare benefits?


Sincerely yours,

Mohammed


Of course you qualify Mo ... I have arranged to start mailing cheques to all of you just as soon as you arrive here in Canada.



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Wow, we all have a right to our own opinions, but as a Canadian I am very proud of our stance on Syrian refugees. I work with them. I applaud our compassionate Prime Minister. I live in a multicultural country. I accept that others do not, but it is very

culturally insensitive to post Islamophobic comments thinly disguised as humour, for the sole purpose of sneering at Justin Trudeau and our way of dealing with Muslim refugees. Totally insulting toward the Canadian contingent. I am deeply offended.
Debate is one thing, ridicule is something else.
 

Wow, we all have a right to our own opinions, but as a Canadian I am very proud of our stance on Syrian refugees. I work with them. I applaud our compassionate Prime Minister. I live in a multicultural country. I accept that others do not, but it is very

culturally insensitive to post Islamophobic comments thinly disguised as humour, for the sole purpose of sneering at Justin Trudeau and our way of dealing with Muslim refugees. Totally insulting toward the Canadian contingent. I am deeply offended.
Debate is one thing, ridicule is something else.


We're getting more and more of this sort of "humor" on this BB.

Maybe one reason new members aren't posting? Maybe they're leaving in droves?

Most of us will go to bed tonight in real beds, under solid roofs, with our tummies full. Some of us will sleep alone (some thankfully!), some with a human, a cat or cats, a dog or dogs. We will not be awoken in the wee small hours by gunfire, gang fights, police sirens, or bombs.

So why are we being so mean to each other? I am getting really tired of it, and discouraged. The other BB I occasionally visit has so many young people on it that they would refer to all of us as "older." Older than what, I don't know; maybe they think "older" is "kinder" than "old." I thought their negativity and judgemental mindsets and rudeness and warped "humor" were due to their youth (well, they are 20-30-40 or so, not kids), but I am seeing similar behaviour here.

It sucks.
 
I don't have the answer, but I think it may have something to do with fear. The clock ticks louder now, our mortality stares us all in the face. The world of our youth is gone, if it ever truly existed--for some the "golden years" of younger days, whether

seen through rose coloured glasses or not, have given way to disappointment, aches and pains, money shortages, death of loved ones, social and political changes many find difficult to accept. Some adapt beautifully, others do not. Instead, they

become fractious, bitter, intolerant of any viewpoint other than their own. Their minds become solidified into dinosaur mode. They lash out at a world they no longer understand in a futile attempt to control the inevitable. In the end, we are all obsolete, but that is ok!
 
Gee, this bit of "humor" has been around a long time in various versions. The attached link is for an song written in 1947 and recorded by a number of folks. You can find the actual lyrics with a Google search.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_My_Own_Grandpa

It's usually aimed at us folks from Appalachia, but I never thought to be offended by it. Sure, it's sophomoric at best but so what. It has nothing to do with fear. Jeebus.
 
The post in which I discussed fear as a motivator, spoke to Guitarist's query around peeps being mean to each other on this forum. As for the thread being humourous, I think the Canadians have a different perspective on the original thread than those who do not agree with our policy re accepting Muslim refugees.
 
This was sent to me BY a CANADIAN !!! I merely copied & pasted it.

So, UNtwist your freakin' undies.

I didn't think you meant it to be offensive. There have been so many jokes aimed at women and how stupid we are. I don't take offense where none is intended. There are a lot of jokes aimed at everyone. Joking is a release mechanism. It's how some people cope.
 
That song, "I'm My Own Grandpa" immediately popped into my mind as I was reading this. I thought it was meant humorously, and didn't even get the political/religious implications until I got down to the "signature."
I wonder, if it was not signed "Mohammed," would it then be kind of amusing?
 
My brain hurts...what started as a clever riddle gets bashed as culturally insensitive...so just substitute Mohammed with Billy Joe Leroy and it's funny...I gots hillbilly relations too.
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I've never had cognac. Does it taste like rubbing alcohol? :D I do wish I could have a drink once in a while. Booze makes me jittery.

Cognac is in the Brandy family, tis made from grapes and aged in barrels like bourbon, but is much more pleasing to the palate. Tis mild enough to be consumed straight, but strong enough to be mixed with an additive / or consumed with a chaser. It especially goes well as an after dinner drink. The trick to consuming an alcoholic drink is to select a beverage and / or a meal with which to consume it with that compliments each other.
 
So it was sent to you by a "CANADIAN!!!" So why did you copy and paste it? What sort of responses did you want/expect?

Shalimar, I am not obsolete. Neither are you. ;)

falcon, I don't have my knickers in a twist.
 
Cognac is in the Brandy family, tis made from grapes and aged in barrels like bourbon, but is much more pleasing to the palate. Tis mild enough to be consumed straight, but strong enough to be mixed with an additive / or consumed with a chaser. It especially goes well as an after dinner drink. The trick to consuming an alcoholic drink is to select a beverage and / or a meal with which to consume it with that compliments each other.

I'm hypoglycemic. Gotta watch the sugar. Since alcohol converts to sugar, it spikes my blood sugar level and then drops it all at once. It makes me nuts. And believe me I don't need any help with that. So unfortunately, I don't drink. It isn't fair. :(
 
I'm hypoglycemic. Gotta watch the sugar. Since alcohol converts to sugar, it spikes my blood sugar level and then drops it all at once. It makes me nuts. And believe me I don't need any help with that. So unfortunately, I don't drink. It isn't fair. :(



You my dear, have not missed a thing.
 

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