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- From: mike@nttor.uucp (Mike Hollander)
- Newsgroups: ont.general
- Subject: Re: Pride in ones' Country eh?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.151752.5915@nttor.uucp>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 15:17:52 GMT
- References: <BxpsE9.4F1@ecf.toronto.edu>
- Distribution: can
- Organization: Northern Telecom CAC
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- In article <BxpsE9.4F1@ecf.toronto.edu> cces@ecf.toronto.edu (Congress of Can Eng Students) writes:
- ...
- >
- >On November 12th, the day after Remembrance Day, I went to Yorkdale Shopping
- >Centre to purchase a suit. I was walking out to my car infront of the mall
- >(the side facing the highway) and I just happened to look up to the roof of
- >the mall and to my horror...THE CANADIAN FLAG WAS FLYING AT HALF MAST UPSIDE
- >DOWN!!
- >
- ...
-
- Since flying a flag upside down is the internationally recognized
- symbol of distress, and since retail sales have been down lately
- due to the recession, it is reasonable to assume that Yorkdale
- is in distress and is trying to get your attention. :)
-
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- Mike Hollander | mike@nttor.UUCP
-