From Today’s Telegraph, something along the lines of “Worthwhile Canadian Initiative”:
Bland reaches out to Dull and Boring.
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“Worthwhile Canadian Initiative” was taken by Nick Rowe for the title of his good group economics blog.
I protest! That was me! I’m very proud of that choice for a Canadian economics blog.
It’s a terrific title for a blog Stephen
Between the wars the staff at the Times of London had a contest for the most boring headline they could get into print. The winner was “Small Earthquake in Chile, Not Many Dead.”
Very good indeed
Ah, a development in the twinning of the towns of Dull, Scotland and Boring, Oregon - a story that the CBC’s As It Happens has covered at least twice that I can recall, just to add another Canadian connection.
Still, though: given the malign and usually successful efforts of the Harper government, and the flamboyant madness of Toronto’s immature Teabagger mayor, isn’t it a time to give “Worthwhile Canadian Initiative” a rest? It’s not like such happen these days …