<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32740582.post951222393634554588..comments</id><updated>2008-10-28T10:16:17.641-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on sporkless: The Winning Hand</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.sporkless.com/feeds/951222393634554588/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32740582/951222393634554588/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.sporkless.com/2008/10/winning-hand.html'/><author><name>sporkless</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11882580896418770659</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ViAMRfttdiE/SeE2-FwElHI/AAAAAAAAADg/FwykhgvUG10/S220/sporkless.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32740582.post-5171682253357798311</id><published>2008-10-28T10:16:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-28T10:16:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hey!  I've only yet played one card.  Wait until I...</title><content type='html'>Hey!  I've only yet played one card.  Wait until I've played two before declaring yourself the winner, Sporko.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Although topping Chretien's "proof" explanation, backed up by the Greatness of Mel, is going to be nearly impossible.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I can't decide what I liked best about Mel Lastman:  the way he sucked up to the thugs who took over Toronto's police union in the 90s, the way he panicked and screamed on a radio call-in show &lt;I&gt;in response to a snowstorm&lt;/I&gt;, the telephone call to TD Visa by his wife back in the early 90s, or the fact that he was the bad boy of Bad Boy Furniture - as evidence by his, uh, colouring outside the lines of his marriage with one of the employees there.  Oh, and in response to a journalist's request for a statement when he was elected Mayor of Toronto for the first time (following amalgamation), he just grinned at the camera and said, almost in disbelief, "I am the &lt;I&gt;mega mayor&lt;/I&gt;!"</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32740582/951222393634554588/comments/default/5171682253357798311'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32740582/951222393634554588/comments/default/5171682253357798311'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.sporkless.com/2008/10/winning-hand.html?showComment=1225203360000#c5171682253357798311' title=''/><author><name>El Cerdo Ignatius</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00646154540141962389</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4458/1250/1600/SHA1.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.sporkless.com/2008/10/winning-hand.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32740582.post-951222393634554588' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32740582/posts/default/951222393634554588' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1119616137'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32740582.post-8711396449815336095</id><published>2008-10-26T18:43:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-26T18:43:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hmmm... I gotta say, as great as Rockin' Mel Slurp...</title><content type='html'>Hmmm... I gotta say, as great as Rockin' Mel Slurp was, I still think Ralph has the edge.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;However, your one-two punch of Chretien-Lastman is probably superior to my McCain-Klein (McCain isn't a major-leaguer, by the standards set here),</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32740582/951222393634554588/comments/default/8711396449815336095'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32740582/951222393634554588/comments/default/8711396449815336095'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.sporkless.com/2008/10/winning-hand.html?showComment=1225060980000#c8711396449815336095' title=''/><author><name>Krankor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02389923826765416076</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c4/zaraki.jpg/230px-zaraki.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.sporkless.com/2008/10/winning-hand.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32740582.post-951222393634554588' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32740582/posts/default/951222393634554588' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1667548084'/></entry></feed>
