Apparently, in Canadian shades of American Lampoon's Vacation, a family decided to keep their dead patriarch in the car for the drive home because they were afraid of "U.S. health care costs." Someone needs to explain to them, apparently, that it is undertakers, not doctors, who work with the deceased. Put another way, a quick stop at the hospital for the ER staff to say "yup, he's dead" and get a signed death certificate probably doesn't cost that much.
Looks like Canadian education is giving nothing up to U.S. government schools, to put it mildly.
Odds & Ends: April 24, 2026
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1984 by George Orwell. My 15-year-old son, Gus, has been digging into
dystopian literature lately. He recently finished this classic novel and
thoroughly...
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