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Frelga
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Russia and Florida are definitely tied.

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Does Russia have a Grand Hippopotamos?

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There are these three.

https://youtu.be/ZmsJ_9W4R7k

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I find that video deeply offensive.


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That has got to be intentional, right?

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Apparently not.

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Nobody is allowed to make fun of Florida Man ever again:



This makes up for all of the dumb things they may or may not have done.

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I read "Florida man wrestles puppy" and was confused.

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I mean, for a puppy *that* cute, how could you not.


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I never even realized that Ottawa had a Trump Avenue!

Ottawa's Trump Avenue could be in for name change
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Trump Avenue is a quiet street of brown brick single-family homes fronted by wide driveways, nestled in the city's Central Park neighbourhood, just off Merivale Road.

On Saturday, the city began consulting with residents "to ascertain their level of support to rename their street," according to an email from the office of their city councillor, Riley Brockington, who also delivered notices to each home on the street.

According to Brockington, the consultation "follows a number of recent and some older requests to my office" to drop Donald Trump's name, which was adopted long before the New York real estate mogul and reality TV star entered politics, and is in keeping with the neighbourhood's Manhattan theme.
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Brockington said he decided to wait until after Trump left the White House to make a move.

"Frankly, I was worried that there might be some ramifications against Canada if word got out that in Canada's national capital they wanted to take his name off a street sign," he explained.
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Bonnie Bowering, who's called Trump Avenue home since 2008, agreed.

"Up until ... this past election, it was sort of a source of humour," Bowering said. "But now it's not funny anymore."

Bowering said she's gotten used to store clerks smirking when she gives her address, but now the name has taken on a much more sinister tone.

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It used to be a perfectly acceptable word. Nevermore.


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Ottawa's Trump Ave. to keep its name
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First the U.S. Senate, and now a quiet suburban street in Canada's capital: Opponents of Donald Trump have lost another vote, this time to erase the polarizing former president's name from Ottawa's map.

In late January, River ward Coun. Riley Brockington began polling residents of Trump Avenue in Ottawa's Manhattan-themed Central Park neighbourhood about a potential name change.

On Wednesday, Brockington announced via Twitter that the idea had failed to gain enough support among residents.

Of the 62 households on Trump Avenue, 42 responded to the poll: 21 for a name change, 21 against. The even split failed to meet the 32-vote majority necessary to move ahead with the process.
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Address change is a PITA to deal with, so I don't blame people for wanting to keep the name. I assume the street name predates the presidency?

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Jude
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Oh yes, by many years. You don't think we'd name a street "Trump" now, do you? ;)

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Frelga
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Here a headline keeps getting better and then the article lives up to it.

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That is awesome, Frelga! :D


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