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Here we have it, a white dress shirt and a neck tie, it doesn't get much better than this:

I didn't want to look, but I just had to:

Now I'm torn between a duo with Kelly Van Ryan and Suzie Toller (Denise Richards and Neve Campbell, Wild Things movie) and the 3-boobed girl from "Total Recall":

If you know that the door on the bottom of this box wasn't intended for "large mail", you're old:

Great example! I'm no expert, and I am often wrong, but my undetstanding of the excise tax act is that if the tip is correctly accounted for in the vendor's records, then GST/HST isn't aplicable. I'd love to find out more - do you happen to know the CRA's "IT" or bulliten number of the article that your example is from? Taxes make my head hurt - I have to go look at some fripples & boobies now!

Good going!

Today I saw what I think Canada considers kiddie porn. There were young children, boys and girls, topless. The scenes were over before I realized what I was watching. These poor exploited kids couldn't have been more than 6 months old, can you believe that, exploited at 6 months! Just as a heads up to everyone, destroy any copy of the 1960 movie "The Grass Is Greener" that you own. I feel a little ashamed for accidentally seeing what I saw. I'm not sure what I should do, do I report myself to the authorities, or do I just try and forget the whole thing?

OD, is it time for Christmas boobies already? My how time flies!

All I can say is wow!

You know you're old when you remember when "childproofing your home" meant changing the locks after they moved out so they couldn't move back in.

We need to thin the hear a bit.

For an interesting duo, I'd like Xena and Gabrielle:

I was trying to think of something cute starting with "A fripple a day makes..." along the lines of "An apple a day keeps the doctor away", but I can't think of anything I would want to keep away when discussing fripples.

I just read a bunch of tax stuff on the CRA's site, that does it for me everytime.

Is this costume offensive, funny, or both?

Credit card tips are ok. Generally, any tip you decide to leave (direct tip) isn't subject to GST/HST, and the server doesn't pay EI/CPP on the tip either, as long as the funds are given to the server in cash by you or the establishment. i.e. you put the tip on your credit card bill and the restaurant gives it to the server in cash, which is common practice. If the tip is mandatory/preset, etc., (controlled tip) it is subject to GST/HST/EI/CPP no matter how you pay. It's not the CRA that is screwing over some servers, it's the restaurant, either by design or by ignorance. Here's some boring detail from the CRA's website: Tips and gratuities Tips or service charges are not usually added to a bill. In general, consumers tip a percentage of the amount of a bill to service providers such as to waiters, waitresses, barbers, hairdressers, and taxi drivers. The percentage and whether the tip is calculated on the amount of the bill before or after taxes depends on the practice of the particular consumer. A tip or gratuity that is freely given by a customer, for example, cash not recorded on a bill, is not subject to the GST/HST. However, if you add a mandatory or a suggested amount to the customer's bill as a service charge, you have to charge GST/HST on that amount. Does Income From Tips and Gratuities Form Part of an Employee's Pensionable and/or Insurable earnings? Gratuities or tips received by employees are income earned in respect of employment for purposes of the Income Tax Act. However, it must be determined whether tips received in the course of employment are considered pensionable earnings under the CPP and/or are insurable earnings under the EIA. This answer depends on whether the tips are considered to have been paid by the employer (controlled tips), whether they are considered to have been paid by the client (direct tips) or whether they are declared tips in the province of Quebec. Controlled Tips Controlled tips are gratuities that are controlled by the employer. Since they are controlled by the employer, the employer is considered to have paid these amounts to the employee. The following are some examples of controlled tips: The employer adds a mandatory service charge to a client's bill to cover tips; The employer adds a percentage to a client's bill to cover tips; Tips allocated to employees using a tip sharing formula determined by the employer; Tips that an employer includes in his business income, later expenses and redistributes to employees in the form of pay; Tips that the employees are required to turn over to their employer and are later distributed to the employees; Cash tips that are deposited in the employer's bank account and become the property of (or even commingled with the property of) the employer and subsequently paid out to the employees. We use the term 'controlled tips' within this article to denote the principles of employer control/employer possession over the tips and the employer's obligation to pay the tip to the employee as expressed by the courts. Controlled tips form part of the employee's total remuneration and are subject to CPP contributions and EI premiums being deducted at source, provided that this person is employed in pensionable and/or insurable employment. Direct Tips Direct tips are gratuities that are paid directly by the client to the employee and that are not subject to any of the forms of control by the employer as mentioned above under the heading controlled tips. The following are some examples of direct tips: A client leaves money on the table at the end of the meal and the server keeps the whole amount; A client gives a tip directly to a bellhop, door person, car attendant, porter; etc. Tips pooled and/or shared among employees in a manner determined by the employees (as opposed to the employer); When paying the bill by credit card, a client includes an amount for a tip on the credit card and the employer returns the tip amount in cash to the employee; When paying the bill by debit card, a client includes an amount for a tip and the employer returns the tip amount in cash to the employee; We use the term 'direct tips' to denote the principle of when the employer has no control over the tip amount and no control over the tip distribution. Direct tips are considered to have been paid by the client and not the employer. In these situations, the employer is merely a conduit for the tip from the client to the worker. Direct tips are not subject to CPP contributions and/or EI premiums. However, an employee can elect to make CPP contributions on tip amounts earned in the course of pensionable employment where the tip income is found not to be subject to CPP contributions at source. The individual will complete a form CPT20 to elect to pay the CPP contributions. It is possible for an employee to receive both controlled and direct tips. In such a situation, only the controlled tips will form part of the employee's pensionable and/or insurable earnings.

If we're going to include "Bond girls" this is going to be a long list. The very first two Bond girls ever are Honeychile 'Honey' Ryder and, of course, Pussy Galore. Who could resist a woman named Pussy Galore?!? And we have James Bond thrown in for the ladies. I spy with my little eye... Bond girl camel toe!

You know you're old when you took naught pictures of your girlfriend with a camera that had film in it: and brought it to a place like this: and gave it to a guy that looked like this: and were pleased that they just added the one day photo finishing service. (In the old days, it took a week). When you returned the next day to pick them up, you hoped that the cleark didn't look at your photos, but when his/her smile won't go away, you know they did.

Sticking with the geek theme, Seven of Nine:

Don't forget Porter Airlines: http://www.flyporter.com If we allowed other carriers to fly our skys more freely, no one would care about a strike. Maybe a strike is just what this country needs to get it to reconsider it's position on what is basically a monopoly.

CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/16/health/birth-control-recall/index.html (CNN) -- An Alabama pharmaceutical company issued a voluntary nationwide recall Friday for "multiple lots" of birth control pills due to what it described as a systemic "packaging error." A spokesman for Qualitest Pharmaceuticals said that "there are no immediate health issues currently" because of the packaging problems. Rather, he said, the chief concern is that women may unintentionally become pregnant after taking the oral contraceptive. "The unintended consequence of pregnancy is really the issue," spokesman Kevin Wiggins said. "That's why the company took a drastic action." Wiggins said the recall involves 1.4 million packages that have been distributed to pharmacists and customers since last year. According to a statement for the Huntsville-based company, "select blisters (found inside the pill box) were rotated 180 degrees within the card, reversing the weekly tablet orientation." This helped to leave the pills' lot number, as well as the expiration date, "no longer visible." "As a result of this packaging error, the daily regimen for these oral contraceptives may be incorrect and could leave women without adequate contraception, and at risk for unwanted pregnancy," the company said. A pharmacist noticed the issue and contacted the company by phone, Wiggins explained. Qualitest urged those with such products to begin using a "non-hormonal" form of birth control and consult a health care provider or pharmacist. Pharmacies have been told to contact those who have gotten the faultily packaged pills. The recall affects these products: Cyclafem 7/7/7, Cyclafem 1/35, Emoquette, Gildess FE 1.5/30, Gildess FE 1/20, Orsythia, Previfem and Tri-Previfem. Customers can call 1-877-300-6153 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. CT to get their questions answered, arrange to return their pills or report problems. Information is also available at http://www.qualitestrx.com/pdf/OCRecall.pdf. Wiggins said Qualitest is working with authorities "at a very high level," as well as with the product's manufacturers, to determine what happened. "We're dedicated to ensuring the safe use of our products, (and) this recall reaffirms our high standards," he said. "It's an error, nonetheless, and we put patients at the center of what we do."

Since we're starting to trend to the geekside, which I'm all for, I'll add an Orion slave girl to the list:

It may depend on how much cum is in the shot. Case in point: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mx0jsg6AOM0