MITCHELL, MB

A local residential construction crew set a new Manitoba record this past week by lasting a full twenty minutes in between obscene, vulgar, or otherwise tasteless remarks. Between 10:03, when Darryl recounted in great detail a fictitious sexual encounter he supposedly had the night before, and 10:23 when Steve commented, yet again, about his foot fetish, not a single obscene comment was uttered.

“We have this chalkboard set up,” explained foreman Pete. “You know, like ‘3 Weeks Accident-Free’ – that sort of thing. Well, according to the chalkboard we hadn’t lasted more than 45 seconds without a tasteless remark.”

For a full twenty minutes, the conversation revolved around opera, CBC radio, and there was a delightful back-and-forth about the work of Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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