If you squint closely at the famous painting of Washington crossing the Delaware, you will notice his pointer, Sweet Lips, paddling just ahead of the boat, yes, pointing the way. It was Sweet Lips, who, through the weird trick of secretly urinating on Washington’s cherry tree while pointing to the British Bulldog next door, unleashed the Revolutionary War. George never twigged that she was barking up the wrong tree. We can rightfully call Sweet Lips America’s first First Dog, as…
Know Our History Specifically Canadian history. To begin with, our first Prime Minister, John A. Macdonald, founded a string of fast -food restaurants, and when in power passed laws compelling Canadians to eat there regularly. To encourage this, thin people were given a month to fatten up or to face deportation. The obese were granted massive tax breaks. Because this food could be preserved indefinitely without refrigeration, and as there were no refrigerators in 1867 anyway, Macdonald‘s made the PM…