December 11...what a wonderful day. This day was discussed many years ago when the founding fathers and mothers of the Wannaskan Almanac first met to consider the writing of this now world famous publication. It was decided that December 11 would be the date that we pointed out the mistakes that were made in the almanac (if any) over the previous year. Our fact-checkers have been hard at it, and we would like to offer the following corrections.
1. New Year's Eve was not celebrated on February 30th in Canada and Norway. Although both countries have been know to follow the Metric system as well as weird traditions (like lutefisk) they both celebrated New Year's Eve on the traditional November 25th in order to coincide with the Grey Cup.
2. All roads lead to Wannaska was not a quote spoken by Gaius Julius Caesar. This was mistakenly added reported in our February 17 edition of the Almanac. The proper quote should read "Highway 89 leads to Wannaska" and should be attributed to Steven Reynolds. We would like to apologize to the families of the three Sherpas and their party of eight Wannaska seekers who perished following highway 88 in hopes of reaching Wannaska. They apparently were never seen again after leaving their camp in Fergus Falls.
3. The March 15 edition of the Wannaskan Almanac was supposed to describe the Tides of Mars, not the Ides of March. This yearly occurrence takes place on the water-covered surface of Mars, when the moon's gravitational pull is at its greatest. I am not sure what the Ides of March refers to. Perhaps it has something to do with a planet that does not have access to the letter "T".
4. The April Fools anger edition erroneously stated that April Fools Day falls on April 1. That is incorrect. April Fools Day falls whenever I say it does. Maybe even today. If I were you I would be on guard.
5. On the May 18 edition of the Wannaskan Almanac mistakenly printed the following words. "Montréal began to lose out to Toronto as Canada's premier city." If this were true then why is Montreal the epicenter of the hockey world? My goodness, what passes for journalism these days!
6. In the December 11 edition of the Wannaskan Almanac many of the errors pointed out were actually errors. This was not done on purpose. Perhaps the writer had too much whine...I mean wine!
You currently have 2 weeks left before Christmas. There is shopping to do, and don't forget to tip your Almanac writers. Leave a quarter buried in the snow beside your mailbox. We will be sure to find it!
1. New Year's Eve was not celebrated on February 30th in Canada and Norway. Although both countries have been know to follow the Metric system as well as weird traditions (like lutefisk) they both celebrated New Year's Eve on the traditional November 25th in order to coincide with the Grey Cup.
2. All roads lead to Wannaska was not a quote spoken by Gaius Julius Caesar. This was mistakenly added reported in our February 17 edition of the Almanac. The proper quote should read "Highway 89 leads to Wannaska" and should be attributed to Steven Reynolds. We would like to apologize to the families of the three Sherpas and their party of eight Wannaska seekers who perished following highway 88 in hopes of reaching Wannaska. They apparently were never seen again after leaving their camp in Fergus Falls.
3. The March 15 edition of the Wannaskan Almanac was supposed to describe the Tides of Mars, not the Ides of March. This yearly occurrence takes place on the water-covered surface of Mars, when the moon's gravitational pull is at its greatest. I am not sure what the Ides of March refers to. Perhaps it has something to do with a planet that does not have access to the letter "T".
4. The April Fools anger edition erroneously stated that April Fools Day falls on April 1. That is incorrect. April Fools Day falls whenever I say it does. Maybe even today. If I were you I would be on guard.
5. On the May 18 edition of the Wannaskan Almanac mistakenly printed the following words. "Montréal began to lose out to Toronto as Canada's premier city." If this were true then why is Montreal the epicenter of the hockey world? My goodness, what passes for journalism these days!
6. In the December 11 edition of the Wannaskan Almanac many of the errors pointed out were actually errors. This was not done on purpose. Perhaps the writer had too much whine...I mean wine!
You currently have 2 weeks left before Christmas. There is shopping to do, and don't forget to tip your Almanac writers. Leave a quarter buried in the snow beside your mailbox. We will be sure to find it!
Nay, da wolves would find it first.
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