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Seen on the Way to Work Today

The Bang Bang Bar on Bloor Street West (between Dundas and Keele) promotes its events using Facebook:

In a place like Accordion City, where 1 in 3 people has a Facebook account, it makes perfect sense. (To be notified of Bang Bar Bar events, you join the Bang Bang Bar Boozers group and add one “Glenn Bang” as your friend.)


Also seen on the work today: a guy in a brown Mazda who loves the hand gesture known as “The Shocker” so much that he bought a “shocker” decal for his car:

Here’s a close-up:

Stay classy, dude.

(In case you’re not familiar with “The Shocker”, it’s a hand gesture that makes “The Finger” seem like a Sunday school picnic for Barry Manilow fans. If you really must know, there’s a very complete explanation here with not-safe-for-work text.)

Joey deVilla

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