California, the largest legal market in the U.S., earlier this month became the first state with a law mandating expungement of criminal convictions for marijuana-related offenses that no are longer illegal. states have legalized recreational use of pot, and more than 30 have approved medical marijuana. Some are operating government-run stores, some are allowing private retailers, some both.Ĭanada's national approach has allowed for unfettered industry banking, inter-province shipments of cannabis and billions of dollars in investment - a sharp contrast with national prohibition in the United States. "It's a candy store, I like the experience," said Vincent Desjardins, a 20-year-old-student.Ī patchwork of regulations has spread in Canada as each province takes its own approach within the framework set out by the federal government. The Montreal store has a long counter with products behind it. "It's a once-in-a-lifetime thing - you're never ever going to be one of the first people able to buy legal recreational cannabis in Canada ever again," said Stone, a 32-year restaurant and bar manager. Corey Stone and a friend got to the store at 3:45 a.m.
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"I am so happy to be living in Canada right now instead of south of the border."Ī driver honked jubilantly at people lined up outside of downtown Montreal's new government-run cannabis store. I've been waiting my whole life for this," Clarke said. A crowd of 50 to 100 people waited outside and cheered him. Tom Clarke, an illegal pot dealer for three decades, was also among the first to make a legal sale in Canada when his store opened at midnight local time in Portugal Cove, Newfoundland. It’s rare to pack so many elements in one comic."The last time Canada was this far ahead in anything, Alexander Graham Bell made a phone call," said Linton, whose company recently received an investment of $4 billion from Constellation Brands, whose holdings include Corona beer and Robert Mondavi wines. And it makes the reader imagine what happened before that moment shown in the comic and what might happen after. It’s naughty, clever, and it has a point of view. When I was on the speaking circuit I always used it to end my talks to thunderous laughter. “This might be my all-time favorite Dilbert comic. 9, 1993: “Unix programmers” Courtesy of Scott Adams It’s easy to relate to Wally’s glee in the third panel.”ġ) Nov. And I think everyone who has a boss also dreams of becoming indispensable. “ Wally is the worst employee of all time, but he’s likeable in his own way, so we enjoy seeing him get a win at the expense of the pointy-haired boss. I doubt I’m the only person who brain golfs.” This comic is funny to me because the boss is revealing his selfish thoughts, and also because ‘brain golfing’ is a funny combination of words. “ If you attend meetings, you probably spend a lot of time thinking your own thoughts while your coworkers drone on. The ordinary evil of regular people is always funny to me. That, in part, is what makes the staff in this comic so uncaring about the boss’s house burning down. “ Management-by-slogan usually comes across to employees as ridiculous and condescending.
That creates the inappropriateness that gives it an edge.” “Another technique I often use involves characters saying things that should only be thought. That juxtaposition is always funny to me. “I also like comics in which characters are unusually happy about something trivial, evil, or selfish. People laugh harder when they need to use their imaginations to complete the joke. Humor sometimes works best when one suggests what is coming without showing it. “This comic causes the reader to imagine a funny future in which Wally will only pretend to do the assignment.
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