In the name of good parenting . . . .

 . . . . and for the "international" crowd . .

and just when you thought you had met "Mrs Right" . .

 . .  and for those who would rather think that winter is not over yet . . .

 CANADIAN  ART

 An older couple at an art exhibition were staring at a painting that had them completely confused.  The painting depicted three black men totally naked sitting on a park bench.  Two of the figures had black penises, but the one in the middle had a pink penis.  They asked the curator of the gallery for an interpretation.  He explained how it represented the sexual emasculation of African-Canadians in a predominately white, patriarchal society.

"In fact," he pointed out, "some serious critics believe that the pink penis also reflects the cultural and sociological oppression experienced by gay men in contemporary society".

After the curator left, a man with a noticeable maritime accent approached the couple and said, "Would yous' like to know what the painting is really all about?"  The couple looked at the man with some degree of suspicion....

"How and why" asked the couple, "could you claim to be more of an expert than the curator of this gallery?"  

"Because I'm the guy who painted it," he replied.  "In fact, there's no African-Canadians shown here at all.  They're just three Cape Breton coal miners waiting for their afternoon shift to begin.  The guy in the middle went home for lunch."

good night!