[SteelTown]

On our local news we have an underwear snatcher on the loose haha seriously. Took a single pair of underwear.

Advisory - Hamilton Police Service
Posted on October 26, 2009 at 03:00 PM.

Hamilton Police are investigating a Break and Enter in West Hamilton that targeted the stealing of female underwear.

On Friday, October 23rd, 2009, between the hours of 4 and 4:30 p.m., unknown suspect or suspects entered through a window of a home in West Hamilton. The female resident was only away from her home for a short time, and when she returned, found evidence of the break-in. The only property identified as being taken from the residence was a quantity of female underwear.

Police are concerned that the person(s) responsible for this entry may be involved in other similar acts, and may be targeting homes where females reside. Police are asking for the assistance of the public to be aware of any suspicious persons or circumstances.

Anyone with any information on this or similar incidents are asked to call Detective Sergeant David Beech at 905-546-3833 or Crimestoppers at 905-522-8477.

[mr.John]

Good god this unfortunate incident is turning into a sick joke..what's next?


Award for man who shot Dziekanski Taser video


By Jennifer Saltman, Vancouver ProvinceOctober 28, 2009 3:03 PM
StoryPhotos ( 1 )Video ( 1 )

Paul Pritchard (right), accompanied by lawyer Paul E. Pearson, gives his account on Nov. 1, 2007 of what happened when the police at the Vancouver International Airport Tasered Robert Dziekanski. Pritchard filmed the incident with his Sony digital camera.Photograph by: Debra Brash file photo, Canwest News ServiceThe B.C. man who shot the video of four RCMP officers Tasering Robert Dziekanski at Vancouver airport two years ago has won a journalism award.

Paul Pritchard, 27, received the first Canadian Journalists for Free Expression Citizen Journalism Award at an event in Toronto Tuesday called The Citizen As Journalist: Tasers, The RCMP and Public Perception.

"Without the tape we wouldn't have had the journalistic investigation, the year-long inquiry into the incident, and we wouldn't have seen the safer use of the taser by police departments across the country," said CJFE president Arnold Amber. "The remarkable partnership between investigative journalists and the citizen who recorded the last minutes of Dziekanski's life has led to all these revelations and impact."

Amber added, "What he did probably will save many other lives down the road."

Dziekanski, 40, a Polish immigrant who spoke no English, was Tasered five times by RCMP after causing a disturbance at the airport on Oct. 14, 2007. He died shortly after. He had been on his way to join his mother and start a new life in Kamloops.

Pritchard was en route from China to his home in Victoria when he filmed the incident.

Pritchard said in November 2007 that he was in the public area of the international arrivals section at the airport when he noticed Dziekanski acting strangely, pacing back and forth and banging on a glass door in a bid to re-enter the arrivals area.

Dziekanski eventually got through the glass doors, at which point Pritchard started filming him with his Sony digital camera.

Security tried to stop him from filming, and after the incident Pritchard hid his video camera in his bag because he was worried it would be confiscated. He surrendered the footage to police, but hired a lawyer when they refused to return it after 48 hours. Three weeks later he was given the video, which he released to the public.

The CJFE Citizen Journalism Award was given to recognize "the vital role that Pritchard played in getting the facts about the incident out to the public."

In presenting the award, Amber remarked: "Canada needs more Paul Pritchards."

Canadian Journalists for Free Expression is an association of more than 300 journalists, editors, publishers, producers, students and others who work to promote and defend free expression and press freedom in Canada and abroad.

© Copyright (c) Canwest News Service

http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Award+shot+Dziekanski+Taser+video/2155344/story.html

[bulliver]

^ What do you think is sick and what do you think is a joke about that? Perhaps a bit of hyperbole in the statements, but I for one am glad that private citizens are documenting incidents like this.

What's wrong with this guy getting some props?

[Slug]

Looking at it from the police perspective his award is their failure in information management.

Speaking about information management the new Extreme The National brought to you by YouTube is starting to tick me off. Sure, the internet is popular but don't try to emulate it like some second rate reality TV show.

[vid]

Making toast in the car and transporting inflated beach toys? Yeah... You look like a versatile guy. :naughty:

local radio host mentioned this morning someone commented

http://www.azillionthings.com/lookytouchy/orly_owl.jpg
source (http://www.lookytouchy.com/2005_10_01_lookytouchy_archive.html)

[francely57]

These days, ALL media here are talking about 2 things...

1- A (H1N1)

2- corruption in Montreal's municipal government and construction contracts;
possible corruption in Laval's & Longueuil's muncipal governments, and construction contracts

...pretty depressing

Speaking of reports of corruption.....

:yuck:

http://macleans.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/mac_cover_091109.jpg?w=485
Maclean's, November 9, 2009
http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/07/08/macleans-covers-gallery/mac_cover_091109/

[vid]

Tomorrow in the National Post:

Montreal: The New AIDS?

If Camilla is anyone from a fairy tale she is the witch that tries to eat Hansel and Gretel. Charles can be Dumbo: The Flying Elephant.

[Rico Rommheim]

http://macleans.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/mac_cover_091109.jpg?w=485
Maclean's, November 9, 2009
http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/07/08/macleans-covers-gallery/mac_cover_091109/


uh....yeah.

Montreal: The New AIDS?

No. That's too nice of a headline.

[Rathgrith]

Looking at it from the police perspective his award is their failure in information management.

Speaking about information management the new Extreme The National brought to you by YouTube is starting to tick me off. Sure, the internet is popular but don't try to emulate it like some second rate reality TV show.

I swear CBC Newsworld NewsNetwork is becoming Fox News with all those annoying graphics in the fore and background.

[vid]

But if things stop moving, my poor vision won't be able to detect it! :(

[manny_santos]

Tomorrow in the National Post:

Montreal: The New AIDS?

If Camilla is anyone from a fairy tale she is the witch that tries to eat Hansel and Gretel. Charles can be Dumbo: The Flying Elephant.

Maybe it will be the last National Post too.

[kirjtc2]

Am I the only one who's sick of CTV's over-the-top Olympic cheerleading?

Really Lloyd, the arrival of the torch in Canada is not worth taking up half the newscast.

[mr.John]

Macleans...are they still in business? what do they sell every month? maybe 2or 3 dozen copies

[Rico Rommheim]

^according to wiki they have a 'circulation' of 350,000 copies per week. Now for all I know that could mean they give away most of them...

[M II A II R II K]

Canwest says National Post could close after Friday


Thu Oct 29, 11:59 am ET

By Wojtek Dabrowski

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091029/wl_canada_nm/canada_us_canwest_nationalpost


TORONTO (Reuters) – The National Post, the flagship daily newspaper of Canada's beleaguered Canwest Global Communications, will likely be forced to close after Friday if it isn't transferred to a new holding company, Canwest said in a court filing.

[habfanman]

The most disturbing aspect of this cover is at the top-the two corpses that were unearthed..

EEEEEEEEEEEEK!!

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii68/Habfanman/SSP%201/mac_cover_091109.jpg

[habfanman]

Am I the only one who's sick of CTV's over-the-top Olympic cheerleading?

Really Lloyd, the arrival of the torch in Canada is not worth taking up half the newscast.

After two years of non-stop promos, I tune out as soon as I hear the word "Olympics".

Lloyd's hosting an hour-long arrival-of-the-flame snoozefest as I write this. Based upon 50 year old helicopter in the background, it's taking place in either a museum or a Canadian Forces base.

[MolsonExport]

Another piece of Conman Black's former media empire bites the dust. Good riddance, National post. A version of the glob and snail for the crazy redneck uncle.

[MolsonExport]

olympic flame relay-across-Canada BS is just a pathetic attempt at nation-building

[mr.John]

Don't worry I'll put an end to all this Flame bullshit when it comes through Montreal, I'll be waiting with my fire extinguisher

[vid]

Don't worry I'll put an end to all this Flame bullshit when it comes through Montreal, I'll be waiting with my fire extinguisher

They keep a backup flame, I'm not sure where they keep it though. Good luck!!!

^according to wiki they have a 'circulation' of 350,000 copies per week. Now for all I know that could mean they give away most of them...

I used to subscribe to Time (didn't renew it after it became the Suck Obama's Cock Monthly Digest) and since then they have replaced their Canadian edition with Macleans, so as a former subscriber every three or four months I get an issue of Macleans sponsored by some company (last one was Cold FX, before that it was WestJet, twice) with a bunch of literature practically begging me to subscribe to the damn thing. They say they will give me a little Sudoku game thing if I do! :rolleyes: Also, about a fifth of it is a "tourism supplement", 18 pages of advertisements about the Caribbean, the Mediterranean, and last time, Canada. (Yes, it excluded Northern Ontario.)

[harls]

Lloyd's hosting an hour-long arrival-of-the-flame snoozefest as I write this.

Aw, I missed it.

Oh well, I'm sure it will be replayed on the news at 6 tonight.. and again at 11... and tomorrow on canada am.. and once again on e-talk.

[bulliver]

Wow, what a bunch of negative nancies. Upset that Montreal was a white elephant and Toronto got the shaft much?

[vid]

You're from Edmonton. You're not allowed to talk about that kind of thing! ;)

[bulliver]

Ha ha! I live in Edmonton..I'm not from there ;)

[habfanman]

Wow, what a bunch of negative nancies. Upset that Montreal was a white elephant and Toronto got the shaft much?

I'll be all over the Olympics when they begin but 2 years of constant ad bombardment tends to have a numbing effect!

I'm the same way with xmas: I love it on the 24th but get so sick of the buildup.. and that's only 2 months!

The xmas ads will be starting any minute now..

[Acajack]

The xmas ads will be starting any minute now..

They are all cued for a start at midnight tomorrow night. Really, they are.

[mr.John]

They keep a backup flame, I'm not sure where they keep it though. Good luck!!!


Yeah but I could go the other route, instead of putting out the flame I could spray gasoline on the sucker with the torch.... the resulting fireball would certainly make all the newscasts in North America (right after the H1N1+23/t5-72+6 flu needle fest report)

[bulliver]

I'll be all over the Olympics when they begin but 2 years of constant ad bombardment tends to have a numbing effect!

I'm the same way with xmas: I love it on the 24th but get so sick of the buildup.. and that's only 2 months!

The xmas ads will be starting any minute now..

That's true I suppose. My solution for both problems is to turn off the TV :tup:

[dancinb]

So true bulliver. Last year, I didn't have a car (and as such didn't listen to the radio) in December and didn't have a tv. It didn't even seem like Christmas until the 24th because I had NO media exposure! December was SO enjoyable because of it.

It bothers me that mass media has so much influence on society.

Another example of that influence is traffic reports. Experiment: Listen to a traffic report with busy bustling music/noise in the background and then listen to a traffic report with nothing in the background. One makes you angry and uptight before you even get on the road. It's my opinion that much of road rage starts by people listening to traffic reports.

[habfanman]

That's true I suppose. My solution for both problems is to turn off the TV :tup:

LOL! I don't have cable so I only receive 7 channels. That multiplies my CTV exposure by a factor of about 20 no matter how little I watch because I only ever watch 4 of the 7.

Xmas buildup cannot be avoided, it's everywhere and people never stop talking about it: "Are you ready for Christmas?" "Have you finished your Christmas shopping yet?" "What are you doing for Christmas?"

UGH!

[dancinb]

^ With very little effort and a little discipline, Christmas buildup can be tempered significantly though.

- Turn off the radio in the car
- In lieu of watching TV:
- go for a walk
- go for a beer/coffee with a friend/family member
- read a book

And do it again tomorrow!

This is the anti-media thread, right?

[SpongeG]

Canadian tire always seems to be the first to run christmas ads

but since they got rid of scrooge they are nothing much anymore

[bulliver]

^ I think that's something all Canadians can agree on...Canadian Tire has the worst, most annoying television ads ever. BTW...thanks a lot for reminding me of those damn 'give like santa, save like scrooge' commercials :yuck:

[mr.John]

I wouldn't be too hard on Xmas, it's a great holiday for the kids and it's very good for the economy, plus all the christmas lights help brighten up a dreary dark winter (wait till this weekend when it gets dark at 5pm)

[vid]

Superstore has been selling Christmas trees and decorations since mid-September...

[kirjtc2]

^ I think that's something all Canadians can agree on...Canadian Tire has the worst, most annoying television ads ever.

Wrong. McCain does.

[Rico Rommheim]

nah I think Tim Horton's pollutes most of the airwaves.

[vid]

Tim Horton's commercials. Not only are there a lot of them, but they are an insult to the intelligence of (some of) the people watching.

[Jay in Cowtown]

nah I think Tim Horton's pollutes most of the airwaves.

ABSOLUTELY!!!

[manny_santos]

CTV News tonight is a disgrace.

First 10 minutes, Lloyd from Victoria with Olympic flame coverage, including a fluff piece on how the flame is carried on a plane to get from Greece to Canada.

Very quick, and I mean very quick mention of a Canadian soldier dead in Afghanistan, then a bunch of H1N1 coverage. Commercial break, and then a promo for W5 disguised as news. After a quick summary of some real news, back to Lloyd in Victoria, but not until after another Local TV Matters promo. All shameless self-promotion for the Olympics, as well as W5.

Absolutely disgraceful. Between this and the lowered standards at CBC this week, I think Global National is quickly becoming the best national news choice in Canada.

[harls]

They are all cued for a start at midnight tomorrow night. Really, they are.

Yesterday at the grocery store I noticed that Egg nog was on sale already.

Good thing that stuff has an extended shelf life.

[Ayreonaut]

Yesterday at the grocery store I noticed that Egg nog was on sale already.

I'm about to get my second carton of the year.

[mr.John]

Anyone catch the latest retarded offering from Tim Horton? the one where two douchebags decide to go to Tims and one of them starts acting like an upper class British twit, the commercial ends with the twit locked inside the car by his buddy (lover?)from the exterior

[habfanman]

Anyone catch the latest retarded offering from Tim Horton? the one where two douchebags decide to go to Tims and one of them starts acting like an upper class British twit, the commercial ends with the twit locked inside the car by his buddy (lover?)from the exterior

Their commercials are about as good as the coffee-flavoured hot beverage swill that they sell.

[Ayreonaut]

I don't even drink coffee...why do I still hate Tim Horton's?

[SpongeG]

Anyone catch the latest retarded offering from Tim Horton? the one where two douchebags decide to go to Tims and one of them starts acting like an upper class British twit, the commercial ends with the twit locked inside the car by his buddy (lover?)from the exterior

the driver is hot

[vid]

:previous: I was going to say that. :P Minus points, of course, for being in their stupid commercial.

Ugh nog, including chocolate ugh nog, has been on sale at Stupidstore since around Thanksgiving.

[SteelTown]

Just saw MTV Cribs and Ben Mulroney has a whole separate fridge for his shampoos. I shit you not!

[vid]

You know, that honestly does not surprise me.

[Ayreonaut]

I wonder if he uses the term "crib".

[MolsonExport]

Canadian tire always seems to be the first to run christmas ads

but since they got rid of scrooge they are nothing much anymore

Just for old times' sake.

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[MolsonExport]

^over my lifetime, I must have sat through thousands of those horrid Canadian tire scrooge commercials. If I could only have 3cents worth of Canadian tire money for each exposure...I could buy one of their overpriced, inferior quality snowblowers.

[MolsonExport]

The badness knows no bounds...
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[habfanman]

The badness knows no bounds...

Ha ha! A Team, Cabbage Patch.. thanks for the memories/nightmares MolsonEx.

The best commercial right now is Slap Chop. "Linguini, zucchini, martini, bikini", "You're gonna love my nuts".. brilliant!

Vince is my hero!

[Ayreonaut]

"You don't want boring tuna"

[habfanman]

"You don't want boring tuna"

"You don't want a boring life!"

[Ayreonaut]

Right.

[bulliver]

The best commercial right now is Slap Chop. "Linguini, zucchini, martini, bikini", "You're gonna love my nuts".. brilliant!

Vince is my hero!

Saw a 'Vince' on Whyte Ave. last night for halloween. He was pitching on the street corner and everything. Did a bang-up job.

[SpongeG]

lol thanks for those scrooge commercials - ugh the memories

some I can remember from the 70's are those kraft in the kitchen commercials they used to play on shows like the tommy hunter show

[harls]

Why is it so taboo for burger conglomerates to show people actually eating their burgers? Let's airbrush this plastic burger-like module with perfect lettuce hang and ketchup glisten-factor for maximum taste/hunger recognition. WTF aren't you eating a sock full of meat? Man that shit looks so fake. My Wendy's burger looks nothing like this. In fact, it looks like some shit you'd scrape off the side of a dumpster. Show us the truth. it's a heap of meat and toppings. We all know what we're getting.. how about a truth campaign? 'look at this wad of cattle, stuff this shit in your yap and shut your hole'.

[Proof Sheet]

Saw a 'Vince' on Whyte Ave. last night for halloween. He was pitching on the street corner and everything. Did a bang-up job.

Vince is the man....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZxyqMrb0uU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b86SOHZ0nIA&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsQcyhBsSjI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWRyj5cHIQA

[MolsonExport]

its not the baconator, its the bowelmovementmaker.

[mr.John]

Why does Chevrolet believe that filming a 61 year old retired hockey player (grandpa Orr) testing their crappy shitboxes help sell more cars? When did kneecap Orr ever drive in F1 or nascar?

[bulliver]

Baconator contains about 3/4 of the daily recomended caloric intake for an average adult male.

[vid]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3165/2815813416_b0931a174a.jpg

A Baconator Combo with a twisted Frosty has 1,750 calories and 88 grams of fat.

The average person needs about 2,200 calories and 60 grams of fat per day.

The average African eats about 1,800 calories per day. This is just one meal for us.

Something to think about next time you're waiting in the drive through.

[Ayreonaut]

I had a baconator a couple weeks ago. :shuffle:

[kirjtc2]

I had one when it first came out. Never again.

[francely57]

Never again.

My brother said the exact same thing after he had eaten one for breakfast.:eek:

[Slug]

My brother hasn't touched one of those since he won a bet against a friend that he couldn't eat 4. It was almost a friggin cube of bacon, burger and cheese. BTW apparently some Wendy's resturants have a secret Cube burger menu item you can order

[SpongeG]

I heard in Japan Burger King sells a 7 patty whopper

[SpongeG]

here it is - apparently it was to celebrate windows 7

http://www.gearfuse.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/bk_poster091014_02.jpg

http://www.gearfuse.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/whopper1.jpg

[MolsonExport]

^well now, what do you do with that? You can't eat it like a regular burger/sandwich. Perhaps they use chopsticks.

[vid]

I can not, for the life of me, imagine an Asian person eating something like that. And, wow, does it every look like shit in reality.

[SteelTown]

Eck!!!!!!

[habfanman]

Glad I missed the Windows 95 burger!!

[circle33]

After viewing these last few post, I'm happier than ever to be vegetarian.

Though I might fall off the wagon for a Krispy Kreme burger.

http://makesyoufat.com/photos/620-The-Luther-Rory.jpg
Source:makesyoufat.com

[vid]

That just looks wrong.

[SpongeG]

very wrong - is that peanut butter on it?

[SteelTown]

After viewing these last few post, I'm happier than ever to be vegetarian.

Ditto!

[vid]

There is a shorter version of the Tim Horton's soup commercial where they make fun of the guy's stupid accent. It was kinda funny the first time I saw it. It wasn't funny the 19th time I saw it.

I only watched TV for 45 minutes.....

[Ayreonaut]

I would too if I only had peasantvision.

[harls]

here it is - apparently it was to celebrate windows 7
http://www.gearfuse.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/whopper1.jpg

I like a good burger, but this is so very wrong.

[Slug]

It's first thing in the morning and I for some reason am craving chicken fries.

[MolsonExport]

here it is - apparently it was to celebrate windows 7

http://www.gearfuse.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/bk_poster091014_02.jpg

http://www.gearfuse.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/whopper1.jpg

Ah. windows 7 must clog up your computer as would such a meal clog up your arteries.

I wonder what the windows vista burger looks like? A quadruple bypass, with a colonoscopy to boot? Or rather, a nice big fresh turd on a bun?

[manny_santos]

here it is - apparently it was to celebrate windows 7

http://www.gearfuse.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/bk_poster091014_02.jpg

http://www.gearfuse.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/whopper1.jpg

Notice in reality, they only give you 6 patties, not 7. I feel jipped.

Reminds me of this website...

http://www.thewvsr.com/adsvsreality.htm

The Arby's Beef 'n' Cheddar in reality looks like a football.

[harls]

^ :D that site reminds me of the 'celebrities with and without makeup' email that went around.

[kirjtc2]

Wait a minute....here, fast food places have items that tie into new movies, sports, etc.

In Japan, they have tie-ins to operating systems?

[MolsonExport]

I spent 30 enjoyable minutes on that website. Love the promotion vs reality shots, and the baconator adventure.

[Ayreonaut]

Wait a minute....here, fast food places have items that tie into new movies, sports, etc.

In Japan, they have tie-ins to operating systems?

Have you not yet had a Snow Leopard burger?

[habfanman]

Have you not yet had a Snow Leopard burger?

I'm still working on my Tiger fries.

[vid]

I tried to eat a Linux burger but I couldn't figure out where to put the ingredients. :(

[manny_santos]

For those of you in New Brunswick, Rogers has applied to the CRTC to reduce the amount of news programming on its News stations in Saint John and Moncton, by raising the permitted amount of music programming from 10% to 25% of the schedule. They specifically state they wish to get rid of news and focus on long-form talk programming. This application does not involve their News station in Halifax.

You'd think Rogers, with profits of over $1 billion in fiscal 2008, would be more than happy to provide something (local news) otherwise only provided by CBC in Saint John and Moncton, and not everyone is a fan of CBC Radio. Do they seriously want to lose market share to CBC?

http://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2009/2009-691.htm

[kirjtc2]

Rogers hasn't really figured out this whole news-wheel thing here.

We do not need traffic reports every 10 minutes in New Brunswick. Rush hour lasts 30 minutes. If a member of Saint John city council sneezes, it is not worth dropping everything and running this ominous "breaking news" sounder to talk about it for 5 minutes. I see they're replacing morning drive with a talk show, which may be an improvement.

Which reminds me...why the heck are they still running Andrew Krystal's show from Halifax? Every time I listen to him, he's either 1) yelling at callers over something he has no clue about, 2) talking about whatever Halifax/NS-centric issue with zero relevance here, 3) having some obviously paid shill on to talk about whatever snake oil or useless gadget they're peddling, or 4) all of the above.

It's not like Tom Young's show is much better - he's got the same 4 topics he drives into the ground over and over and over again.

At nights, when the Sea Dogs aren't playing, they just run (or used to run) ESPN Radio, which has all the in-depth US college football coverage New Brunswickers care so little about. Music would actually be an improvement.

[vid]

The radio station here recently dropped their call in show, because the same few people were calling all the time and their ratings crashed when people got bored of it.

[SpongeG]

vancouver lost talk 1410 - its now team 1410 and a sports station which rebroadcasts a lot of team 1040 and a lot of ESPN radio stuff

so we no longer get coast to coast am radio show in vancouver :(

or dr laura or dr joy brown or local talk topics

[bulliver]

I tried to eat a Linux burger but I couldn't figure out where to put the ingredients. :(

RTF Linux-Burger HOWTO, jeez ;)

[manny_santos]

vancouver lost talk 1410 - its now team 1410 and a sports station which rebroadcasts a lot of team 1040 and a lot of ESPN radio stuff

so we no longer get coast to coast am radio show in vancouver :(

or dr laura or dr joy brown or local talk topics

The big Canadian markets tend to only be able to support one news/talk station in addition to CBC - Vancouver has CKWX, Montreal has CJAD, and so forth. Toronto is able to support more but 680 dominates the ratings. London is an inexplicable anomaly with two such stations, although the lack of a locally-based CBC outlet might be a contributing factor.

[1ajs]

interesting song about a man loosing his girl to someone from sask lol herd an interview on sunday on cbc of the band
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[Rico Rommheim]

The radio station here recently dropped their call in show, because the same few people were calling all the time and their ratings crashed when people got bored of it.

ahahahahaha!