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I love funny email!

My dad has a buddy who sends him about 17 emails a day.

Wait, before I continue – is pluralizing “email” with “emails” correct? Who knows? I’ll keep doing it, because this is my article.

Where was I… Oh, right, the 17 emails a day guy. So this guy sends my dad TONS of emails, and my dad reviews them and sends the worthy ones along to my siblings and I. Some of them are even good enough for me to send to my friends!

Here’s a collection of photos that have been sent to me in recent weeks. I think these are all worthy of a NorthGeek audience…

Traffic in India… WOW!

This was sent to me by a friend that lives in Jabalpur, India. In his email, he wrote:

“Believe me this is the best traffic situation in India. There are places where traffic is 1000 times as bad as this and still there are very few and less serious accidents as compared to North America.”

Pretty nuts! Enjoy.

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Is making money important anymore?

Nike's New Jordan Line of Championship (Loser) Shoes

I came across this article (thanks to Ariel Helwani of JarryPark.com) that talks about Nike’s new line of Jordan-brand shoes that come in the colors of teams that Jordan demolished during his 6 NBA Championship runs with the Chicago Bulls.

Maybe you can help me figure this out… If I’m a Bulls or a Jordan fan (or both), why would I want to buy, let alone wear, shoes in Phoenix Suns team colors? Or, better yet, if I’m a Suns fan, why do I want to wear shoes that are inspired by the ass-whooping handed to my favorite team by Air Jordan and the legendary Bulls?

This just makes me think: does Nike care to make money, or are they just trying to get mega-blogs like NorthGeek writing about them? Who is going to buy these shoes?!

OK, fine. I’m from Montreal and don’t have a definitive favorite NBA team, so maybe I’ll buy a pair – if they’re comfy and less than $300.

What are NHL coaches yelling behind the bench?

No matter how close you get to the excitement of a professional hockey game, you’ll never catch all the goodness coming from the energized mouths of hockey players, coaches, and refs. While the players are full of weak taunts and endless swearing (which somehow still provokes fights), it’s the coaches who have to drive fickle, millionaire adults playing professional sports into battle. They’re usually seen during breaks in play, standing silently behind their players, but they must be keeping busy.

Here’s a sneak peak at Mike Keenan, current coach for the Calgary Flames:

Some good coach bits in here too:

Impressive street riding in Edinburgh by Danny MacAskill

This video by Dave Sowerby of Inspired Bicycles team rider Danny MacAskill is amazing and has some of the most creative riding ever seen. Thanks to this video, he’s not only leaving his incidental live spectators breathless. And, he’s wearing a helmet. Good boy, Danny.

What do you want to do before you die?

I believe that what you’ve done makes good stories, but what you seek to do with your life and the things you want to accomplish define you. These guys set out to cross off their lists, document it, and help people out along the way.

It looks like they’ve created something very powerful in the process. It’s called The Buried Life. These four guys from Victoria, BC, Canada have signed their show to MTV. We’re looking forward to seeing more!

Inspiring finish to Boston Marathon 2009 by Americans

We’re not Americans. We’re proudly Canadian here at NorthGeek. But it’s very hard not to like Ryan Hall and Kara Goucher, two phenomenal US distance runners. They’ve got great personalities, remarkable finishes, and good looks. Watch them compete in the final stretches of this past Sunday’s legendary Boston Marathon:

This is Kara Goucher’s 2nd marathon. She is also the 2007 world 10km champ. And she was upset by this result. You gotta love that competitiveness and post-marathon emotion (you gotta run one to know).

Think Google Maps is invading your privacy?

Google Maps’ street view is amazing. You can peruse new neighborhoods, potential dwellings, hard to describe stores, and so much more. Some have enjoyed showing their Googles, and some innocently sharing the road haven’t had such a pleasant fate. Others have attempted to catch images of the Google van to alert pedestrians and perhaps inspire them to do something special when it passes.

But maybe it’s just getting a bit too close for comfort:

How to name your baby

Having trouble coming up for a name for your baby? These guys count down the most bootylicious names for your baby:

Eating the world’s biggest Cheeto over the world’s most expensive keyboard

Only the guys at Gizmodo would do this: