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Jokes Etc / Re: Sam Milla's Performance As Moderator? by tjtj1(m): 4:22pm On Apr 24, 2008
Busta:

lol

I don't think one is needed.

yu mean HITLER lmao roff
Jokes Etc / Re: Heaven's Ugliest by tjtj1(m): 4:20pm On Apr 24, 2008
horible bkle ble ble ble ble ble ble
Jokes Etc / Re: I'd Like To Make A Little Change: by tjtj1(m): 4:20pm On Apr 24, 2008
i live in sin villa theres no ge
Dating And Meet-up Zone / Re: Sexy Clemcykul by tjtj1(m): 4:19pm On Apr 24, 2008
shykkessssssssssssssssss boringgggggggggggggg boringgggggggggggggggggggg
Jokes Etc / Stupid Things They Ask Bout Africa Nd Answers by tjtj1(m): 4:18pm On Apr 24, 2008
Idiot: So do have winter in Uganda?
Me: No Uganda is in the Tropics
Idiot: Oh yeah, u have very hot winters right? grin grin shocked shocked
Jokes Etc / Re: Ur Wife Fell 3 Times This Week! by tjtj1(m): 4:17pm On Apr 24, 2008
wtf is tht?
Jokes Etc / Re: I'd Like To Make A Little Change: by tjtj1(m): 3:57pm On Apr 24, 2008
blows up sin village cool
Jokes Etc / Re: Heaven's Ugliest by tjtj1(m): 3:55pm On Apr 24, 2008
ure not bad ure horrible
Jokes Etc / Re: I'd Like To Make A Little Change: by tjtj1(m): 3:54pm On Apr 24, 2008
sinvillage sharrap
Religion / Re: Yes, I Believe In The Holy Coconut by tjtj1(m): 3:47pm On Apr 24, 2008
i am, infidel
Jokes Etc / Re: Heaven's Ugliest by tjtj1(m): 3:40pm On Apr 24, 2008
tufe:

i thoughti already gave you enough. is that how u go about begging??

@tj

hey bro, watagwan. long time
nothinaguan
Religion / Re: Yes, I Believe In The Holy Coconut by tjtj1(m): 3:34pm On Apr 24, 2008
lol its for natives, its free. pocahontas for life
Forum Games / Re: One-word Association by tjtj1(m): 3:33pm On Apr 24, 2008
shyt grin
Jokes Etc / Re: I'd Like To Make A Little Change: by tjtj1(m): 3:33pm On Apr 24, 2008
:p
Religion / Re: Yes, I Believe In The Holy Coconut by tjtj1(m): 3:19pm On Apr 24, 2008
Seun i dunno how tu read
Forum Games / Re: One-word Association by tjtj1(m): 3:15pm On Apr 24, 2008
restroom
Jokes Etc / Re: Heaven's Ugliest by tjtj1(m): 3:12pm On Apr 24, 2008
pauper
Jokes Etc / Re: I'd Like To Make A Little Change: by tjtj1(m): 3:12pm On Apr 24, 2008
;d
Jokes Etc / Re: Heaven's Ugliest by tjtj1(m): 3:08pm On Apr 24, 2008
anus?
Jokes Etc / Re: Ur Wife Fell 3 Times This Week! by tjtj1(m): 3:06pm On Apr 24, 2008
sharrap
Jokes Etc / Re: Heaven's Ugliest by tjtj1(m): 3:02pm On Apr 24, 2008
;d
Jokes Etc / Re: Pope And Queen by tjtj1(m): 7:41pm On Apr 16, 2008
@ poster above me, so yuu cant smile
Jokes Etc / Re: U.s. Navy V Canada by tjtj1(m): 7:21pm On Apr 16, 2008
lmao
Jokes Etc / Re: Planning World War 3 by tjtj1(m): 7:19pm On Apr 16, 2008
embarassed
Travel / Re: Tell Us About The City Where You Live by tjtj1(m): 5:44pm On Apr 16, 2008
Toronto is a major scene for theatre and other performing arts, with more than fifty ballet and dance companies, six opera companies, and two symphony orchestras. The city is home to the National Ballet of Canada, the Canadian Opera Company, and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Notable performance venues include the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, Roy Thomson Hall, the Princess of Wales Theatre, the Royal Alexandra Theatre, Massey Hall, the Toronto Centre for the Arts, the Elgin and Winter Garden Theatres and the Hummingbird Centre (formerly the "O'Keefe Centre"wink. Ontario Place features the world's first permanent IMAX movie theatre, the Cinesphere,[41] as well as the Molson Amphitheatre, an open-air venue for large-scale music concerts. Each summer, the Canadian Stage Company presents an outdoor Shakespeare production in Toronto’s High Park called "Dream in High Park". Canada's Walk of Fame acknowledges the achievements of successful Canadians, with of a series of stars on designated blocks of sidewalks along King Street and Simcoe Street.

The Distillery District is a pedestrian village containing boutiques, art galleries, restaurants, artist studios and small breweries, including the well-known Mill Street Brewery. A new theatre in the district, the Young Centre for the Performing Arts, is the home of the Soulpepper Theatre Company and the drama productions of nearby George Brown College.

The production of domestic and foreign film and television is a major local industry. Many movie releases are screened in Toronto prior to wider release in North America. The Toronto International Film Festival is one of the most important annual events for the international film industry. Europe's largest film studio, Pinewood Studios Group of London, is scheduled to open a major new film studio complex in west-end Toronto, with five sound stages, with the first two to open by fall 2008.

Toronto's Caribana festival takes place from mid-July to early August of every summer, and is one of North America's largest street festivals.[42] For the most part, Caribana is based on the Trinidad and Tobago Carnival, and the first Caribana took place in 1967 when the city's Caribbean community celebrated Canada's Centennial year. 40 years later, it has grown to attract one million people to Toronto's Lake Shore Boulevard annually. Tourism for the festival is in the hundred thousands, and each year, the event brings in about $300 million.

Pride Week in Toronto takes place in mid-June, and is one of the largest LGBT festivals in the world. It attracts more than one million people from around the world, and is one of the largest events to take place in the city. Toronto is a major centre for gay and lesbian culture and entertainment, and the gay village is located in the Church and Wellesley area of Downtown.


Toronto Eaton Centre, the largest shopping mall in the City of Toronto
Tourism

Greektown brightens Christmas and Winter at Alexander the Great parkMain article: Attractions in Toronto
See also: Buildings and structures in Toronto
Toronto is currently ranked 14th in the world with over 4 million tourist arrivals a year [43]. Toronto's most prominent landmark is the CN Tower, which stood as the tallest free-standing land structure in the world at 553 metres (1,815 ft). To the surprise of its creators, the tower held the world record for over 30 years.[44]

The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) is a major museum for world culture and natural history. The Toronto Zoo, one of the largest in the world,[45][46] is home to over 5,000 animals representing over 460 distinct species. The Art Gallery of Ontario contains a large collection of Canadian, European, African and contemporary artwork. The Gardiner Museum of ceramic art which is the only museum in Canada entirely devoted to ceramics and the Museum's collection contains more than 2,900 ceramic works from Asia, the Americas, and Europe. The Ontario Science Centre always has new hands-on activities and science displays particularly appealing to children, and the Bata Shoe Museum also features many unique exhibitions. The Don Valley Brick Works is a former industrial site, which opened in 1889, and has recently been restored as a park and heritage site. The Canadian National Exhibition is held annually at Exhibition Place, and it is the oldest annual fair in the world. It is Canada's largest annual fair and the fifth largest in North America, with an average attendance of 1.25 million.[47]

The Yorkville neighbourhood is one of Toronto's most elegant shopping and dining areas. On many occasions, celebrities from all over North America can be spotted in the area, especially during the Toronto International Film Festival. The Toronto Eaton Centre is one of North America's top shopping destinations, and Toronto's most popular tourist attraction with over 52 million visitors annually.[48]

Greektown on the Danforth, is another one of the major attractions of Toronto which boasts one of the highest concentrations of restaurants per kilometre in the world. It is also home to the annual "Taste of the Danforth" festival which attracts over one million people in 2 1/2 days.[49] Toronto is also home to Canada's most famous "castle" - Casa Loma, the former estate of Sir Henry Pellatt, a prominent Toronto financier, industrialist and military man. Other notable neighbourhoods and attractions include The Beaches, the Toronto Islands, Kensington Market, Fort York, and the Hockey Hall of Fame.


Sports
Main articles: Professional sport in Toronto, Amateur sport in Toronto, and List of sports teams in Toronto

The Hockey Hall of Fame, housed in a former bank erected in 1885, is located at the intersection of Front Street and Yonge Street in Downtown Toronto.Toronto is home to the Toronto Maple Leafs, one of the National Hockey League's Original Six clubs. The city has also served as home to the Hockey Hall of Fame since 1958. The city has a rich history of hockey championships. Along with Toronto's 14 Stanley Cup titles, The Toronto Marlboros and St. Michael's College School based Ontario Hockey League teams combined have won a record 12 Memorial Cup titles. The Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League also play in Toronto at Ricoh Coliseum and are the farm team for the Maple Leafs. They are one of only two teams who are in the same market as their NHL affiliate (the other is the Philadelphia Phantoms, the AHL affiliate of the Philadelphia Flyers).

Toronto is the only Canadian city with representation in six major league sports through National Hockey League, Major League Baseball, National Lacrosse League, National Basketball Association, Canadian Football League and Major League Soccer teams. The major sports complexes include the Air Canada Centre, Rogers Centre (formerly known as SkyDome), Ricoh Coliseum and BMO Field.

The city is represented in the Canadian Football League by the Toronto Argonauts who have won 15 Grey Cup titles. Toronto played host to the 95th Grey Cup in 2007, the first held in the city since 1992. The city is also home to Major League Baseball's Toronto Blue Jays who have won two World Series titles. Both teams play their home games at the Rogers Centre, in the downtown core.

Toronto is home to the International Bowl, an NCAA sanctioned post-season football game that puts a Mid-American Conference team against a Big East Conference team. Beginning in 2007, the game is played at the Rogers Centre annually in January. In addition to team sports, the city annually hosted Champ Car's Steelback Grand Prix of Toronto (formerly known as Molson Indy Toronto) at Exhibition Place, from 1986 to 2007. Both thoroughbred and standardbred horseracing are conducted at Woodbine Race Track in Rexdale.

Historic sports clubs of Toronto include the Granite Club (est. 1836), the Royal Canadian Yacht Club (est. 1852), the Toronto Cricket Skating and Curling Club (est. pre-1827), the Argonaut Rowing Club (est. 1872), the Toronto Lawn Tennis Club (est. 1881), and the Badminton and Racquet Club (est. 1924).

Toronto was a candidate city for the 1996 and 2008 Summer Olympics, which were awarded to Atlanta and Beijing respectively. The Canadian Olympic Committee is currently considering a Toronto bid for the 2020 or 2024 Summer Olympics.[50]

Jokes Etc / Re: Pope And Queen by tjtj1(m): 7:55pm On Apr 15, 2008
yuu said so, i didnt say her name
Jokes Etc / Re: the brunette,the red head and the blonde by tjtj1(m): 6:33pm On Apr 15, 2008
at least am alive deadman tongue
Jokes Etc / Re: Gimme. . . Gimme. . . Gimme. . . More by tjtj1(m): 6:32pm On Apr 15, 2008
no sandals grin
Jokes Etc / Re: Pope And Queen by tjtj1(m): 6:21pm On Apr 15, 2008
ya tongue bl;e ble ble
Jokes Etc / Re: I Have Never Lied In My Entire Life. by tjtj1(m): 6:20pm On Apr 15, 2008
na wa o
Jokes Etc / Re: Imagine A World...... by tjtj1(m): 6:19pm On Apr 15, 2008
u said funk putty
Jokes Etc / Re: Four Men In A Car by tjtj1(m): 6:18pm On Apr 15, 2008
lol i ve forgottting shes the one grin

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