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Teachers Apologize for ‘Humiliating,’ ‘Cruel,’ & ‘Dirty Rotten’ End-of-Year Prank

Feb. 23, 2013 6:45pm Erica Ritz

Teachers Trick Canadian 8th Grade Students into Thinking Theyre Going to Disney World for Graduation

(Photo: Global Toronto)

Teachers at a public school in Windsor, Canada decided to teach a student a lesson for snooping by pulling an elaborate prank on the 8th grade class, telling them they were all going to Disney World for graduation before dashing their hopes several days later.

They reportedly showed the students slide shows of Disney World, passed out pamphlets about the amusement parks, hotels and even an estimate of the (surprisingly affordable) costs. At just $250 for the entire trip, many of the students thought they’d be able to swing it with their parents.

The students were even told to yell “We’re going to Disney!” in unison. That’s when, according to the Ottawa Citizen, the teachers put up a slide of their real end-of-year celebration destination: a local bowling alley.

One of the teachers reportedly filmed the students’ devastated reactions on her iPad, and showed the clip to at least one other class.

“I have a lot of respect for teachers and what they do, but this was really stupid judgment,” one parent said. Another added: “When my son told me, it blew me away…that’s bullying, and there should be zero tolerance.”

Here’s more on the story, via ABC7:

The teachers have since apologized and the school has denounced the prank, but the school is staying silent on whether any of the officials involved will be suspended or worse.

While many of the students say they have forgiven their teachers, their parents and commenters on news sites are still calling the prank “cruel,” “humiliating,” and “dirty rotten.”

But at least one mother doesn’t seem quite as outraged as the others.

Penelope Doe, remarked, according to Global Toronto: “I’ve got no problem. I think it was good. It was a funny prank.”

What do you think? Would you be upset if teachers pulled a similar stunt at your child’s school?

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everydaywoman
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 9:19pm
The fact that these teachers pulled this prank for so many days makes them jerks! The fact that they showed the video of the student’s let down faces to other classes makes them bullies. The fact that some students were snooping around trying to find clues on their year end trip was not right BUT what student DOESN’T do some “snooping” from time to time?! The teachers could have come up with a better and more adult way of “teaching them a lesson” like taking away their recess or giving extra homework. Not this.

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- GETLIFE
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 4:07am
  Public sector or unionized, take your pick.
  Of course they are not ALL that way, but this type of pre-meditated humiliation can only be borne of an incredible sense of job security and self- justification (I get lifetime employment and benefits, therefore I know what I am doing….)
  
  Oh, and good luck with that “our-youth-no-longer-respects-authority” argument.
  These teachers deserve the respect of NO ONE– and children are not stupid.
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 6:48am
  I see an 8th grade revenge coming up…
  
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- The Jewish Avenger
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 7:23am
  Exactly what I thought:
  
  Hollow nails under the tires and sugar in the gas tank….
  
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- lbesq
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 11:38am
  Still will go with the Thought that it was NOT right what the teachers did. Especially the showing of the reaction to other classes. HOWEVER, When I was in School, LONG time ago, a student would never snoop in a teachers desk. That was grounds for a swift Swat on the **** with the Paddle. Oh, give me a break, a (1) swat never “damaged” a student, except their pride. It also was, IN MY DAY, reinforced, at home, if your parents got told about it from the school. If student do not GIVE respect, it becomes harder for other to Give them respect.
  Still a cruel “joke” and an even more cruel “revenge” by showing the reaction to other students. There should be consequences to the Teachers. Fire them, NO. Loss of Pay, Yes. Something in their employment Jacket, YES. Student(s) caught snooping, should also have some consequences. The rest of the class, just got a “hard” lesson in the current “real” world of today’s society.
  
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- Rice Water
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 12:22pm
  I honestly can’t tell who is stupider here. The stupid kids get a pass for being stupid kids, but the stupid teachers (as stupid teachers are wont to do) have stupidly crossed some boundaries. The stupid parents were stupid if they legitimately believed anything the stupid teachers told them without investigating, and they are all stupid for being stupid Canadians.
  
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- donotdrinkthekoolade
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 12:23pm
  EVERYDAYWOMAN, You hit the nail on the head when you stated that the teachers were bullies. Their behavior shows contempt for the students. It also shows a great deal of immaturity…adults behaving sophomoric by imitating children. I’d pull my child out of that school in a heartbeat.
  
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- Stoic one
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 12:31pm
  Stupid prank – perhaps.
  
  Bullying?
  
  Please explain to this simple mind here; where the intimidation, punching, slapping, and theft of property that occurs with bullying is in this story.
  
  As a Navy rugrat who attended 21 schools,that at the age of 10 was 3’9″ and #45, I saw a lot of BULLYING. I do not see bullying here.
  
  Please enlighten me here.
  
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- donotdrinkthekoolade
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 4:38pm
  STOIC ONE. I get your point, perhaps there is a better word to describe adults that behave badly. However, what makes this situation heinous is the position of power these teachers hold. This was not an example of peer against peer bullying. This was a clear illustration of “abuse of power”. These teachers, who ought to know better, behaved like bullies. They crushed a bunch of little kids. Wow! I guess they “proved” THEY were more powerful. …..
  
  Not all bullying is of a physical nature. Some would say that intimidation and ridicule by a person that one should be able to trust, is worse.
  
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- Stoic one
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 12:32am
  How about betrayal of trust, lying, and deceitful actions. all of which, when done to a child by adults can be harmful.
  
  Words have meaning that describe real things. this was NOT bullying.
  
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- Dismayed Veteran
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 2:56pm
  Stoic
  
  Army brat here. In my opinion, this prank is not what you and I know as bullying. Being the newby on any post or base does present it’s own challenges. I do think the is bullying in the sense that the teachers used their power position to prank an entire class. Very immature.
  
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Jake Dog2
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 9:16pm
Canada decided to teach a student a lesson for snooping by pulling an elaborate prank on the 8th grade class, telling them they were all going to Disney World for graduation before dashing their hopes several days later.
How does snooping of one student connect with the prank on the other students???

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- GETLIFE
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 3:13am
  That IS the creepiest part of this story, isn’t it?
  Collective punishment. They ALL must suffer!
  
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- nomemymine
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 8:05am
  It is a good move to prepare the kids for the real world. Like, they might work and pay for SS their whole life, then, oops, there is no money to take care of you anymore.
  
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- G-WHIZ
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 9:11am
  How ineptly stupid of history are you??? Obviously you never saw all those million of western-movies and many others which show [one] checking-out the “bank” before the many-come to rob it, or to complete the “major-plot”!! You never heard of “spying”?? DUH!~!
  
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- donotdrinkthekoolade
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 12:28pm
  GETLIFE.I like it! “Collective Punishment” fits perfectly and sounds so Obamaesque.
  
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- smokie
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 1:13pm
  I’m of a theory that many of the people that go into the field of high school teaching want to be 16 forever. They don’t want to grow up, thus engineer their lives to stay in high school. Parents, keep your mind and eyes peeled at the next teacher’s meeting, is that teacher an adult, or just an emotionally stunted older cheer leading Captian?
  I don’t think parents should tell children that high school is the best years of their lives. That’s depressing.
  
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MK2
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 9:15pm
The world will never be a place were nobody gets offended and everybody gets along toughen up kids life sucks.the parents are acting more like the kids.I bet most of you bitching have watched prank shows on tv and laughed your A$$ off some things in life are just funny Learn to laugh at yourself when you are made to look like a fool its not all that bad some day next year the kids won’t think about the prank.I don’t remember people bitching about people being made a fool on Candid Camera but everything wasn’t PC back then.Some of you would hate to live in my house we pull prank laugh at each other and at ourselves

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- rickg62
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 10:15am
  Thank god I’m not related to you or live in your house. Candid Camera was not cruel, this is. If you want to pull this crap on your own kids, fine, have at it, but I would think that your neighbors would have a different view if you pulled it on their kids. There would probably be some loud pounding on your door. No I don’t watch prank TV shows and I don’t like prank phone calls. I bet you were pulling a prank on us here by trying to make us believe you could actually write in English coherently.
  
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- MK2
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 1:08pm
  Rick
  It’s my house my kids friends want to come to not the other way around and I prefer it that way we have a lot of fun at our house.We have had good times and bad times but through it all we try to make life as fun as passable we try to live life to its fullest.My kids know I love them and would gladly lay my life down for them.It also carries over into my job over the last 18 years I have ran 3 different departments every time they have moved me from 1 department to the next the guys that tell my new employees they will love working for me.I have had several people tell me I’m the best boss they ever had and I have had a couple of guys transfer from 1 department to stay under me .My CEO has told me that I get more work out of my guy then any other supervisor 95 % of the people at our plant would rather work for me.that being said I don’t give a damn what you think of me
  
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- rickg62
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 7:33pm
  Alright MK what does your work experience and history have to do with the subject at hand? I’ve had a similar work history too. So what? Were you in the habit of playing pranks on people under you or your bosses? Maybe hand out fake pink slips on a Fri. before a holiday? That’s a real barrel of laughs. My response to you concerned your assumption of fake outrage at this but enjoying watching similar things on TV. It wouldn’t have been so bad had it been confined to just the presentation and then after the video of Disney, immediately having a shot of the bowling alley and not stretching it out over several days. Suppose some of the parents were already making plans on coming up with the money or anything else dependent upon this trip. I’ll bet they’re laughing.
  
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Stelex
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 8:44pm
Everything makes sense if you realize there are no adults……only adult children. I’m not religious but I’m beggining to get why we are Gods “Children”

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GoodStuff
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 8:43pm
Canada is still around? We haven’t annexed them yet? Oye.

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- nomemymine
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 8:10am
  Yes, Canada, with their new Asian immigrants’ votes have turned very Conservative. They are rich with the money brought in by these Asian immigrants because now Canada is the land of the Free. They are also free to use their oil sand and make money.
  
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- grimjack3791
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 12:08pm
  Canada is the home of ice hockey, prog rock legends Rush, and Epic Meal Time. That’s about it.
  
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SamIamTwo
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 8:17pm
Their nation, their problem.

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ThePostman
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 8:10pm
How does this prank compare to the HUGE prank that public schools are even effective at educating kids? LOL! That, to me, is the bigger lie.

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- DRSAVAGE24
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 1:44am
  Exactly. Public schools exist for the teachers unions, not for the kids. There are much cheaper, more effective ways to educate children, but the unions stand in the way every time.
  
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- donotdrinkthekoolade
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 12:25pm
  Postman, so true. So true.
  
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dajones
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 7:59pm
That’s “bullying”? what? Ok, having been the recipient of real bullying, I have the same problem with this statement that I have with those that call some psychological attack “rape”. Words mean things.. stop muddying the waters…please.

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ADNIL
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 7:57pm
The cruelest joke of all is in letting them think they are getting an education.

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- Advection
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 8:15pm
  @ADNIL
  
  You reminded me of an old Simpsons clip.
  
  It’s 12 seconds.
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHsinpmpZZA
  
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Lando
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 7:55pm
hilarious!

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theBru
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 7:48pm
Lighten up folks, these were 8th grade kids, not 1st graders…with all the probs we are facing in this world, and everyone pointing a finger at our present leaders in DC, next thing to happen will be one of you will be wanting a law written to prevent it…even though you despise and curse the “nanny” state gov’t that has been created, you will always want one more law…

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- bbgbunny
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 12:04pm
  The only new law I want written is that teachers have to be vetted better. This kind of mentality from a teacher is disgraceful. What she has done is given up her authority and become one of them. Send a note home and let the parents deal with punishment. All she has done here is prove that she is no better than they are. Kids will be kids and pull pranks on their teachers, if a prank is hurtful then punish the child but these kids only wanted to see a silly outing, no big deal. This teacher needs a psych test done on her to see if she is stable enough to be teaching at all. If she wants to be a Hitler then she needs to find a country that of approves of her strictness.
  
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crusaderx9
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 7:43pm
This is a great life lesson for these students. When someone in power tells you that you’ll get something for cheap or for free and you believe them then you are being treated as a fool – and you should realize that.

Once the lazy entitled arrogant American underclass realizes that the US Santa Claus government has lied to them about being able to fund their entitlements in the future THAT will be tragic. The US government is bankrupt and cannot afford the benefits it has promised, while the Low Info Voter is like a gullible child who is foolish and unaware of the bigger tragedy that awaits…

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- theBru
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 8:15pm
  absolutely correct, thank you, Crusader…and at 13/14 yrs old, they need to start learning a few life lessons…least this one didn’t cost them anything, other than a few laffs…I guess laughter control will be spoken about in the next State of the Union Address…
  
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- banjarmon
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 9:12pm
  Well said… A real life example of fools being fooled!!
  
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Lois150
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 7:41pm
LOL!! This is a riot! This can only happen in a socialist society….take, take, take. What blubbering idot would think that someone could take a trip from Canada to Florida and include Disneyworld for $250. A more realistic figure would have been closer to $750. That would have surely sparred some heated conversations over the weekend!
Kudos to the teachers for teaching the “snoopers” and the other kids a lesson on integrity.
For anyone in the school “offended” by this ~ feel free to plan a trip. Get your passports ready. The last time I checked we’re still a free country. And Mickey would love to see ya!

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high school drop out
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 7:32pm
I,m all for harmless pranks but ,This one was just dopey. And unworthy of so called “educators”

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- TotallyNotATroll
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 7:45pm
  I’m more shocked by the mother who was OK with her kid having this done to them. Way to stand up for your kid mom.
  
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- Advection
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 8:47pm
  It would have been funny if the prank had lasted 60 seconds, but letting them believe for several days that they were going to Disney was bad. The teacher sounds weird.
  
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- everydaywoman
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 9:14pm
  @Advection: Agreed!
  
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HOOT_OWL
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 7:28pm
Here in the U.S. we pull a practical joke on our twelfth grade graduating students and tell them their ready for the real world.

But then they get us back when they demand a real living wage with no job experience ,while living in our basements

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Warphead
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 7:25pm
Why do you think jokes, practical joking and horseplay are not allowed in most work places? Is it because someone doesn’t have a sense of humor? That someone think everything should be all business and nothing else? No. Noe of these. It’s because there is always one that takes it too far. I was the manager at a company that moved heavy equipment. We had two tractor trailer rigs, two drivers and support staff. I, like everyone else enjoyed the camaraderie of the occasional harmless practical joke or prank. I was even guilty of perpetrating some of my own. Then one day it happened. One of the drivers had heard that if you reverse the air lines going to the truck to the trailer that it would cause the trailer brakes to not release. The victim would become quite frustrated as to why he can’t get his truck to move. This worked in 90% of truck/trailer combinations, but not this one. The driver left the yard with the trailer brakes free. He came to the first intersection and found he had no trailer brakes. He had already made a pre-trip inspection that morning and they were working OK. The entire truck, trailer and 30,000 lb load slid through the 4 way intersection. Luckily the other vehicles swerved from his path and were not hit. That was the day I wrote the memo, NO MORE PRACTICAL JOKES! Termination of employment will result. Did this teacher endanger lives? No. But, did he go to far with his practical joke? I think yes. Disciplinary action? Of course not. I think he learned.

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blaaaaackwoman
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 7:22pm
The students should accuse the teachers of sexual molestation. Hahahahah, funny huh

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MangoT21
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 7:19pm
I thought telling boys to use the boys restroom and girls to use the girls locker room was considered bullying…This is obviously just good teaching. No need for standardized tests and performance reviews here!

(Mass Transgendered boys allowed in girls restroom etc etc)

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willbedone
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 7:18pm
What do you expect, isn’t this just a Canadian suburb of Detroit. Just a more liberal version of Detroit.

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gryffn
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 7:16pm
You don’t make promises and them pull them away – ON KIDS! That is not a prank. That is cruelty. Remember, we are talking children. It does serious damage to trust issues. I have seen it happen. How about sticking to Truthfulness??

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piper60
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 7:13pm
Teachers proving to the kiddies that you cannot trust authorities to tell you the truth.

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jman-6
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 7:05pm
Coming to a school near you! This is the end result of “operation I’m offended” by the Commie/Marxist regimes here. No one can even take a joke/prank anymore without getting offended or outraged. When you lose your sense of humor you have been robbed of your dignity as well!

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13th Imam
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 7:02pm
“Several Days Later”
These kids didn’t go home , tell their parents, that a trip to Disney would only cost 250.00, and the parents fell for it also? Come on, that kind of outrage only erupts when the free Gov Cheese runs out, or the free Bammy Phones run out, or the free Fluke condoms run low.

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- civilwarcometh
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 7:11pm
  Why is the NSA compiling information on every citizen?? http://beforeitsnews.com/obama/2013/02/senior-advisor-to-obama-its-easier-to-kill-a-million-people-than-to-contol-a-million-people-video-2448044.html
  
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wilbstal
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 6:56pm
I would expect that in America as we have teachers Unions run by Communists. I would hace expected child molestation and Gay attacks as these are queer teachers that suck benefits from our tax dollars. The get better benefits than most and teach your kids how to be gay , suck *****, burn flags, shoot down the constitution. Thats American teachers for the most part

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- jman-6
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 7:15pm
  The **** agenda is #24 I believe on the communist manifesto! Reason is when you get acceptance of that, and with that kind of societal degradation it is ripe for take over by a dictator!
  
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AMERICA4EVER
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 6:53pm
So, we were told that this would be the most transparent government and the deficient would be cut in half.

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- Magyar
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 7:12pm
  Happened in Canada! They’re just as arrogant and stupid as those in our public schools. So, damn glad we sent ours to private school—
  
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- gyro
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 7:24pm
  Magyar– be nice to canadians we do not all live in Ontario
  
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- chips1
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 8:39pm
  They ARE transparent. I can see right through them and it’s not a pretty picture.
  
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