North Pole is Leaving Canada

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Posted by timothy on Wednesday March 20, 2002 @05:22AM from the too-conventional-for-a-polar-extreme dept.

Dedekind writes: "CNN.com is posting this story on the drifting of the Magnetic North Pole. Not only is the pole shifting from a spot just North of Resolute, Canada, Canadian scientists expect it to end up in Siberia within the next half-century. Perhaps the most interesting part of the story (which really is only a small part at the end) is that many couples like to go to the magnetic North Pole to conceive their children. "

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Blame Canada by I+Have+a+Hard · 2002-03-20 05:25 · Score: 0, Funny

See subject.
I don't need the magnetic North Pole... by TheNecromancer · 2002-03-20 05:26 · Score: 2, Funny

to conceive my children, I like doing it anywhere!
:D

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Does this mean by Jin+Wicked · 2002-03-20 05:32 · Score: 2, Funny

I won't be able to write Santa Claus anymore at

Santa Claus
North Pole
Canada, HOH0H0 ...?

Then again, maybe that's not such a bad thing. This past Giftmas my boyfriend wrote him asking for his list of naughty girls. Thankfully all he got back was a form letter. ;)

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But seriously now... by WndrBr3d · 2002-03-20 05:32 · Score: 2, Funny

Can we blame it ?
I'm moving to Mexico... by Anonymous+Canadian · 2002-03-20 05:32 · Score: 3, Funny

First the Canadian dollar heads south, then the north pole heads north.

Soon enough our beer will start tasting like that weak, watery American beer.

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Re:that's not bad by dattaway · 2002-03-20 05:35 · Score: 3, Funny

Don't worry about the navigational chaos drifting magnetic poles cause, just think what would happen if the North Magnetic Pole ended up on the Equator somewhere.

Would Santa and his elves relocate to Central America? Christmas in Bermuda?
My OnStar in 50 years... by switcha · 2002-03-20 05:39 · Score: 4, Funny

adjust your compass daily
"Hello OnStar, how may I help you Mr. Jones?"
"I think I'm lost. I need to get downtown. Can you tell me where I am?"
"It says you are 10 miles out in the Pacific, Mr. Jones. Do you need assistance?"

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Re:Moving Magnetic Pole? by Binky+The+Oracle · 2002-03-20 05:42 · Score: 5, Funny

How, exactly, can the North Pole drift northward?

Seems like it would be more accurate to say that Siberia is drifting northward and North America is drifting southward.

WE HAVE TO STOP THIS NOW! At this rate, North America will be South America, environmentalists will be warning about the dangers we face when the Jamaican ice sheets collapse, and Australia will be located somewhere near the moon.

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Conspiration theory by Anonymous Coward · 2002-03-20 05:47 · Score: 1, Funny

Topographical map makers are shipping insane amounts of magnets to the North Pole to cause the magnetic pole to move in a desperate attempt to sell a few new maps before GPS takes over.
1. Re:Conspiration theory by mdwebster · 2002-03-20 08:14 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  You're crazy. The obvious reason they're doing this is to move the lucrative "conceive at the magnetic north pole" market to Mother Russia!! It's quite obviously a communist plot.
Re:that's not bad by laserjet · 2002-03-20 05:48 · Score: 4, Funny

Hey! I never said I went to a good college!

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North Pole Moving? by athakur999 · 2002-03-20 05:56 · Score: 3, Funny

So what, does this mean "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" is now just "Rudolph the Red"?

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Re:can't blame it by Bob+McCown · 2002-03-20 06:00 · Score: 5, Funny

Maybe it's tired of Canada's 4 seasons:
Almost Winter, Winter, Still Winter, and Highway Construction
Blame Cananada! by Anonymous Coward · 2002-03-20 06:00 · Score: 1, Funny

"thirty+ million people"

You call that a country? Down here we call that California.

Sheesh, we kill more people with drunk drivers every year than that!
Re:Christmas in 500 years by IMarvinTPA · 2002-03-20 06:16 · Score: 1, Funny

The reason why you never get quite the right present is because Santa uses the "bad news" propulsion drive. As the Late Great Douglas Adams has shown, bad news is faster than anything else.

Andy

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Natural Viagra? by Anonymous Coward · 2002-03-20 06:34 · Score: 2, Funny

Perhaps the couples are just trying to get a stronger reading to help the "needle" point "north"?
Dear, take me to the pole!
Conceived at the North Pole = bad idea by Caractacus+Potts · 2002-03-20 06:45 · Score: 3, Funny

many couples like to go to the magnetic North Pole to conceive their children.

I've met some people who were conceived at the North Pole. None of them seemed to have any direction in life.
Re:that's not bad by Anonymous Coward · 2002-03-20 06:55 · Score: 1, Funny

"Does anyone else remember from college how the poles just flip every million years or so, and no one really knows why?"

So how old are you if remember this from college?
"we would be vulnerable to harsh radiation from the Sun."

Will people stop with the FUD, the Sparc20 on my desk barely puts out enough radation to keep my coffee warm.
More evidence of Global Warming!!! by Anonymous Coward · 2002-03-20 07:05 · Score: 1, Funny

Oh, wait. Once again this is just a natural phenomenon. Sorry.
Who is to blame? by toupsie · 2002-03-20 07:21 · Score: 4, Funny

This is an outrage! The movement of the magnetic North Pole is no doubt caused by the evil, big business policies of the US Republican Party. Their anti-magnetic stabilization agenda fueled by big time donations from "Special Interest Groups" is another reason that Congress should pass the Campaign Finance Reform bill currently pending. If we are not going to step up to the plate to protect the stability of the Earth's magnetic field, who will? President Bush? Please. We all know he hates the Earth and wants it destroyed today!!!
Join Greenpeace and save the Earth's fragile magnetic stability!!!

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Trying to avoid taxes? by iabervon · 2002-03-20 07:25 · Score: 5, Funny

What do they expect if they keep increasing taxes on magnetic media? The magnetic north pole is obviously going to want to move to somewhere cheaper, like Siberia.
Honk. Honk. by TheFlu · 2002-03-20 07:29 · Score: 3, Funny

So when are geese gonna start flying North for the Winter?

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Obviously an effect of the brain drain by BluedemonX · 2002-03-20 07:32 · Score: 2, Funny

First the doctors, then the nurses, then the software engineers, now the North Pole.

Looks like EVERYONE who can is leaving Canada.

Predictably, Jean Chretien denies that anything is wrong in any way whatsoever, and that more poles are MOVING to Canada than are leaving, resulting in a net pole gain.

Of course, the Canadian Post Office are probably relieved by this - in a few years letters addressed to "Santa Claus" will no longer go to Canada Post - they'll be Siberia's problem. The Union is overjoyed! Less work! But they'll still strike for more money, mind.

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More Brain Drain by Titusdot+Groan · 2002-03-20 07:37 · Score: 2, Funny

I'm distressed to see the North Pole Navigation Services considers Russia a better place to do business. Once again our socialist policies have forced another world class Canada company to relocate to friendlier climes.
Good God! I just realized -- we could lose the Santa Claus Toy Manufacturing plants as well!
The ignominy of it all.
Dear North Pole, by Anonymous+C0wherder · 2002-03-20 09:10 · Score: 2, Funny

Take off Eh!
You Hoser.
Regards,
Canada
just North or Resolute by Anonymous Coward · 2002-03-20 09:26 · Score: 1, Funny

Not only is the pole shifting from a spot just North of Resolute, Canada

The North Pole is just North of Resolute? No shit.