Korthal posted:

If this place isn't out of business by the end of October, I'll go myself and check it out when I'm in Toronto for a concert. I'm less interested in the food and more interested in the actual place. I mean, what it must be like to work in a place that just constantly blares garfield cartoons.

Alan Smithee posted:

I certainly didn't think Garfield was big business in Arab countries but shows what I know

Alan Smithee posted:

I certainly didn't think Garfield was big business in Arab countries but shows what I know

JK Fresco posted:

The Prophet Muhammad's fondness for cats is conveyed in his hadith: "Affection for cats is part of faith" (Maqasid al-Hasanah, al-Sakhawi). So, loving Garfield the cat is a sign that someone is a believer.

angerbeet posted:

My mom used to tell me a story that Muhammad was so patient he let a pregnant cat deliver a litter of kittens in his lap and that's why cats have an M on their forehead. We're not Muslim, we're white as gently caress Canadians so I don't know where that came from but whatever.

angerbeet posted:

My mom used to tell me a story that Muhammad was so patient he let a pregnant cat deliver a litter of kittens in his lap and that's why cats have an M on their forehead.

angerbeet posted:

My mom used to tell me a story that Muhammad was so patient he let a pregnant cat deliver a litter of kittens in his lap and that's why cats have an M on their forehead. We're not Muslim, we're white as gently caress Canadians so I don't know where that came from but whatever.

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Viacom has signed a deal with Jim Davis for ownership of the comic strip character Garfield, according to Variety. Nickelodeon, a subsidairy of Viacom, is set to acquire Davis' Paws Inc., the company which holds rights to Garfield - as well as other Davis creations including U.S. Acres.

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The 74-year-old cartoonist plans to continue work on the syndicated newspaper strip, with assistance from various writers and artists.

The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, however Variety says Garfield generates "millions of dollars a year in merchandise alone."

angerbeet posted:

My mom used to tell me a story that Muhammad was so patient he let a pregnant cat deliver a litter of kittens in his lap and that's why cats have an M on their forehead. We're not Muslim, we're white as gently caress Canadians so I don't know where that came from but whatever.

Korthal posted:

If this place isn't out of business by the end of October, I'll go myself and check it out when I'm in Toronto for a concert. I'm less interested in the food and more interested in the actual place. I mean, what it must be like to work in a place that just constantly blares garfield cartoons.

angerbeet posted:

My mom used to tell me a story that Muhammad was so patient he let a pregnant cat deliver a litter of kittens in his lap and that's why cats have an M on their forehead. We're not Muslim, we're white as gently caress Canadians so I don't know where that came from but whatever.

sandwiches_and_ham posted:

i'm having trouble picturing this; can you draw us a sketch plz

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The Islamic world contends that Mohammed had a tabby named Muezza who saved his master’s life by slaying a snake that had slithered into Mohammed’s sleeve. Later, when he was called to prayer, he discovered the cat had fallen asleep upon his sleeve. To avoid disturbing the tabby, Mohammed cut the sleeve from his garment.

From that day forward, every tabby was born with an ‘M’ on his forehead to remind the world that Mohammed loved cats, and that cats should always be respected.

Another version of the Mohammed legend claims that when his cat killed the snake, the grateful Muhammad stroked her back – hence cats never fall on their backs. He also put his noble hand on her forehead and that is why every tabby has four dark lines on her forehead.

Pastry of the Year posted:

just in case you're being sincere and have never actually noticed this on a tabby cat before



alternate origin stories, btw

pseudanonymous posted:

There's a lot of ways that story makes no sense. Mohamed was illiterate, what he knew of letters wouldn't have included an m, and in fact, the Latin script at the time didn't look like an M today.

pseudanonymous posted:

There's a lot of ways that story makes no sense. Mohamed was illiterate, what he knew of letters wouldn't have included an m, and in fact, the Latin script at the time didn't look like an M today.

Pastry of the Year posted:

crazy eyes mustafa posted:

Getty images kinda takin the sting out of it

Korthal posted:

If this place isn't out of business by the end of October, I'll go myself and check it out when I'm in Toronto for a concert. I'm less interested in the food and more interested in the actual place. I mean, what it must be like to work in a place that just constantly blares garfield cartoons.

FuhrerHat posted:

the 2 staff people (always the same 2 people) look miserable and are leaning on the desk looking at their phone 24/7

Dr. Quarex posted:

Or, perhaps even more amazingly, this ends up benefiting Mazri

pseudanonymous posted:

There's a lot of ways that story makes no sense. Mohamed was illiterate, what he knew of letters wouldn't have included an m, and in fact, the Latin script at the time didn't look like an M today.

Mr Luxury Yacht posted:

The biggest sign it's going to fail (or is just a front for money laundering) is that it's a new lovely theme restaurant in Toronto and there hasn't ever been a giant line to get in. This dumbass city will line up for hours for literally anything new and food related, especially if it's overpriced and even vaguely Instagrammable.

A mediocre Japanese cheesecake place had hour long lines for something like a year and a half, and this place can't even get it on opening day? That's a bad sign.

Pastry of the Year posted:

Yes, this is Garfield these kids are speaking and no, they're not cats; they're Canadian.

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Mazri's Law #7: We live in a mobile, digital, cluttered world made of brands - people, products, and places. If you fail to communicate your strengths boldly, then you will fail to be the next ordinary leader in today's unordinary era.

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I founded Victorious Breast Cancer Foundation in 2007 at age 20. I had been inspired by my mother's diagnosis in the fall of 2005. I registered the non-profit in Quebec and created the benefit gala event called Victorious Time, in Montreal city, raising more than $100,000 for our first Mother's Day event in May - an event that has generated media frenzy and interest from Montreal hospitals to help in raising funds for their own breast cancer events.
(...)
I had successfully branded the event by creating three brand mascots or women superheroes called "Victorious Women," dressed in a custom made costumes made especially for the VW brand characters featured in outdoor advertisements, metro billboard ads, newspapers, Global Canada TV and 94.7 hits FM.

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AB Communications' mission is to creatively solve the external communications gap present in the world of commerce today. We are all about the brand image from the inside-out. The branding boutique aims to be recognized as brand image enhancers by specializing in building-up brand personalities, retelling creative stories, generating constant ideas and promising advertising that lives up to its hype. Sometimes we like to refer to ourselves as brand groomers equipped with a unique process called Brandment that will assist in enhancing and better defining your brand personality, resulting in creativity-effectiveness.

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Throughout my career, I have been featured constantly on tv, radio, and national newspapers and periodical magazines by the age of twenty-five years old only. I have branded myself as the brand guru of Saudi Arabia as I understood the gap of branding that existed in the country and thought that I could possibly fill the void before somebody else does and that is where I was wrong...many have tried but the cultural attitude could not be changed, they wanted what they wanted nevertheless the logic behind the creative execution of branding strategy

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All we need in life is the L-words. Life and Love. We can't live with the L-word. And no, it doesn't stand for "Lesbian" only!

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What is the theme of Chapter 7?
We often feel guilty to accept wealth in a given society. We make ourselves reprehensible for the accumulation of fortunes in life due to the misconceptions of ideologies associated with money - perceived as arrogant and immoral. We feel undeserving. Learn to empathize with yourself with greater compassion and that you are deserving of the largest riches and biggest happiness in life without remorse. Money is not associated with shame as our ancestors taught us, but rather with splurge of opportunities encouraging you to give a hand to those in need and create a prosperous life for yourself and your surroundings. The key to wealth is ambition, determination, and acquisition of unique set of skills such as branding yourself as people but into the man behind the brand, not the product. Think and control every impulse within your mind to achieve self-mastery. Rebrand, rethink, relive!