{"id":1019,"date":"2023-06-14T17:48:23","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T17:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dbaustin.com\/wlbott\/?p=1019"},"modified":"2023-06-15T09:23:17","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T09:23:17","slug":"spotlight-on-biggar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=1019","title":{"rendered":"Spotlight on Biggar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Thanks to Unindicted Co-conspirator #1 for today’s destination.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Biggar<\/strong> is a town in central Saskatchewan<\/a>, Canada. It is located on Highway 14<\/a>, 93 kilometres (58 mi) west of Saskatoon<\/a>, the province’s most populous city.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Biggar has become well known for its unusual town slogan, an Olympic athlete, and a world-record deer. The town was featured on American morning newsmagazine The Today Show<\/a> in February 2010 as part of an ongoing Canadian-oriented segment during the 2010 Winter Olympics<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This ties in to my favorite ESL joke:
Q: Who’s bigger: Mr. Bigger or Mr. Bigger’s baby?
A: Mr. Bigger’s baby. He’s a little Bigger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Distance from Edmonton, Alberta<\/strong>: 477 km (but they look like they are right next to each other on the map)<\/span><\/em>
Distance from Austin, Texas<\/strong>: 1,868 miles
Distance from Santa Barbara, California<\/strong>: 1,777 miles
WLBOTT Status: Approved<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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