March 29, 2007
Shuttle Bus Rides Again, McGuinty Loves Burning Stuff, And Danny Williams Is Right Rotted At Stephen Harper, Eh?
The Lunch Express rides again. It's a shuttlebus service that takes office workers in Markham and Richmond Hill to nearby shops and restaurants so they don't have to drive their own cars. Assuming you count Quizno's as a "restaurant." Admittedly, they GOT A PEPPER BAR! And a pepper bar is important. For starters, it makes the Quizno's food taste like peppers, instead of like nothing.
Dalton McGuinty loves himself some garbage incinerators. The controversy over garbage incinerators—other than, you know, the burning of stuff and the fact that you still have to deal with tons of toxic ash afterwards—is that the stuff that burns up the best is also generally the stuff that recycles the best, thus putting incineration programs in competition with recycling programs.
McGuinty also loves himself some hybrid vehicles. He himself drives around in an E85 vehicle fuelled by an ethanol/gasoline blend, which is funny because until we have serious cellulosic ethanol production, using an ethanol vehicle is like spending money to burn corn.
Two new lawsuits filed against Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment for damages from sexual abuse. The suits in question concern former employee Gordon Stuckless, who pled guilty to multiple counts of sexual assault in 1997, and who is (thankfully) the last surviving known abuser who worked at the Gardens.
Newfoundland Premier Danny Williams calls Stephen Harper a dirty liar. Williams wisely chose to accuse Harper in print, rather than cutting a television commercial, where his unconscious use of Newfieisms like "t'underin' Jesus" and "ya damn chucklehead" would just make everybody smile at the funny sailor man.
And the Raptors beat the Heat 96-83.
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funny, i didn't know stephen harper liked to sail .....
"Newfieisms"? It seems that regional stereotypes are alive and well at the Torontoist. You should realize that most Newfoundlanders and Labradorians take offense to that term.
Your statement is a lame attempt at humour, and it wouldn't be tolerated if it were labeled "indiaisms, asiaisms, etc, etc"
Also, with Danny Williams being a Rhodes Scholar, I'm sure he would have no problem speaking to this issue.
So McGuinty bought himself an E85 vehicle, eh?
Big deal. I've owned a E80 Ford Ranger for the past seven years.
I've never put E80 fuel into it, however, since it would be rather wasteful to drive to Ottawa every time I want to fill up ...because that's the site of the only ethanol filling station in Ontario.
he's a Rhodes Scholar? damn, cool. kinda makes Harper and Mr Christopher Bird look even sillier ...
funny cause i'm from the maritimes, and when I read "t'underin' Jesus," i had a happy little sigh of recognition (my mom says "lord thundering moses").
does that make me a self-hater?
Danielle,
It's not the phrase "t'underin jesus" that's offensive.
The writer implies that because of Danny Williams' accent, he can't be understood or taken seriously. It's a continuation of the old, sad "dumb newfie" stereotype.
Actually, John, you inferred it. So there.
Good point Chris,
However, the use of a word (that is considered derogatory by many) makes the inference fairly easy.
Like I mentioned in my first post, it was a lame attempt at a joke.
my god this makes torontoist look dumb
jumpins!