That fish musta been this big.
Fresh from tete-a-tete-ing with Obama only the week before in Washington, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper was nowhere to be seen. Far from cutting a bold figure, Harper was contributing to his wide one, chowing down on Tim Horton's doughnuts in Oakville, Ontario at a photo-op to announce the return to Canada of the Timbit.
Many Canadians might be surprised to know their favourite Canadian icon has been owned by Wendy's for the last 15 years and only because of a vote of it's shareholders is it returning to Canadian turf to take advantage of Canadian tax legislation. Perhaps this is just the start. Maybe other American-owned Canadian icons will return. There's a rumour the Hudson's Bay Company could well be repatriated. But, as I often do, I digress.
Go Longhorns, yeah!
Back in New York, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was given the podium. Harper, enjoying a Timbit or two with his buds in Oakville had sent Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon - his big gun, as it were - to replace him. But Cannon, consistent with Canadian policy, walked out to boycott the Iranian leader's speech.
A-ha, all is revealed. Contrary to the majority of Canadian media reports, there may be one in the doughnut but there's no hole in our diplomatic efforts. If he was just going to walk out anyway, why would Harper travel all the way to NYC? Brilliant, Steve. And, instead, our PM basked in the glow of an appreciative electorate, thankful for the return of one of our native sons to our native land. Who knows. We start with Tim's and soon we can repatriate all our foreign-owned icons...bit by bit.
Oooo......hot, hot, hot!
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But I have to admit one thing. The thought of a donut (*smile from a Yankee) was very distracting.
Now?
I must go and get one! hee hee
BTW, loved YOUR caption to Ahmadinejad pic...very funny!
Was that what I was supposed to get from that?
Thanks for participating in my contest. You won!
BTW, I voted for you in the blogspot contest. It looks like I'm gonna have to vote a couple more times as there are a couple of yahoos up there with over 100 votes.
Quirks: Thanks Quirky. I toyed with which way to go withthat caption. That's also the sign for Satan. But since the picture is of Satan a caption along those lines seemed redundant.
Kirsten:
1)Canadians like to think they have a higher class doughnut than the Dunkin variety.
2)W00T (what the hell does that mean?)
3) Hey thanks! Vote early, vote often as they say.
Don: We call him Prime Minister Helmet Head!
The Old Silly
Hey, you wanna know somethin' weird? My captcha word for this comment was "unckin." Isn't that pretty close to Dunkin' (Donuts)? Life is creepy sometimes, I tell ya.