Today is May 20 2017. It is a Saturday and as per every year
here in Canada it is a long weekend for something called Victoria Day. It is
officially stated that Victoria Day shall take place on the last Monday
preceding May 25th. Which seems a long-winded way of saying the last
but one Monday in May. It is to celebrate Queen Victoria for some reason.
Anyway, as it is a long weekend and is always in the month
of May it is affectionately known as - May-long. Everyone loves Maylong as it
is the first long weekend that takes place after winter. Every year people look
forward to a lovely warm weekend, maybe heading to the lake, to spend time with
friends or family and get some well-earned sunshine after the long drawn out
winter. Then every year they get disappointed with the rain, clouds or like
last year – snow. Maylong whilst not always a disappointment can very definitely
bite you on the arse.
Also, Maylong puts me in mind of the name of a theoretical Thai
Masseuse, or Vietnamese hooker or if you are being sensible and grown up
(Unlike me) Maybe a quiet little Vietnamese village, with little kids playing in
the streets, no shoes on, wearing fake European football shirts whilst
following tourists around hoping for a taste of some foreign sweet or candy.
The tourists would return to their homes months later and show the photos of
this lovely out of the way village to their jealous friends and tell the
stories of when they spent the afternoon in ‘Maylong’, the final Vietnamese
oasis untouched by western influence.
Other slightly dirtier tourists may return home with
completely different stories about ‘Maylong’, the slightly overweight Vietnamese
hooker who has been touched too many times by western influence (and men).
Either way, Maylong in Vietnam would never be forgotten and if these tourists
were from Canada, there would be a certain long weekend in early summer that
brought back memories of many different things.
It is with that introduction that I introduce you to the
latest incarnation of ‘Ricks Extra Long Summer). It has been too long since I
tippy tapped my dextrous finger sticks on the plastic buttons that translate
movement into electronic 1’s and 0’s that when put into a certain order become
magical symbols that allow the user to express opinion and ideas to other
beings that have learned to understand these symbols. We call this ‘writing,
language and reading’, it is a magical art form that allows communication
across the world between hundreds, nay, THOUSANDS of people. We should take a second
and think about the efforts over the millennia that have peaked today with the
script that you are reading. The world is an amazing place and the wonder that
brings us together today should not be under-estimated.
Anyway, much like the internet and its videos of goats
screaming and auto-tune song remixes, I will take one of the wonders of human
creation and use it for posting random bollocks that may or may not make you
laugh, but will take you away from doing anything productive. It won’t take
long…But read on young student, read on…..
Deer and Almond.
So, deer and almond is a Hipster artsy tasty overpriced
(Thanks you Mrs Buffing McDaveyius for the quote) restaurant in the Exchange
district of Winnipeg. We went there a few weeks ago with a gift certificate presented
to us by The Morgan Family (Deb. Bill, Ariana and Eric) for a lovely wedding
present. We enjoyed the delicious and originally presented food and spent a
lovely evening out. Now, I’m not going to tell you any more, as this isn’t a
sponsored blog, but I do think if you are in town you should visit this place –
just to look at the clag they have in the bathrooms (For English people I will
explain. Canadians don’t say toilet – they say bathroom. Apparently, it’s too impolite
to use the word toilet as it infers using the toilet. (I have had this
explained to me many times) So, I now say bathroom. Just don’t tell the
Canadians that when using the bathroom, if there is indeed a bath there, I will
use that said bath, because using the toilet is impolite. At least that’s how I
think it works over here. Don’t, worry I always run the taps for a minute to
get rid of any splashes.) So, here’s a photo of the weird stuff from the bathroom
of Deer and Almond.
Remind you of anyone? |
No, theres enough. |
Barbecue – Broken and fixed.
Not very exciting this bit. Quite simply I went to clean our
barbecue before the first burning episode of the year and the burners fell
apart. You can see from the photos what they should look like and what the old
ones looked like. The moral of the story is don’t ever clean your barbecue.
Just leave it full of rust, burned on fat and bird droppings, then you won’t
need to spend $120 on new burners.
Guess which one is new |
Choir Concert Cantona.
Buffy had a choir concert. At this concert, you could drink
and draw on the tables. I did both quite well. I have no photo of the drinking,
but I have a photo of the drawing.
Its Eric Cantona, in famous goal celebration pose (When he
scored against Newcastle United) He has rocket boots on his feet and carries an
Amazonian spear.
Banana
So, I found this in a supermarket. Read the label carefully
and see if you can spot the bullshit. Hmm, was there any other banana based
snack before this one?
Milk.
This photo was taken on 19th May. I ate the
cereal and didn’t die. Don’t believe the best before dates.
House sale – How not to advertise.
If you were going to sell or buy a house, do you think you
would try a little harder than this? Perhaps a description of the house or maybe
a location or even god forbid – an address? Weirdly there is another sign like
this a couple of miles away with the house being in River Heights and not
Wolseley. Something fishy going on here? This story may develop further if I
ring the number…..
House sale – Would you
buy a house from these people?
Sir Roderick David ‘Rod’ Stewart CBE, born 1945. Hasn’t done
much recently. That may be because he moved to Winnipeg and is so busy selling
house he never sleeps. I would buy a house from him and so should you. Take a
look at his website - It’s amazing!
I wouldn’t buy a house from Rachel though, she is carrying a
sold sign like a weapon and has the shoes from Wizard of Oz as her
advertisement on the side of a bin. I would call Rod.
Incidentally, Rod Peeler is actually a really nice bloke and does actually do Rod Stewart Impressions. Honestly....he is ace!
Ok, thats it. Go have your dinner. Its done. Really. Ferris says its done. Go......shooooooo
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