Actually, That's Not A Bad Idea

 

Never thought I'd say that about the well past its best-before-date Family Circus cartoon, but....

And While I'm At It...

Actually, Rhymes With Orange is always very clever.....

Pretty good morning in the old funny pages

Bingo's Funeral - Part Two

As follow up to yesterday's post about the killing of the police dog Bingo, in an attempt to save his life they rushed him to a local emergency animal hospital. But they could not revive him.

This hospital happens to be across the street me. And yesterday morning I couldn't understand why that street was lined with police cars. But now I know why.

This is where the funeral procession began and yesterday's post showed them escorting him down one of Toronto's highways.

This video - shot by a neighbour who lives in the building - shows the police officers lined up as his body - draped in the Canadian flag - is escorted out of the emergency hospital to the vehicle that took him to his final resting place.

He is the only police dog in Toronto ever to be killed in the line of duty.

A fitting tribute to a brave dog.

A Dog Funeral?

Yes, but not just any dog. This was police officer Bingo, a member of the Toronto police services K-9 unit.

They held a procession for him along Yonge Street and down the Don Valley Parkway this morning.

Why was the funeral procession required?

Police had been dispatched to apprehend a man suspected of murdering someone last week. He started shooting at the police and ran. 

Officer Bingo cornered this guy in a backyard and this piece of crap gangsta pulled out his gun and shot Bingo dead.

The police returned fire and unfortunately only wounded this piece of crap. He has a bail hearing this morning. With the bail system we have here, he'll likely be back on the streets this afternoon "in the care of his parents".

Usually it's just piece of crap gangstas killing other piece of crap gangstas in Toronto. But last week in Leslieville, a very nice downtown neighborhood, three drug dealers got into an argument - next to a safe injection site, I guess a turf war - and pulled out their guns. Rather than killing each other they killed a 44 year old mother of two young girls.

Senseless.  

And becoming all too common.

Oh Come On

So a new season of The Bachelor has been announced.

When will they get tired of trotting out these good looking, young guys to try and...what?

Wait? What?  This guy is 71?  Your grandfather is 71.  

A lot of my friends are 71.

How can this guy be 71?

Well, that gives a lot of us hope.  

Unless, of course, you look like a normal 71 year old.  Then not so much.

It ain't easy getting old.

Some People Are So Insecrue

 

Don't get it?

Still don't get it?

Can't help you.   😉

WHO In Their Right Minds

So the WHO (World Health Organization) has done it again with the fear mongering.

They are saying an ingredient in many popular products contains a substance that possibly causes cancer.

Aspartame has to be one of the most studied and investigated products of all time.

The US FDA, on the other hand, approved it way back in 1981.  After extensive testing.

And they have strong disagreements with WHO's current characterization of this.

From the testing results, yes, it could be a possible carcinogen, but you would have to drink 36 cans of Diet Coke, every day, to be at any risk.  

So sure - to paraphrase Joe Jackson - everything gives you cancer.

Come on, WHO.  They just can't help themselves with these crazy, scary pronouncements.

Now, I don't drink Diet Coke, so don't really care.

But if they ever put Aspartame in beer.......

Old School

 

What Is She Thinking?!

Paddle boarding is becoming quite popular. Great exercise and a lot of fun.

But, as you will find out if you try it in Ontario, fraught with danger!

So, can you spot all the things this girl is doing wrong?

Come on, it's easy!

No lifejacket.

No leash. 

No whistle.

And not one ounce of common sense.

Here, good citizens of Ontario, is how you should be outfitted.

Wait, is she smiling?  She should be concentrating the entire time!

The reason I found this out was my friend's daughter - and I am now questioning my judgement in having a friend with a daughter like this - was out paddle boarding with, you got it.....no life jacket, no leash and incredibly, no whistle. 

And the reason my friend found out about this - and his daughter is alive today to talk about it - an OPP water patrol officer stopped her, I mean saved her, and gave her a $250 fine. 

He said she was lucky he did not also fine her $250 for no leash and another $250 for no whistle. No whistle?  It should be $500 for no whistle.

The rest of the world could be courting disaster at every turn, but in Ontario, you know you will always be safe.

Awk!

This girl should be in jail!

"We're Still Standing!"

In tribute to Elton John's final concert last night on his Goodbye Yellow Brick Road tour - not that we are going anywhere - but attended my 50th high school reunion this weekend. 

And can report that the gang is still standing strong.

But truthfully, apart from standing and waving we were mainly sitting and talking and eating and telling stories of daring do.

So Sir Elton might not be putting this tribute up on his fridge, but not too shabby on our part, in my opinion!

Another Feel Good Story - This Time Canadian

Was up in North Bay last weekend.  Sauntering around some side streets, came across a mural painted down an alley.

Didn't think much of it, black and white, running about half the length of the alley.

But I was waiting for a pal, so decided to take a closer look.

And holy cow - someone has painted a mural all of famous Canadian musicians.  And as I later found out, there are 38 of them honoured here.

So here is my attempt to identify them. I'm going to need help with some I don't recognize and some I may not have right.

But here goes.....

[Click on each picture to zoom in.]

One more......

Absolutely amazing.

So who did this?

Canadian airbrush mural artist Jeff Marceau, from North Bay.

He said after the death of Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie in 2017 (was it that long ago?!), he felt he needed to do something to pay tribute to him. 

And with Leonard Cohen dying the year before, he would honour him as well with an airbrushed mural.

So he started the mural half way down the alley, with Gord & Leonard, and worked his way towards the street.

He had originally planned only to do the two of them and then thought...well, you can imagine what he thought. And he carried on.

It's a little after Canada Day, I know, but it's always a good time for some Canadiana.

Feel Good Story For Canada Day

 

Vanilla had spent her entire 28 years of life caged in a New York primate research facility.

That was until she was recused and moved to the Save The Chimps sanctuary in Florida.

At first she is hesitant to come out of her enclosure.

But the Alpha male at her new home, Dwight, coaxes her to come outside and she jumps into his arms for a big hug.

And then the look of wonder.

The video then shows her running through the grass and every few moments just stopping and staring up at the sky. 

Pretty good stuff.