Pace on Earth

Given The Dog A Bone

Story of the Year

Before we get too far into the New Year it's important to look back at some of the highlights of the year that was. It was a very busy year and as such there are a bevy of stories that I will look back on and chuckle. But when pressed on New Year's Eve we came to the decision the the best story of the 2006 comes from the legend that is Dave Jackson.

Dave fancies himself quite a cook (and in reality is) and loves nothing more he firing up the grill on a summer evening and hooking the boys up with a feed. On this particular night he was pressed for time so he scoured the freezer for an adequate cut of meat. What he found were some burgers labelled "gourmet" to which he said "gourmet is the only kind of burger good enough for Normy". He hit the road and headed to The Embassy to treat Normy to summer cookout. He grilled up the burgers and set them up with all the fixins. Davey was the first to tuck into the burger and found they this particular burger had some unfamiliar crunchy bits. Confused, Davey went in for a closer inspection. What he found was that these burgers contains some hard white chunks with the consistency of bone. Now needing clarification he went to the kitchen and sought out the box. When he found it the answer became clear thanks to the picture of the dog on the burger box. These burgers were "gourmet" dog burgers and the crunchy white chunks were indeed bone chunks. The story is infinitely better when told by Normy in full on giggle mode but I trust you can see the humour. Also, it's Jackson, which automatically makes it funny. Davey, Normy told me that it would be nice of me not to tell this story but I told him that's easy for him to say because he got a phone call from you the other night. Not that I care, I'm just sayin...So the real story of the year is that my friends are spearheading a baby boom in the hopes slowing the population atrophy plaguing our province. At least that's why I think they are having babies. Also, I bought a house, played some rugby and had some fun.

Finally I also took a trip to San Francisco in February and ran into an old buddy. I got an email from Jonny today and he took a trip to San Fran over the holidays and spent some time laughing at "the bushman". I'm pretty sure the transfer of this kind of information is what the internet is for. Well, that and porn.

Pace out.

posted by Vitamin S @ 11:26 a.m.