[fvc-wat-disc] Funny ERRE story from Second City Toronto

[Anita Nickerson]

Thanks, Jay! It is so interesting that this broken promise is mainstream
enough to be featured there! Things like this give me hope. Trudeau offered
himself up as the poster-boy to get this issue more widely noticed :)

I'm going to share with our chapters list.

Anita

On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 11:28 AM, Jennifer Ross <2jennross at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks, Jay!  Just what I needed today.
>
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> On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 9:55 AM, Jay Judkowitz <judkowitz at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hey folks,
>>
>>      Friday, my wife and I went to Second City in Toronto for a show.  The
>> theme of the show was making fun of America
>> <https://www.secondcity.com/shows/toronto/canada-thinking-mans-america/> (though
>> in a modest and self-deprecating way, of course).  Given how sad Sally and
>> I are about what's going on over there, we figured we could use the laugh.
>>  (And, it was a very funny show, in case you were wondering)
>>
>>      One skit has an American coming over the border and being tested for
>> being an asshole.  And, of course, the American fails - he's a total
>> asshole.  But, at the end of the skit, he turns it around and asks what
>> about all the asshole things in Canada.  The very first example he gives
>> is, "What about your PM, Trudeau - he promised electoral reform and broke
>> that promise right away".
>>
>>      It was awesome seeing ERRE coming from the mouths of the comedians.
>> It was ironically funny because I don't think more than 1 in 1000 Americans
>> would actually know about ERRE or think it was the most asshole thing about
>> the country.  So, it was definitely a Canadian slam on Canada put in the
>> mouth of an "American".  But, any press, even ironic press, is a good thing
>> if you ask me.
>>
>>       That was a bit of a long story, but I hope it makes your day a bit
>> brighter.  People are talking about the issue in all sorts of places, not
>> just political gatherings.
>>
>> Take care,
>> Jay
>>
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