This article appears in Nov 27 – Dec 3, 2008.
Shovel horder
To the dried up old fart who wouldn’t lend three young girls a shovel on Saturday afternoon to dig out their car, what country do you think you’re living in? This is Canada man! I can’t explain my disbelief when I politely asked to borrow your shovel and
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Get your own damn shovel! This is Canada indeed – land of winter!And get off my lawn too.
Maybe he’s tired of kids breaking or stealing his damn shovel. Just because you ask nicely, doesn’t mean he has to share.
No shit, eh?I wonder if theres anything more to it about the attitude. I mean, lets see how you describe the characters of this mini-drama:- dried up old fart- three young girls- strapping young lad named Jordan, cute too.Hmmmmmm
I don’t lend my shit to anyone.Jordan probably thought one of you “three young girls” would suck him off later…which, probably wouldn’t be much of an assumption after what you’ve written here.
Gonna put that one in the spank bank…(“Oh hey OPR, thanks for shovelling out our car! You’re all hot and sweaty, why don’t you come in for some hot chocolate and we’ll help you relax?”) But seriously, these kinds of times have to bring people together. Traditionally we were not able to survive winters without helping out each other. Just because we have warm houses, home espresso makers and Fleshlights doesn’t mean we have to do away human decency.
damn thats mean I got stuck a few days back and this nice lady called caa for me no charge its nice to know wonderful people like her exist!!!