Thursday February 22, 2007

I've been deluged in mail congratulating me on the Order of Canada thing. Thanks everyone!

One of the odd little email debate threads has been about the t-shirt I'm wearing in the photograph used in the CBC news article. It's my Ralph Steadman/Hunter Thompson shirt that reads "When the going gets Weird" on the front, and "the weird turn pro" on the back. Very appropriate given how crazy the early years were, especially pre-1995. Thanks Mike, Ed, Patrick, Chris, Jon, Craig, Al, Bob, Dave, Joe, Don, Faye, Cindy, Chuck and Sheueling. Permalink Comments [6]

I just about fell out of my chair when I saw this one:

Thanks to Andy Gelme for pointing it out:

... every time I see it, I'm reminded of your fascination for trebuchets.

Not many advertisements involve using a trebuchet to launch all of the important beer making ingredients (including naked virgins !) into the sky, in the hope that it'll rain beer !

It was filmed in the city of Melbourne, just a few blocks away from where I'm currently working.

As far as I know, the virgins never returned :)

p.s The stag is the emblem for Toohey's beer, just in case you were wondering about that.

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