# Canada's Governor General skins seal and eats heart **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 28, 2009, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadas-governor-general-skins-seal-and-eats-heart/497897 "2009-05-28T02:58:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadas-governor-general-skins-seal-and-eats-heart/497897/21 "2009-05-28T14:51:04Z")
I’ve never had the heart, but seal is tasty meat. I think there’d be a market for it, if it weren’t for the ‘oh, the cute little white, fuzzy babies’ nonsense. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadas-governor-general-skins-seal-and-eats-heart/497897/22 "2009-05-28T14:54:44Z")
My respect for her definitely increased, and I liked her before. ---
**Author:** ![the\_Lady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bb73d2/32.png) [@the\_Lady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_Lady)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadas-governor-general-skins-seal-and-eats-heart/497897/23 "2009-05-28T15:00:18Z")
She’s definitely awesome. Can you picture Adrienne Clarkson doing the same? Yeah, didn’t think so. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadas-governor-general-skins-seal-and-eats-heart/497897/24 "2009-05-28T15:11:33Z")
> [@the\_Lady](#): > > She’s definitely awesome. > Can you picture Adrienne Clarkson doing the same? Yeah, didn’t think so. Only if it was served up by a fancy chef in a $500 a plate restaurant as some sort of exotic sushi (on the good old GG expense account). 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadas-governor-general-skins-seal-and-eats-heart/497897/25 "2009-05-28T19:22:35Z")
> [@apollonia](#): > > My favorite part of this whole load of crap was some twit being quoted in the newspaper all “What would the Queen think?” Um…probably the same thing most normal people are thinking, that it’s a remarkably apt way to show support for a beleaguered people. Agreed. And besides, HM has spent a good part of the last fifty-some years travelling the world and visiting the people in her various realms and territories. Even if she’s never actually eaten seal heart herself, I’m sure she’s seen some interesting meals and customs. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadas-governor-general-skins-seal-and-eats-heart/497897/26 "2009-05-28T19:25:49Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > I’ve never had the heart, but seal is tasty meat. > > I think there’d be a market for it, if it weren’t for the ‘oh, the cute little white, fuzzy babies’ nonsense. Doesn’t seem to hurt the market for lamb chops… ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadas-governor-general-skins-seal-and-eats-heart/497897/27 "2009-05-28T19:27:58Z")
I’d eat one myself, but I haven’t the heart to try it. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadas-governor-general-skins-seal-and-eats-heart/497897/28 "2009-05-28T22:06:04Z")
I’ll bet y’all won’t be so happy about this when your Governor General starts eating nothing but raw fish and balancing a ball on her nose. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadas-governor-general-skins-seal-and-eats-heart/497897/29 "2009-05-28T22:50:52Z")
[QUOTE=Beau Dommage] Ça vaut pas la peine De laisser ceux qu’on aime Pour aller faire tourner Des ballons sur son nez Ça fait rire les enfants Ça dure jamais longtemps Ça fait plus rire personne Quand les enfants sont grands [/QUOTE] 😛 ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadas-governor-general-skins-seal-and-eats-heart/497897/30 "2009-05-28T23:31:27Z")
I never heard of her til now, but she has my respect. Here, among your southern neighbors, most politicians will do no more with our Native brothers than talk about them from a distance. Your GuvGen has some big brass ovaries, and a big heart of her own. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadas-governor-general-skins-seal-and-eats-heart/497897/31 "2009-05-29T00:49:46Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > Your GuvGen has some big brass ovaries, and a big heart of her own. As a news site commenter said, “You are what you eat – she’s all heart!” ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadas-governor-general-skins-seal-and-eats-heart/497897/32 "2009-05-29T01:35:06Z")
She really should have found some way to work in some line like "_Thus we shall feast upon the hearts of our enemies !"_ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadas-governor-general-skins-seal-and-eats-heart/497897/33 "2009-05-29T01:35:45Z")
> [@MEBuckner](#): > > I’ll bet y’all won’t be so happy about this when your Governor General starts eating nothing but raw fish and balancing a ball on her nose. But if she has her head back, she’s effectively thrusting . . . I heartily support this initiative. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadas-governor-general-skins-seal-and-eats-heart/497897/34 "2009-05-29T01:44:32Z")
Was the heart still beating? 'Cuz that would have been impressive. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadas-governor-general-skins-seal-and-eats-heart/497897/35 "2009-05-29T03:53:06Z")
> [@MEBuckner](#): > > I’ll bet y’all won’t be so happy about this when your Governor General starts eating nothing but raw fish and balancing a ball on her nose. And she’ll start playing that… what do the call the thing, it’s a row of little one note horns on stand, and you play it by moving from one horn to the next. Hmm. I can find a [picture](http://www.cartoonstock.com/lowres/vsh0562l.jpg) but not a name. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Mondegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/91b2a8/32.png) [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadas-governor-general-skins-seal-and-eats-heart/497897/36 "2009-05-29T04:14:16Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Hell, politicians symbolically rip out the hearts of people every damn day. Eating a seal heart was like eating a Pez. 😛 Of course technically Governors General are not politicians. They are appointed by the Prime Minister, but are meant to be above politics. ---
**Author:** ![Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hypnagogic_jerk/32/4252_2.png) [@Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypnagogic_Jerk)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadas-governor-general-skins-seal-and-eats-heart/497897/37 "2009-05-29T04:19:17Z")
Which is why they can take the time to do things like hunt and eat food with Natives. Politicians here usually don’t do it either. The GG’s role is (in theory) to represent all Canadians and celebrate their culture. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadas-governor-general-skins-seal-and-eats-heart/497897/38 "2009-05-29T11:32:09Z")
I liked that she did this when I first read it. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadas-governor-general-skins-seal-and-eats-heart/497897/39 "2010-03-11T02:10:11Z")
So, it looks like they served seal at the commissary on Parliament Hill today. I watched the news story; of course they had some nutjob from PETA talking about how it was a stain on Canada’s reputation or some other happy horseshit, which prompted me to do some research on the seal hunt here. Yeah, just as I suspected (and as others have said so eloquently in this thread) - it is highly-regulated and monitored, and used to cull the population so the seals don’t overgrow their habitat. I guess knee-jerk reactionaries aren’t too interested in doing research when they’ve got high horses to get on. ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadas-governor-general-skins-seal-and-eats-heart/497897/40 "2010-03-11T03:22:34Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > So, it looks like they served seal at the commissary on Parliament Hill today. I watched the news story; of course they had some nutjob from PETA talking about how it was a stain on Canada’s reputation or some other happy horseshit, which prompted me to do some research on the seal hunt here. Yeah, just as I suspected (and as others have said so eloquently in this thread) - it is highly-regulated and monitored, and used to cull the population so the seals don’t overgrow their habitat. I guess knee-jerk reactionaries aren’t too interested in doing research when they’ve got high horses to get on. And up until now I had always thought PETA was a top-notch research agency… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadas-governor-general-skins-seal-and-eats-heart/497897.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadas-governor-general-skins-seal-and-eats-heart/497897.md?page=3)