# Someone call an ambulance because that was a third-degree burn (Canadopers)

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 20, 2006, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-call-an-ambulance-because-that-was-a-third-degree-burn-canadopers/377225 "2006-10-20T14:26:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-call-an-ambulance-because-that-was-a-third-degree-burn-canadopers/377225/1 "2006-10-20T14:26:55Z")

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So all you Canadopers remember Belinda Stronach’s defection to the Liberals and away from her former flame Peter MacKay, now in Harper’s cabinet, right?

For those who don’t, an [article](http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2005/05/17/stronach-liberals050517.html)…

So during Question Period in the House of Commons, the Liberals and Conservatives were going at it over the effects of pollution on humans and animals, and Liberal MP Mark Holland asked Peter McKay–teasingly–“what about your dog?”

McKay responded by motioning to Stronach’s empty seat and saying, quite coolly, “You already have her.”

[He now denies making this comment.](http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/20102006/3/canada-mackay-denies-referring-stronach-dog.html) But _damn._

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**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-call-an-ambulance-because-that-was-a-third-degree-burn-canadopers/377225/2 "2006-10-20T14:40:17Z")

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Y’know, I appreciate Blinda’s political conviction, but I have to hand it to McKay, he knows a wide open comment when he sees one and what he lacks in restraint he has in the wit to take advantage of it.

Politics is funny sometimes.

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**Author:** ![LionelHutz405](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lionelhutz405/32/536_2.png) [@LionelHutz405](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LionelHutz405)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-call-an-ambulance-because-that-was-a-third-degree-burn-canadopers/377225/3 "2006-10-20T15:12:01Z")

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He probably just said ‘fuddle duddle’.

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**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:** [October 20, 2006, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-call-an-ambulance-because-that-was-a-third-degree-burn-canadopers/377225/4 "2006-10-20T22:26:21Z")

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Ooh, that is a third-degree burn. And not very nice, either. I wonder what Tie Domi thinks about it?