Hey, I’m game. Le Ministre?
The CanaDoper Café (2012 edition of The great, ongoing Canadian current events and politics thread.)
Alright! We have a plan!
May we interpolate some of The Mikado as well?
*My object all sublime
I shall achieve in time
to make the punishment fit the clime,
the punishment fit the clime!
The Piper shall repent -
I’m making him sleep in a tent
in the province in which he’s resident
in which he’s resident.*
That’s a first draft…
I’d love to come west this summer. (Insert usual disclaimer about money, job, etc.) My aunt and I were thinking of visiting and trying to find some of our long-lost prairie relatives. She could show me where the family lived in Regina.
PS: My aunt can sing, too!
Of course! Actually, I’m wondering if we could do a medley of show tunes, specifically rewritten for our errant friend. Perhaps songs like the following:
In the Province Where You Live (from My Fair Piper)
Brush Off Your Auto (from Kiss Me Kauai)
Little Shop of Hawaiis (from the show of the same name)
What I Did For Gloves (from A Conga Line)
Oh, What A Freezing Cold Morning (from Saskahoma!)
… and so on. I think we could have a lot of fun with this!
Don’t forget On the Bonnie, Bonnie Banks of Poi’pu!
what are noogies?
More! More!
Noogies.. You know, grab someone in a headlock and rub your knuckles into their scalp?
Favourite thing older siblings do to little siblings everywhere! 
Oh, don’t worry. You’ll love 'em!
Noogies are a type of cookie that’s made with nougat and chocolate. {Wink wink} (Help me out here, Dopers!)
Right.. I got mixed up, since I don’t make them that often. Special occasions call for special cookies though!
Now I’m chuckling at the thought of you mixing up cookies and knuckle rubs and thinking of your son - “I’d like some cookies, mom, but please don’t scrub my head!” 
Lol!
I’d probably not get far, he doesn’t like me playing with his hair (messing it up or styling it). He’d be all ‘Mooooom don’t touch my hair! I want a cookie!’
I could make some of my ‘special’ ice cream. Wasabi mint?
Hey now the man is just trying to enjoy his vacation, no need to be hasty.
The fact that I’m currently 22 days from my vacation and don’t want to set a precedent has no impact on my opinion
Bah! It’s -15 outside, my theromstat is broke, and I think the roof is going to collapse from the weight of the snow…who the hell wants to be in smelly Hawaii?
Florida in 2 days…
I’m unemployed and even if I land a job tomorrow I’m unlikely to get any vacation at all for a full year.
[Bender]So bite my cold, pasty no-vacation Canadian ass![/bender] 
Sorry to hear that. Did I miss something? Last I recall you were in the aerospace industry.
Of course I could be totally out to lunch and perhaps it’s none of my business anyway. But shucks, sorry about your situation: been there, done that, etc.
In my dreams, Leaffan, in my dreams:)
Actually, I just graduated from university (again!) and I had summer jobs in that industry. I took the summer off to travel and relax and slowly started looking for work in the fall, but haven’t landed anything yet. I hope things get sorted out soon! Before this degree, I was in pharmaceuticals.
I overstate my inability to travel/take vacations simply because we took a big trip to Europe this summer and over the past few years I’ve been able to tag along on several of my husband’s business trips that coincided with my school breaks.
At the Subway at Bathurst & Sheppard in Toronto, the only Italian sauce was the House Sauce, which had Zesty Italian in brackets after it. Oddly, no other Italian sauces were available.
The thing that I like about Subway is that they’ve made it very easy for people who have specific diets - Step 1 at the ordering counter had a menu divided three ways. “If you want to eat Low-Carb, order A-G and avoid H-L. If you want to eat Low Fat, order M-Q and avoid R-V. If you want to eat Low Salt, order W-X and avoid Y-Z.” The place was absolutely packed on a Thursday’s lunch time.