# The CanaDoper Café, 2013 edition. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 1, 2013, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736 "2013-01-01T03:29:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 138
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2013, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2741 "2013-11-23T14:21:28Z")
Was he indeed a Pirate Kink, or was that just a misprint in the program? ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2013, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2742 "2013-11-23T16:22:14Z")
I didn’t see this until just now - [Elijah Harper](http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/Aboriginal-leader-Elijah-Harper-dies-207866311.html) has passed away. ---
**Author:** ![Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dread_pirate_jimbo/32/3897_2.png) [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dread_Pirate_Jimbo)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2013, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2743 "2013-11-23T17:11:43Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > Was he indeed a Pirate Kink, or was that just a misprint in the program? I don’t see anything in my program about him being a Pirate Kink but, then again, I also don’t see the name Peter Pan in the Cast of Characters for a play called Peter Pan. :dubious: **Spoons** did seem kinda kinky, though… ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2013, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2744 "2013-11-23T17:49:39Z")
Ah, I beg your pardon - I thought he was doing ‘Pirates of Penzance’, not ‘Peter Pan’. A different alliterative show… ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2013, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2745 "2013-11-23T19:27:55Z")
I’ve played in “Pirates of Penzance.” We’re doing “Mikado” this year in my theatre group, and one of the songs was re-written to poke fun at current political figures… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2013, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2746 "2013-11-23T21:13:13Z")
> [@Sparky812](#): > > What’s bugging me the most is his refusal to admit guilt and his victim blaming. Are we still talking about Rob Ford? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dread_pirate_jimbo/32/3897_2.png) [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dread_Pirate_Jimbo)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2747 "2013-11-24T06:55:21Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > Ah, I beg your pardon - I thought he was doing ‘Pirates of Penzance’, not ‘Peter Pan’. A different alliterative show… Yes, different singing pirates, plus flying children. 🙂 > [@EmilyG](#): > > I’ve played in “Pirates of Penzance.” We’re doing “Mikado” this year in my theatre group, and one of the songs was re-written to poke fun at current political figures… 🙂 I saw a rendition of “Die Fledermaus” years ago which did the same thing, including a couple Brian Mulroney jokes (to give you an idea of how many years ago it was). > [@Sunspace](#): > > Are we still talking about Rob Ford? > > 🙂 Yes. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2748 "2013-11-24T13:52:09Z")
I haven’t heard much news of Rob Ford for… a few days. I guess he hasn’t gotten in any drunken stupors lately (I think he said he wasn’t going to drink again, or something.) ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2749 "2013-11-24T14:52:31Z")
I’m not a big fan of politically retconning Savoy, but I do love Savoy just the same. Who are you playing in Mikado? ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2750 "2013-11-24T15:15:00Z")
> [@antonio107](#): > > I’m not a big fan of politically retconning Savoy, but I do love Savoy just the same. Who are you playing in Mikado? I play the clarinet. 🙂 (I’m in the orchestra.) The last time we did The Mikado, for the list song, we re-wrote the words, though it wasn’t politically-oriented. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2751 "2013-11-24T17:11:49Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > I haven’t heard much news of Rob Ford for… a few days. I guess he hasn’t gotten in any drunken stupors lately (I think he said he wasn’t going to drink again, or something.)Info emerging at court concerning the investigation into his buddy/employee Lisi, including a sting against Lisi terminating when Lisi detoured to Ford’s house due to the police being there to attend yet another domestic violence call involving Ford. Basically the same old same old. Drugs, sex, violence. [Excerpts form Friday’s Toronto Star:](http://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2013/11/22/rob_ford_police_investigation_domestic_assault_call_at_ford_home_sidetracked_police_sting.html) > [@](#): > > A “domestic assault” call to Mayor Rob Ford’s house in August disrupted a nearby police sting involving alleged drug dealer and Ford friend Alexander “Sandro” Lisi > > . . . . > > The area behind the hotel is known as “crack central” by locals. The Star does not know what Ford was handed by the man on foot. > > . . . . > The late August call to investigate an allegation of domestic assault at Ford’s house is one of many contacts — more than two dozen — that uniformed officers have had with members of the Ford family over the past eight years. The Star’s sources have said these “interactions” include domestic violence calls. > Ford was charged in 2008 with assaulting and threatening to kill his wife. The charges were withdrawn by a Crown attorney, who cited “inconsistencies” in his wife, Renata’s, statements. > . . . . > The Star has also learned of other trouble calls to the mayor’s house, including one in 2012 in which local officers arrived to find Ford outside his house in the early morning hours yelling into his phone, while a stretch limousine idled on the road and its driver and a scantily clad woman stood in Ford’s driveway, arguing. > . . . . > Lisi has faced multiple accusations of threatening women and was recently convicted of threatening to kill a young woman — a conviction he is appealing. > > . . . . > saw Ford motion to someone on the street and the man came up to him, accepted something from Ford, then left. Ford backed onto a parking pad adjacent to Gabrielle Roy school and the man reappeared and passed something to Ford through the open window of the Escalade. > . . . > A federal source with knowledge of the event said local organizers kept the mayor from meeting the prime minister because they were concerned he was intoxicated. > . . . . > > “Upon speaking with Mrs. Ford, officers observed numerous physical injuries including scrapes, bruising and cuts about Mrs. Ford’s face and body. The injuries appeared to be several days old and investigation revealed Mrs. Ford had attended” at hospital to receive treatment, the report states. “Mrs. Ford alleged a domestic incident had taken place earlier this evening, but that the injuries were not related to that event.” > Police state in the report that Renata Ford had been drinking and would not cooperate in the investigation. Police took her to hospital and passed the report on to detectives for further investigation. Police have said no charges were laid. > > •In March 2008, police were called to the mayor’s home, where Ford was arrested and charged with assaulting and uttering a death threat to his wife. But the Crown withdrew the charges because of inconsistencies in Renata Ford’s allegations. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2752 "2013-11-24T17:33:38Z")
…my goodness. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2013, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2753 "2013-11-25T03:44:48Z")
Some thoughts on watching the Grey Cup: 1. They had at least a year to prepare for this, and yet there was a logo in centre field that was only partially wiped out for replacement with the Grey Cup logo. 2. Who the hell is Hedley? 3. Sheets. His game. Totally. 4. Taunting?" TAUNTING? (I taunt you a second time, you silly English Knnnn-ight.) 5. Hamilton not only couldn’t catch a break, but were outplayed in just about every area. 6. Playing the Grey Cup game in your own home field is incredibly rare, and must be a heck of a morale booster. 7. Mother Nature really cooperated in Regina. 8. I’m getting old. Half the people at the Grey Cup party I attended left at half time, and I was the only guest remaining at the end of the game. (The guy who plays guitar in those Stephen Harper music videos was at the party. Spoiler Alert: The PM is actually a real person who sometimes wants to just hang out in the basement and jam.) ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2013, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2754 "2013-11-25T04:06:10Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Some thoughts on watching the Grey Cup: > > 1. They had at least a year to prepare for this, and yet there was a logo in centre field that was only partially wiped out for replacement with the Grey Cup logo. > > 2. Who the hell is Hedley? > > 3. Sheets. His game. Totally. > > 4. Taunting?" TAUNTING? (I taunt you a second time, you silly English Knnnn-ight.) > > 5. Hamilton not only couldn’t catch a break, but were outplayed in just about every area. > > 6. Playing the Grey Cup game in your own home field is incredibly rare, and must be a heck of a morale booster. > > 7. Mother Nature really cooperated in Regina. > > 8. I’m getting old. Half the people at the Grey Cup party I attended left at half time, and I was the only guest remaining at the end of the game. (The guy who plays guitar in those Stephen Harper music videos was at the party. Spoiler Alert: The PM is actually a real person who sometimes wants to just hang out in the basement and jam.) 1. Oh. And Tom Hanks. Tom Hanks? ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2013, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2755 "2013-11-25T04:10:55Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Some thoughts on watching the Grey Cup: > > 1. They had at least a year to prepare for this, and yet there was a logo in centre field that was only partially wiped out for replacement with the Grey Cup logo. > > 2. Who the hell is Hedley? > > 3. Sheets. His game. Totally. > > 4. Taunting?" TAUNTING? (I taunt you a second time, you silly English Knnnn-ight.) > > 5. Hamilton not only couldn’t catch a break, but were outplayed in just about every area. > > 6. Playing the Grey Cup game in your own home field is incredibly rare, and must be a heck of a morale booster. > > 7. Mother Nature really cooperated in Regina. > > 8. I’m getting old. Half the people at the Grey Cup party I attended left at half time, and I was the only guest remaining at the end of the game. (The guy who plays guitar in those Stephen Harper music videos was at the party. Spoiler Alert: The PM is actually a real person who sometimes wants to just hang out in the basement and jam.) Hedley is the band who is headed by Jacob Hoggard who was a runner up in Canadian Idol, I can’t recall the year maybe the one Kalan Porter won? I only ever watched a couple seasons of it and I think he’s the only guy who got a solid career out of it though I could be wrong. ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2013, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2756 "2013-11-25T06:31:21Z")
I had a couple of ex-girlfriends that liked Hedley. I fucking hate new country, so it’s not my scene. ---
**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:** [November 25, 2013, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2757 "2013-11-25T06:36:15Z")
> [@antonio107](#): > > I had a couple of ex-girlfriends that liked Hedley. I fucking hate new country, so it’s not my scene. Hedley isn’t country (new or otherwise), as far as I know. I thought they did a good job with the half-time show - lots of energy, accessible music, not bad. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2013, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2758 "2013-11-25T10:53:39Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Hedley isn’t country (new or otherwise), as far as I know. I thought they did a good job with the half-time show - lots of energy, accessible music, not bad. Meh. When he started rapping (I think), I turned off and waited for the second half. 'Nuff said on that topic. On another topic, since when do Canadians hold their hats over their hearts for the national anthem? That’s something Americans do. Yet all around me at the sports bar, people stood up and placed their baseball caps over their hearts during the national anthem. That’s something Americans do. We’re not Americans; we do not do what Americans do. I stayed seated, in the sports bar, with one hand on my beer. After attending numerous Blue Jays games, I can attest that during the national anthem before a sports games, Americans put their hands over their hearts and face the US flag; Canadians just keep their hands on their beer. It did not sit well with me. When did we become Americans? ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2013, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2759 "2013-11-25T13:18:36Z")
You should’ve stolen their untended beers. That would change their behaviour in a right hurry. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2013, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2760 "2013-11-25T13:42:46Z")
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