A daily dose of the Harper Government's desire to seemingly overhaul the democratic process can lead one astray from the mainstream news and in search of greener pastures. Here are some lighter things I came across in the news this week.
For those of us wondering whether Game of Thrones could become anything more than a Sunday evening in front of the TV, the
CBC managed to find a young knight crossing Canada by horseback. Vincent Gabriel Kirouac embarked several months ago on his journey from Quebec atop his trusty steed, Lionheart, in an effort to show that true valour still exists. Now, the CBC only credited him with "dressing" like a knight, but I suspect a true knighthood is on the horizon, albeit a difficult title to attain. Just ask
Sir Nils Olav, Colonel-in-Chief of the Norwegian King's Guard.
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| Metta World Peace readies for T-Rex (Image: TheFaster Times) |
Falling into the category of "damn it, why didn't I think of that?"
comes the totally awesome news out of York, Nebraska, where a young man
has
legally changed his name to Tyrannosaurus Rex.
Tyrannosaurus Rex Joseph Gold felt the name was a lot "cooler" than
Tyler and figured it might help him stand out as a budding entrepreneur.
The judge, satisfied that this name change had nothing to do with
evading creditors or law enforcement, agreed with Tyler's - oops, sorry,
T-Rex's - assessment of the name change. I imagine the judge replaced
his gavel with a high-five. I just hope he doesn't bother people in the
same way that I'm irked every time basketball announcers manage to say
Metta World Peace (the man formerly known as Ron Artest) without
cracking a smile.
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| (Image: LiveScience) |
And in a related story,
climate scientists have determined that dinosaur flatulence may have been a main contributor to global warming 150 years ago. This will throw a wrench into the hopes of anybody expecting the resurgence of dinosaurs a la Jurassic Park. I was really hoping to finally live out my boyhood fantasies and ride a velociraptor to work, but David Suzuki will tell me it's worse on the environment than an Escalade. But there is hope, as the Conservatives have vowed to stamp out these money-laundering, environmental radicals funded by foreign interests. Thanks, Steve.
In legal news, the
Globe and Mail reports that a 52 year-old man has filed a suit against BMW after a four-hour ride on a BMW motorcycle in 2010 has left him with a two-year erection. I'm sure this must be a truly debilitating state of affairs for the man, but commentators abound have been having fun with it nonetheless. The Globe and Mail's Andrew Clark collected some of his favourite puns: "Now he can't ride 'em"; "biennial boner blights beemer biker"; "a hard 20 months"; "Man sues BMW for awesome problem". I suspect Viagra and Cialis will contribute their legal services to BMW's case.
And lastly, I don't think I will ever look at a Mallard Duck the same way again.
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| Image: Newschoolers.com |
A tip o' the hat to KO for some of these stories.
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