One of the many reasons I love Canada

[Maple]

OTTAWA, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin apologized on Tuesday for blasphemy during a nationally televised meeting on health care reform -- but only after his aunt told him that his mouth should be washed out with soap.

Martin, sitting at a table with the heads of the country's 10 provinces, could clearly be heard muttering "Jesus Christ!" after a presentation by Manitoba premier Gary Doer.

An embarrassed prime minister opened the second session of the meeting by apologizing profusely, saying he had in fact been reacting to a note passed to him by a member of staff.

"I have two aunts .... and during the break one of my aunts called me and essentially pointed out that I had used inappropriate language and suggested a bar of soap," he said.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N14365114.htm


Ahhh gawd...gotta love it! We can't go too far wrong in this country with this kind of whap upside the head when needed. LOL

[Hand]

1. Then there's the Trudeau story (true)...

He once exclaimed "Fuck off!" to a group of hostile parliamentarians (off mike, but audible). Later on he told the press he'd said "'Fuddle duddle' or something like that."

For years afterward you could buy t-shirts with Trudeau's mug on them and FUDDLE DUDDLE underneath in large letters... someone needs to do the same for Crashcart!

:toast:

[Maple]

2. Very true.

I had one of those t-shirts!

'Ques ca se dat fuddle duddle?'.....LOLOL

[SidDithers]

6. If I recall, Fuddle Duddle was actually recorded in Hansard...

the official transcript of Parliament.

Sid

[Spazito]

3. I agree, just watched it on CTV newsnet and it is a hoot...

"Little Paul, that's what we call him" said Aunt Claire who called him on the carpet for his "swearing". I think I really like Aunt Claire, lol.

[iverglas]

4. speaking of little Paul

We were watching him last night, and at one point the co-vivant said: Did you see Martin's face in that last shot? He's sitting there thinking "I could have been a bank president. I could be sitting in my office in Zurich right now, or drinking a cup of coffee in my chalet looking out over the Alps ...".

[Maple]

5. Meeting with the premiers

would do that to anybody! ;)