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“My Favourite Things’ are playing again and
again,

But it’s by Julie Andrews, and not by John
Coltrane”

—Elvis Costello, “This is Hell”

My least favourite things

This week, for some reason, the rage inside me
has been building at an ever-increasing rate.
I’m not sure why that is, but I’ve got five prime
suspects to blame.

STEPHEN HARPER: This week, in the
House of Commons, Stephen Harper said that
Jack Layton was pretending to be a “left-wing
ideologue” by pushing the Conservatives to
adopt a fairer process for women to get equal
pay for equal work. Right on, Stephen! You
show that goddamn communist who’s boss!
Seriously, though, if Stephen Harper considers
equality for women to be an issue of the radical
left, what does that say about his own feelings
about equality? I guess it’s no surprise that the
Conservatives never get much support from
women when they seem to think so lowly about
such issues.

COORS LIGHT: Okay, I’m sure every person
in Canada has seen the ads on TV for Coors’
new “Cold-Certified Can.” And, I certainly
hope that every person in Canada immediately
threw their remote through the TV in rage at
the poor regard that advertisers and product
developers have for consumers, and also,

for the stupidity of those very consumers for
buying such a product. I mean, really, has
society gotten to a point where we need a label
on our beer to tell us when it’s cold? Do people
not know what cold feels like? Here’s a clue for
ya, dumbass: it’s the opposite of hot.

RBC’S TORCH CONTEST: Speaking of

TV commercials, this ad has to be the most
irritating I’ve heard in a while. Not that the
idea of the contest or the values they’re trying
to promote are bad, it’s just that damn jingle. I
know it’s supposed to inspire me to do good in
my community, but really, I feel more inspired
to club a seal, drive an SUV, sell crack and

punch babies afterwards.

MATHIEU GARON: Seriously, dude, can you
stop anything that gets thrown at you?
PEOPLE WHO TELL ME I’M CRAZY:
This is really getting old. I’m sick of people tell
me that just because I’m stressed out or tired
that I’m “crazy.” Does anyone even consider
how disrespectful and mean that is? If someone
says that you’re crazy, what they’re trying to
say is that they don’t think what you say is
valuable or worthwhile, and that your opinion
doesn’t matter. Let’s face it, we all have

little rough patches that make us impatient,
frustrated or angry, and rough patches is just
what they are, not “craziness.” It’s a cold thing
to do to someone, and the secret messages
being broadcast to me from barking dogs on
TV are totally on my side with this one.

Your friend in high fidelity,
Liam Britten

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