30 Replies to “The “One Dose Summer””

  1. Tonight, I’m going out back (my home faces a block of apartments), and I’m getting up on the hot tub, and I’m going to scream out Howard Beale’s speech from Network:
    “I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take it anymore!”

    I’ll let you know how it goes.

  2. And every non-participant in the Caribbean event is silently thankful.
    I remember a hot mic gaffe by a radio announcer explaining why he wasn’t going downtown on those days. Just use your imagination.

    1. We actually were told about this in broadcasting school. His name was Phil McKellar. I have told the story many times over the years, minus the racist reference, when younger announcers start swearing around microphones.

      1. Yes the late, great ‘that feller McKeller’ who educated me and others in jazz for many years but was dismissed without acceptance of his apology and thrown to mob who never knew him much like our times.

  3. All the tags are about the Turd, when in fact it is a so-called conservative Ford and the squishy mayor of TO doing all this. On the bright side, no-one will be subjected to the strap-on/hockey-ball gag/gimp mask parade this year.

  4. So we won’t have 7 days of stupid amounts of shootings and the Lakeshore park won’t be covered in Trash ankle deep…?

    what’s the downside?

  5. U-Hauls? No thanks. Everyone who moves out, not a single one of them ever admits their personal culpability. They just move, and keep voting for exactly the same policies and people that turned their last home into an unlivable nightmare.

  6. I wonder how all the people dropping a million plus on downtown T.O. condos are going to feel when they move into their new digs, decide to go for a walk and realize 75% of the businesses on Yonge street are closed and the windows papered over. Or when they want to hit a restaurant and the only choices are Popeye’s and McD’s?

    1. There are a few tube steak proprietors selling their wares on some streets.
      At least there’s that.

  7. Ya know this allows for an excellent comparison.
    I wonder which are safer, amusement park rides or covid-19 vaccines?
    I’m thinking the stupid rides but not sure.

  8. Didn’t Gov. Cuomo even correlate, “the more we lockdown, the more cases we get?”

  9. Not so fast. Cedar Point are still pandering to Wuhan flu hysteria.

    https://www.cedarpoint.com/welcoming-you-back

    “This page provides you with essential information for what you will need to do before you arrive at Cedar Point, what you’ll see and experience when you arrive, and how to make the most of your visit—safely—when you get here.

    “Changes from Last Season:

    “Reservations will be required for Cedar Point and Cedar Point Shores Waterpark. Both Season Passholders and Single Day Ticketholders will need reservations.

    “Temperature checks for guests have been discontinued.

    “The health screen questionnaire will be conducted by associates at all entrance gates and will not be through the Cedar Point mobile app.

    “There will be no limitations to ride capacity, but social distancing remains in place while waiting in line. Face coverings are recommended while riding rides.

    “Guests aged 10 years and older are required to wear face coverings while indoors, unless actively eating and drinking. Face coverings are not required outdoors unless it is not possible to maintain 6’ of social distancing. Face coverings should completely cover the nose and mouth, and not have exhalation valves or vents, which allows virus particles to escape.”

    1. Anyone wearing a mask at this point is clearly an antivaxxer and a bigot. No way I’d wear a mask and expose myself to potential backlash.

  10. I used to certify roller coasters and other rides. Many years ago I did a segment on Discovery Channel about the workings of a coaster. At the end of the filming, they wanted a riders-eye view of one of the coasters at Canada’s Wonderland. Unfortunately both the interviewer and the cameraman were too chicken to take the ride, so I did the filming for them (and got the appropriate credit for doing so). It came out quite well.

  11. Mikhaila moving to Austin? Wanna bet Heiress-Xiden suddenly starts enforcing our border!? Has she had all her shots? Remember when we used to ask that about our neighbors dog? Sorry. No, I’m NOT calling her a …

      1. You’ve got that right. Nevertheless, it’s still 10X more Conservative than Moronto.

  12. Cedar Point is my home park, and I love roller coasters. Our state governor is lifting mask restrictions on June 2nd, probably because the state legislature was going to smack him down if he didn’t. We’ll see how things go from there at the park.

  13. So with the US opening up fully now what are they going to do when the border re-opens? How will they keep us locked up when we can just leave this stupid country as we please?

    1. They will lay on the anti-American propaganda. It wasn’t too long ago I had to listen to people gloat how bad the covid cases were in the US.

  14. “The City understands the importance of these events to Toronto’s vitality, liveability and prosperity. City staff are working in close collaboration with event organizers, who in every instance possible have been consulted on this approach and given advance notice of this decision. The City is committed to working closely with event organizers to help them manage through 2021 and come back stronger in 2022.”

    A veritable masterpiece of bureauspeak.
    And another zinger: Come Back Stronger.
    WoW.

    1. Two years sitting on their asses “working”. Laugh of the Day, thanks John Tory. The man who makes David Miller look competent.

  15. While I am definitely not a fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs, part of me would like to see them win the Stanley Cup this year so I can watch John Tory, Doug Ford, and the rest of these asshat politcos suck & blow at the same time justifying why a million+ attendee parade doesn’t contravene their Scamdemic Theatre restrictions.

  16. Well I read the article and afterwards went to the city site to see the list of cancelled events when I noticed one big city sanctioned event wasn’t mentioned. One that could be considered a super spreader event.

    Anyone guess which one. Here’s a clue.

    The first word rhymes with Hay and the second word rhymes with Lied and the third word rhymes with Charade.

  17. Not even the best ride at Cedar Point. Top Fuel Dragster is only 14 seconds long, but it’s the best ride ever.

    You sit in your seat, get instantly catapulted to 120 mph, go from horizontal to 89 degrees up in a split second, go straight up, get to the top… and come straight down. Sheer exhilaration and adrenaline

    I waited 45 minutes for the ride with my then 11-year old daughter. After the ride, before we even got out of our seats, she turned to me, and said “Can we go again?!?”.

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