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10 THE RURAL VOICE
Mabel's Grill
The
world's
problems
are
solved
daily
'round
the table
at
Mabel 's.
"So are you going to buy a
membership in the new fitness club
that opened in town?" asked Molly
Whiteside as she gently nudged Dave
Winston's growing midriff with her
elbow while she delivered his
pancakes and sausage, covered in
maple syrup plus two pieces of toast
with jam.
"Are you?" wondered Dave. "The
thought of you working out in those
skimpy little tights might be the thing
to get me interested in joining."
"And the thought of seeing you in
shorts and a T-shirt would keep me
from joining," countered Molly.
"How many bloody fitness clubs
does this country need, anyway?"
grumbled George McKenzie.
"Yeh, have you noticed there's
getting to be a fitness club on every
corner at the same time the census
says there are fewer farmers than
ever," said Dave. "There's fewer of
us but people are getting so much
food they're getting fat and have to
work it off. I think we're doing
something wrong here, boys."
"And nobody wants to spend
more money on food but they've got
money to burn off fat at some
expensive club and don't complain at
all," said Cliff Murray.
"Let's face it, people just live too
soft a life these days," said George.
"Kind of weird isn't it," said Cliff.
"We get all these labour saving
gadgets then they save us so much
labour we have to get treadmills and
stationary bikes to give us the
exercise we could have had for
nothing if we hadn't got the labour
saving gadgets in the first place."
"You get all these people living in
town with a postage -stamp lawn and
they're cutting the grass riding
around on lawn tractors," said
George.
"While you guys are still cutting
10 acre hay fields with a scythe,"
said Mabel with a sideways look as
she passed the table.
"I'II admit we have it easier than
the pioneers but we still have a lot of
physical exercise," said George.
"Oh yeh, you look like it," said
Molly, pointedly looking at George's
stomach.
"I gotta admit," said Cliff, "when
I go to a farm meeting where there's
a meal I'm amazed watching farmers
pack it in. They still heap their plates
as if they were going out to sling
2,000 bales of hay into a mow."
"Kinda hard to convince the
politicians we're starving when
we're bustin' the buttons on our
shirts," admitted Dave.
"Kinda hard to convince
politicians you're starving when the
parking lot's bulging with four-by-
fours," said Molly.
"I haven't noticed too many
members of parliament who look
malnourished," said George. "They
make sure they've always got enough
to pay the food bill."
"Yeh, wouldn't it be nice if we
could just put together a committee
and decide to raise the price of
soybeans to something that would
give us a decent living," said Dave.
"Wouldn't it be nice if they had to
come to us and beg for money," said
Cliff.
"And we could give them half
what they asked for," said George.
"Yeh, but before you change
places, how would you like to have
to get elected every four years to
keep your job?" said Molly.
"Ouch!" said Cliff. "The way
some people around here talk about
farmers these days, I'm not sure any
of us could get elected."
"Yeh, to listen to some people at
these anti -hog -barn meetings we
seem to be lower than politicians on
the popularity scale," said Dave.
"Hey face it," said Molly. "The
politicians are no direct threat.
They're not spreading manure when
you're having the family barbecue
next door."
"Oh they're spreading it, alright,"
said George, "but thankfully they're
confining it to Toronto and
Ottawa."0