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12 THE RURAL VOICE
Mabel's Grill
The
world's
problems
are
solved
daily
'round
the table
at
Mabel 's.
"Btnniitint! It's cold " George
grumbled as he wandered into
Mabels one blustery day for the
morning conference on how to run
the world, otherwise known as coffee
break.
"Oh come off it," said Molly
Whiteside as she delivered the
coffee. "This isn't anywhere near as
cold as it is in Alberta and they had
nearly 60,000 people sitting outside
in the cold watching a hockey game
the other night."
"Yeh and they were the guys
talking about easterners freezing in
the dark," said Dave Winston.
"You'd think if anybody could
afford to play in a heated building it
would be Albertans, wouldn't you?"
said Wayne Bruce.
"Talk about a good marketing
job," said George. "You're sitting out
there freezing your buns off, sitting
so far away from the rink that you've
got to imagine where the puck is and
watching players that could be the
local midgets for all you know
because you can't see their faces and
they've convinced you this is a good
thing that you'll never forget. Boy we
should get these guys to market our
cull cows!"
"It's supposed to be taking you
back to your roots," said Cliff
Murray, "back to the time when you
played hockey on the pond."
"Yeh well I remember those days
and I'm not sure I want to go back. I
think I lost a few fingers and toes on
that pond."
"Oh I took mine home alright,"
said Cliff. "I can vividly remember
how much they hurt as they thawed
out."
"You guys are just getting too old
to remember the fun of it all," said
Molly. "I kind of hope this catches
on and people get back outside in the
fresh air for skating and playing
hockey."
"Seems to me this is why we're
spending a fortune on arenas, said
George.
"Yeh some of these new arenas
even have heated floors in the
dressing rooms," said Wayne.
"Not like the arenas when 1 was a
kid," said George, "when your
backside froze while the side next to
the stove in the middle of the room
baked."
"I'd like to have a picture of that
one," said Molly.
"No you don't, even if he was
only 12 back then," said Dave.
"I guess they're actually worrying
about that kind of thing with these
new camera phones," said Wayne.
"Places with dressing rooms are
worrying that people will take photos
of naked people and send emails of
them all over the place."
"Phones that take pictures? I mean
who would even have had such a
bizarre idea," wondered George.
"Hey, I hear they're a big item for
Christmas this year." said Cliff. "I
heard an estimate they're going to
sell 63 million of them this year."
"Remember when you used to
actually get something you needed
for Christmas?" said George.
"Yeh but in those days there were
lots of things you needed that you
couldn't afford to buy for yourself,"
said Cliff. "Nowadays people have
enough money that if they need it,
they go out and buy it."
"And then they expect something
they really want when they open their
presents," said Wayne, "especially
the kids."
"I think this drives the economy,"
said Dave. "As soon as this
Christmas is over there are all these
companies out there that are trying to
create absolutely needless things that
people can give for Christmas next
year."
"And every year the TV stations
go out and create this buzz about
things people just must have.
Remember the fights over Tickle -Me
Elmo?"
"Yeh, well the way things have
been this year I won't be watching
for that kind of gift," said George.
"I'm thinking of giving hamburger."0