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10 THE RURAL VOICE
Mabel's Grill
"So I see they're doing another
one of those studies on how much
farming contributes to the economy,"
said Dave Winston. "I don't know
why they bother."
"We need to let people know they
won't be as
well off if
we're not
around," said
Cliff Murray.
"Yeh, but
we don't need
university
professors for
that," said
Dave. "I mean
we all pay out
more than we
take in, right?
Why don't
they just add
up all the
The world's
problems are
solved daily
'round the table
at Mabel's
money we take in, multiply by two
and you can figure it out."
"But that wouldn't create jobs for
the university professors," said
George McKenzie.
"I wonder if they include the
university profs in the list of the
people whose jobs are owed to
agriculture," Cliff said.
"Or all those guys at Guelph who
owe their jobs to telling us how to
mind our business," said George.
"Or all the stress councillors in the
pork business," said Dave.
"Or all the bankruptcy trustees.
We farmers have kept lots of them
going over the years," said Cliff.
"Oh give it up," said Molly
Whiteside as she served George his
bacon and eggs. "You guys always
sound like mourners at a funeral."
"Or the undertakers," said George.
"Is a farmer ever happy?" wond-
ered Molly. -
"I would be if I was getting as
- much money for my pigs as you
charge for that bacon," Dave said,
pointing to George's plate.
"Does anybody ever come around
and ask you guys how much you get
from farmers?" George wondered.
"I'd have to tell them not very
darned much," said Molly. "The last
time I got a tip from one of you guys
I was still a teenager."
"That long ago, eh?" said George.
"That's because you don't wear
that tiny little uniform you used to
wear then," said Dave.
"That's when you weren't too
arthritic to reach into your pocket and
pull out a loonies" Molly said.
"That's when I still knew what
one looked like," Dave moaned.
"Oh come on, everybody cries
poor these days," said Molly.
"Yeh, even Conrad Black is
griping because he can't get a second
job," said Cliff. "Poor guy, he wants
to be a lord and a mere prime
minister stands in his way."
"And suing the government for
$25,000," said George. "That ought
to pay the jet fuel for about one or
two flights across the ocean."
"It's only fair that Conrad should
go over and sit in the British
Parliament," said Wayne Bruce.
"He's been telling us how to run this
country for a long time."
"And wouldn't he lord it over us
if he got a title," said Dave.
"Does that mean Barbara Amiel
would be a lady, or a dame?"
wondered Cliff.
"That dame is no lady," said Dave.
"I wonder if anybody ever asked
Conrad how much of his money
came from farmers," Dave said.
"About $1.98. I don't have
enough money to be bothered read-
ing the National Post," said Cliff. "It
seems like it's written for millionaires
who think everybody should starve
so they can have more millions."
"He must have got something
when he sold off Massey -Ferguson,"
said George.
"I forgot about that. He was
around' when Massey went belly -up
wasn't he," said Cliff.
"I think he'd bailed out by the end
but he was there when the trouble
started," said George.
"And Dominion stores too, wasn't
he?" asked Dave.
"Yup, it was all part of the Argus
Corporation when he took over."
"The Americans bought Dominion
Stores too, didn't they?" Cliff
wondered.
"Seems like if Conrad doesn't get
into the House of Lords somebody
should offer him something in the
U.S. Senate," said Wayne. "After all
he's helped them buy up half the
country."0