Headline of the Day

Ladies and gentlemen ... the Toronto Sun:

 

Who knew Swayze was sick?

 

Did they use enough ink?

 

Link?

 

that stinks

 

We need shrinks.

 

Not to break up the "poet and i didn't know it" theme here, but what does the subdeck say? It's too small on my computer to read.

 

And what does it mean? What's the story? :-\

 

Magnifying the image, I read, "Case closed on Ootes' bid to save outdoor facilities for March Break as City Hall's loony left shuts them down."

The photo is captioned "Toronto councillor Case Ootes dons the skates last night at the Regent Park rink which, along with 40 other outdoor facilities, will stay closed during March Break."

 

Apparently most local outdoor rinks closed on March 2 as scheduled. However, temperatures remain below freezing, and school kids are on a vacation called March Break and might want to use the 41 rinks, so one councilman wanted them reopened. His colleagues voted down the idea because it would have cost as much as $380,000.

 

I've always been mystified why the City of Toronto has ALWAYS closed the outdoor rinks down on March 1. It used to drive me crazy when the boys were home on March break and couldn't play shinny. And since almost all the rinks have artificial ice, the temperature can go above freezing (slightly) and you can still skate on them .