News Sep 30, 2011 at 12:27 pm

“Why the golden showers, Mr. Speaker?”

Dan Savage
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1
You should see what they do with "off-the-shelf" helicopters ...
Will in Seattle on September 30, 2011 at 12:36 PM Report this
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This might be funny if it were some dictatorship/banana republic. Ha ha, the developed world is even more corrupt than the developing.
Cui Bono on September 30, 2011 at 12:39 PM Report this
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And Scott Brison, the MP that asked the question, is gay, which adds another element to the story.
on September 30, 2011 at 12:45 PM Report this
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After Question Period, Mr. Brison feigned ignorance of the meaning of golden shower.

“I’m a country guy. I don’t know how you interpret these kinds of things, but I’m not that sophisticated in that regard,” he told reporters. “But I certainly wouldn’t want to piss off the minister.”

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:)
Doot on September 30, 2011 at 12:47 PM Report this
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Is that "country" in the Shakespearian sense?
jzimbert on September 30, 2011 at 1:08 PM Report this
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Another part of the story that the article leaves out is that Baird also removed "Lester B. Pearson Building" from his business cards.

Lester B is a former Liberal Prime Minister and a Nobel Peace Prize winner.
on September 30, 2011 at 1:10 PM Report this
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@2 it's Canada, not the USA. So no worries on that part.

Hint: When the Ultra-rich get richer and the lower 98 percent get poorer, you live in a banana republic.
Will in Seattle on September 30, 2011 at 1:23 PM Report this
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"I wouldn't want to piss off the minister"

There is no way that was not deliberate.
Canadian eh? on September 30, 2011 at 1:49 PM Report this
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Aw, you got my hopes up that a certain other speaker was caught receiving golden showers. (From Larry Craig, perhaps!)
LML on September 30, 2011 at 1:58 PM Report this
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@4 & 8:

For the benefit of American readers, it should also be pointed out that Mr. Brison (my Member of Parliament for some years) is openly gay. The "piss off" remark was assuredly deliberate.
Buck95 on September 30, 2011 at 2:02 PM Report this
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@10. yes. that's what I'm smiling at.
Doot on September 30, 2011 at 2:06 PM Report this
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Damn but I miss Question Period ...
Will in Seattle on September 30, 2011 at 2:12 PM Report this
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@11. He's got the sort of wit Dan would appreciate. Here's hoping he takes another run at the leadership.
Buck95 on September 30, 2011 at 2:16 PM Report this
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Also, I've seen Brison at a gay club dancing with his shirt off in Toronto (and he appeared to be jonesing for a 3way with me and a friend, or certainly was quite entranced by our butts), and Baird has dated friends of mine (guys). They both totally know the meaning of the term.
DeanP on September 30, 2011 at 2:30 PM Report this
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Brison comes across as the squarest guy around but has a great wit.

Everyone knows the golden shower reference, being gay has nothing to do with it.
drawn_a_blank on September 30, 2011 at 2:48 PM Report this
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Yeah, they definitely don't get up to kinky crazy shit in the country. Nope. Especially not during those long, cold, Canadian winters.
Gloria on September 30, 2011 at 3:55 PM Report this

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