Oh Dear · 16 January 2002
Non-Canadians: go do something else for a minute.
Okay, I’ve had three people point me to this article at the National Post, each one claiming disbelief that such a gathering of words could come into existence.
Chris Howden writes:
I know that you’re thinking, “But everything involving Russell Smith is somehow chillingly unbelievable”. You’re right. But this is different. It is different because it is the worst thing I have ever read. I think that it might also be the worst thing you have ever read.
Without question it’s a hard piece to navigate: before I was through it my eyes swelled up, popped from my head and exploded like grapefruit met with a softball bat.
The only way to make things better – short of razing Toronto and salting the earth that nothing may grow there again – is to dwell on the positive, count your blessings, and know that Leah McLaren has been gaining a ton of weight since Pyper dumped her.
Oh, and watch Heavy Metal Parking Lot. A lot.
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