Father's Day Stuff

[mbarrick]

Yesterday I was in bustling downtown Ladner with Elaine. Since we will be in New York next week this was an early Father's Day thing for her dad. We met her parents at the Legion and I did something I've been meaning to do for years. I brought a copy of my father's discharge papers along with me and signed up. I am now an associate member of the Royal Canadian Legion.

What does this mean? I have signed to the effect that I am not a communist (sorry, Dave, guess you can't join), a fascist, or an anarchist. It means I stand for Canadian unity, Canadian sovereignty, and Canada's rôle as a peacekeeper. Most of all though, it means I can get $2.50 pints and play pool for 50¢ ;-).

Comments

[mediavictim.livejournal.com]

Ahhh the legion....

The very bar that helped my father with the delusion that he was not in fact a raging alcoholic but an upper class social drinker.

He would get all dressed up in his blazier sport coat with his LEGION coat of arms/crest sewn on and proceed to go down to this place to get absolutely shit-faced and drink away $30,000
leaving no money for food. 1/2 the time I wanted to eat that
damn blue blazier becuse it would have tasted better than the
nuclear survival food we were forced to consume instead of
food.

Sorry ,I have no problems with veterens or Canadian patriots
for they all deserve a place to drink and reminice. But the
name of the ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION just brings the horrible taste
of Soy-protein "beef" to my mouth.

good times... good times...

Relics Of The Empire

[sovietnimrod.livejournal.com]

The very bar that helped my father with the delusion that he was not in fact a raging alcoholic but an upper class social drinker.

LMAO! My old man, a former British marine commando in the late 1940s, has resisted all attempts to join the Legion over the years. He says most of the old wartimers are nothing more now than a bunch of alcoholic "Relics of the Empire"...