HUMOR Digest - 2 Feb 1999 to 3 Feb 1999

Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 04:13:01 -0500
From: Jim Moore Jr
Subject: Still Moore on Ontario

The University of Toronto's "Faculty of Arts Calendar" lists an unusual English literature special study course: "Shakespeare: Hamlet, Anatomy and Cleopatra."

I'll say this about that -- once a Frenchman, always a Frenchman.

Strolling along the shops in Sault Saint Marie, a leading conductor spied rows of bass, catfish, lake trout & perch displayed with mouths open and eyes staring blankly ahead.

"Allons !!! Alligresse !!!" he cried suddenly. "I'm due at the Winter Festival to conduct the chorus."

One of the political heros of Ontario is Sir Oliver Mowat, one of the longest serving Prime Ministers (1872-1896). He fought for political rights for the province & the voters.

All Ontario students are taught he was born in Kingston in a log cabin which he built with his own hands.

The first white man to explore the Ontario region was Etienne Brule of France. He encountered a wandering band of Iroquois indians intent on killing him.

The explorer stopped and faced his pursuers then said, "You want to kill me because I explore ? Isn't it enough punishment I am French and have to reside in this land ?"

The Iroquois provided Monsieur Brule safe conduct back to his encampment.

Ontario's best known annual event is the Shakespearean Festival held in Stratford. Even the hotels go all out naming rooms after the Bard of Avon's plays.

A bride refused to spend her wedding nite in a suite called "Taming of the Shrew." The hotel staff showed the couple to another (as yet unnamed) suite.

The following morning, the blushing bride found she had spent the nite in the "Much Ado About Nothing" suite.

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