SHIPPAGAN – In a remarkable feat of endurance, a local drunk uncle’s Remembrance Day rant about Don Cherry has passed the 48-hour mark.
Eric Strachan’s annual commemoration of Remembrance Day by complaining about the ousting of the former Hockey Night in Canada personality is “one for the ages”, according to his niece, Sally Bonhomme. “Every November 11, my mom’s brother makes a point of honouring the fallen by complaining about the time Sportsnet fired Don Cherry,” she said. “Usually, it doesn’t last longer than it takes for the Benadryl I slip into his Molson to kick in, but this was something special.”
She continued, “It started when my son briefly removed his poppy after poking himself in the chest with the pin, and continued right through the moment his trans daughter came by to drop off his mail. It was then that I thought, Wow, he won’t be stopping for a while. It’s a good thing he hasn’t had a job in nine years.”
In an effort to keep Mr. Strachan’s marathon going, Sally says the entire community has chipped in. “Everyone’s doing their best to keep his anger at a maximum. We’ve moved him to a nearby Tim Hortons so he can be fed a steady supply of double-doubles by an immigrant, and we’ve made sure all of the TVs are tuned to CBC.”
“We’ve even got kids from local schools contributing by holding up flash cards with pictures of Ron MacLean and a soldier wearing a turban.”
Perhaps most exciting of all, Strachan received a Zoom call from Mr. Cherry himself. Said Bonhomme, “He gave a big thumbs up and said he was really proud of him! At least I think that’s what he meant. He kept calling him ‘Bobby’. Then he spent the last three minutes complaining about visors and Harry Sinden before falling asleep in a bowl of soup.”
