Abbott and Costello Come To Ottawa

My recent post on our Leaders 'telling it like it is', gave me the idea to try it to the tune of Who's on First.




Abbott: Well Lou here we are in Ottawa - Canada's capital.

Costello: So where are the igloos?


Abbott: Out in the suburbs.

Costello: And the Eskimos?


Abbott: In the Igloos.

Costello: Don't they get cold?


Abbott: Of course not, they wear skins.

Costello: Naturally.


Abbott: Naturally what?

Costello: Naturally they wear their skins.


Abbott: Oh never mind.

Costello: So what's Ottawa known for Bud?


Abbott: Elections!
Costello: Elections?


Abbott: Ya, they have one approximately every year.
Costello: Boy they must really like them.


Abbott: No they hate them.
Costello: Hate them?


Abbott: My research shows that Canadians view them as a monumental
waste of time and money.
Costello: So the Politicians do?


Abbott: No they don't want them either.
Costello: So who wants them?


Abbott: No one does.
Costello: So why have them then?


Abbott: To break the monotony.
Costello: Boy they must be really board.


Abbott: With all the snow and cold there is not much else for them to do.
Costello: But have Elections?


Abbott: That's right.
Costello: So no one wants them but everyone gets them?


Abbott: Not a single person.
Costello: But they all get them?


Abbott: Very True.
Costello: To break the boredom?


Abbott: Precisely.
Costello: Precisely what?


Abbott: They have Elections to break the boredom.
Costello: So they do want them?


Abbott: Of course not.
Costello: But I thought you said they want them to break the boredom.


Abbott: That's right.
Costello: But no one wants one.


Abbott: Exactly.
Costello: Exactly What?


Abbott: Canadians do not want Elections.
Costello: But they have one a year.


Abbott: Annually.
Costello: Because they don't want them?


Abbott: Not one.
Costello: So let me get this straight. Canadians do not want Elections nor do their politicians
because Elections are time consuming and expensive. But they have frequent elections
because they are bored. And that's the way they like it.

Abbott: I couldn't have said it better.
Costello: ????

My apologies to those two great comedians.


"Galagher"