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+ T3 D2 @" G1 C; f0 E7 ?The same week I traded the instant party for Michel Barrette\'s snowmobile, I was interviewed by George Stroumboulopoulos on The Hour – a national TV program in Canada. George asked me, quite succinctly, if there was anywhere in the world I [I]wouldn\'t[/I] go to make the trade. I responded. “I will go anywhere in the world except for Yahk, British Columbia.”
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2 Y' L0 { U5 g. B) y6 K5 [ Then I went home to bed
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/ ]- L, b1 n: tThe next morning the phone rang and tore me from a deep sleep. I answered. “Hello.” “Hello is Kyle there?” I cleared my throat, swallowed and answered. “Yup. That\'s me.” “Hey Kyle, how\'s it going?” “Good. You?” “Great. My name is Jeff Cooper and I work for a magazine in Cranbrook British Columbia called SnoRiders West. We\'re conveniently located forty-five minutes from Yahk.” “Nice! I guess you saw the show last night then?” “Well, I didn\'t, but a co-worker of mine, Kerry, told me all about it.” “Cool.” “Well, we\'ve been throwing some ideas around, and well, we want to make you an offer for your snowmobile.” “Really! That\'s awesome. What\'s your offer?” “We want to offer you a trip to Yahk.” “Really?”
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And he meant it. Return airfare for two people from anywhere in North America to Cranbrook, a day of skiing, meals, and of course, a snowmobile trip to Yahk. Jeff wanted me to come along on the trip as well, so that the official trade could be made in Yahk. This was big news: A trip to Yahk. I agreed with Jeff that this was an amazing offer. Jeff took a deep breath and then gave me one more piece of vital information,”But there\'s a catch.” “What\'s that?” “The catch is, you must make the trade in Yahk.”
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; g* z8 D+ X4 ?; P/ UOuch. Here Jeff was offering me [I]the[/I] perfect offer for the snowmobile, but I\'d gone and said I wouldn\'t go to Yahk. How could I go to Yahk? I might be a lot of things, but a liar is not one of those things. If I went to Yahk, my credibility would be shot. People might think I wasn\'t serious that I\'d go anywhere on earth to make a trade except Yahk. I was totally serious - Yahk was not an option. It\'s just that, well, I never really expected to actually get a trade offer from anyone in Yahk, it being a small remote community on the other side of the country and all. It wasn\'t like I had anything against Yahk or the citizens of Yahk, it\'s just a lot more fun to say you won\'t go somewhere really obscure, than just go around saying you\'ll go anywhere. Anywhere is boring. Anywhere is cliché. Anywhere is not Yahk. I had to do some crafty maneuvering to get out of this one unscathed. My reputation was at stake here. I thought long and hard, went for a run, did a little soul-searching, and realized there was only one way to accept the offer without being a liar: I had to tell a lie. I accepted the trip to Yahk in exchange for the snowmobile, then went over to the computer and wrote a message to the citizens of Yahk: ( i6 q% A( ]; K
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: Q* X# B2 r6 b; y4 IOn Dec 5th 2005, CBC anchorman and body piercing fanatic, George Stroumboulopoulos put me on the spot on live TV and asked if there was any place I would not go to make a trade. For some strange reason, I told him that I would go anywhere on Earth to make a trade, except Yahk B.C. Don\'t get mad at me for this, get mad at George Stroumboulopoulos. Why? I\'ll let you in on a little secret - I think he hypnotized me. Yes, I think George Stroumboulopoulos hypnotized me on live TV with a double whammy of his extremely long, impossible-to-remember-how-to-spell last name and abundant body-piercings. He forced me to say that I would not go to Yahk to make a trade. I\'ve been to Yahk before. Yahk seems like a very nice place. I\'m sure you\'re a nice person too, it\'s just that George Stroumboulopoulos forced me to announce an official trade embargo with your town. I hope you can live with the stigma of being the only place on Earth I can not go to make a trade. We can still be friends, just not trading partners. Maybe the citizens of Yahk should boycott George Stroumboulopoulos in retaliation for his heavy-handed hypnotic prowess - seems like the most logical thing to me. Actually, I think somebody should start a petition to get George Stroumboulopoulos to do a live broadcast of The Hour on CBC from Yahk to apologize for his evil ways. Yes, if there\'s anybody out there who knows how to organize an on-line petition, can you set it up and forward me the link? Thanks in advance - this is definitely a step in the right direction.
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Twenty minutes later, I got an email from Brent who set up an on-line petition:
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[I]To: George Stroumboulopoulos, CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)[/I] We citizens of Yahk, British Columbia Canada and by association, all residents of planet earth who do not live in Yahk -- hereby challenge George Stroumboulopoulos to do a remote broadcast of The Hour on CBC |
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MacDonald holds up a giant red paper clip in Kipling, Sask. on Friday, Sept. 1, 2006. (CP / Troy Fleece)
The sign announcing one kilometre to the town of Kipling, Sask., is seen on Friday, Sept. 1, 2006, along with an paper clip sign addition. (CP / Troy Fleece)
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