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Norm and Gord Discuss Fantasy

This monthly column features a titillating discussion between brothers Norman and Gordon McLuhan from Moose Jaw.

This month’s column is sponsored by Good-Paying Jobs. Good-Paying Jobs – your ultimate adult fantasy.

 

Norm: Hi, I’m Norm McLuhan, and this is my brother, Gord –

Gord: Hi there.

Norm: – and today we’re gonna discuss, uh, fantasy.

Gord: Uh, what kind of fantasy, Norm?

Norm: High fantasy, such as one might find in the works of Tolkien, Martin, or Lewis. Often such fantastical stories are set in a world other than the one we live in, one of fiction, with unique cultures, religions, and trad-

Gord: Yer kind of a nerd, Norm.

Norm: I just read that off o’ Google.

Gord: Huh.

Norm: Hey Gord?

Gord: Yeah?

Norm: Is this the real life?

Gord: Whaddaya mean?

Norm: ‘r is this just fantasy?

Gord: I… I think this is the real life Norm.

Norm: Caught in a landsliiiiide-

Gord: I don’t think we get those here in Moose Jaw.

Norm: No escape from reali-

Gord: Oh it’s that song, eh?

Norm: Yeah, Gord, ya hoser. You know that one.

Gord: Yeah, Tragically Hip.

Norm: Tragically Hip.

Gord: RIP Gord.

Norm: RIP Gord. This has been Norm and Gord McLuhan –

Gord: OPEN YOUR EYES, LOOK UP TO THE SKIES AND –

Norm: Discussing fantasy.