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Norm and Gord Discuss Revolutions

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

 

This month’s column is sponsored by the New Democratic Party of Canada. The NDP – like socialism but, like, not?

 

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

Gord: Hi there.

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

Gord: Kind of a heavy subject, eh?

Norm: Oh yeah, real heavy.

Gord: So a revolution is what hosers make at the start of each new year –

Norm: – no, ya hoser, that’s a resolution. A revolution is  –

Gord: – no, a resolution is the number of pixels on your television.

Norm: No, that’s just “resolution.”

Gord: That’s what I said, a resolution is the number of pixels on your television.

Norm: Goddammit, Gord.

Gord: Sor-ry, eh.

Norm: Just stop, will ya? You should take this more seriously. This conversation is being published in a prestigious paper.

Gord: What paper?

Norm: The Varsity or something.

Gord: Shit.

Norm: Yeah.

Gord: Well I’m sorry, Norm. I’ll try to be more serious from here on out.

Norm: Thank you, bud.

Gord: I guess you can say that we came to a resolution, eh Norm? Norm?

Norm: Yes, Gord… So a revolution is when a –

Gord: – an object turns a full three-hundred-sixty degrees ‘round an axis back to its starting position.

Norm: I… I suppose it is.

Gord: Damn right it is.

Norm: Three-hundred-sixty degrees seems pretty hot, huh.

Gord: Oh, Norm. Just stop, will ya? You should take this more seriously, eh. This conversation is being published in a prestigious paper.

Norm: This has been Norm and Gord McLuhan –

Gord: Ho there.

Norm: – discussing revolutions. Kinda.