This monthly column features a titillating discussion between brothers Norman and Gordon McLuhan from Moose Jaw. This month’s column is sponsored by the NDP. 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