Devine Should Lose Penis Humour At Committee

“By continuing to participate in X we are shooting ourselves in both the left and the right foot, and even the foot right in the centre.”

Knoxdale-Merivale Councillor Sean Devine at finance committee

Having checked this morning with the Bulldog Editorial Board here at World Headquarters, your agent discovered that the board is against shooting oneself in the penis.

Not only that, it is the official position of the board is that such language is unparliamentary and thus inappropriate to be uttered at finance committee at Ottawa City Hall.

Devine appears to be a thoughtful councillor but then, suddenly, he blurts out something inappropriate. For example, “absolutely not” when the public at a public meeting asked for a discussion on the public policy of sprung structures. So much for the New England town hall meeting.

Now penis shooting. Control yourself, councillor.

City Hall at present is not exactly high on the list of esteemed Ottawa institutions among residents (start with light rail, then think of all the other mistakes) and it’s doubtful taxpayers are much interested in having Henny Youngman as a councillor.

As an expert in failed humour (despite my designation on social media as “fun dude”), stay away from penis jokes at finance committee. Not funny, inappropriate, gross.

Save the jokes for Thursday night poker with da boys. Finance committee? No.

Council has enough trouble garnering respect from staff and the public. Don’t make it worse.

Ken Gray

The King of the One-Liner, Henny Youngman.

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