St Patrick & The Morning Commute

St Patrick: How did he get onto the world calendar anyway? I know those old monks were infamous for their persuasive beverages, such as wines and brandy in warm countries, beer and whiskey (the water of life) in the colder climates. Or was it because he single handedly saved the history of modern civilization, debatable but another story altogether. He was extremely busy with the sounds of scribbling and scratching on parchment day and night as well, composing history, unfortunately there were'nt many women of the cloth back then and that’s why you won’t find herstory anywhere...

The story we’re most familiar with is of St Patrick charming all the snakes from Ireland's rocky shores, which was an unlikely habitat for reptiles anyway, again another story. Non the less, this brings me to the reason for writing today. I would like to extend a hand of welcome to St Patrick, come and grace us with your presence here on the South Island, charm those same slithering fiends from our midst, just over the Malahat would be fine, even better perhaps he could entice the whole pit onto our Courtenay Commuter train. This Vintage Conveyance leaves Victoria like clockwork every morning at eight O’clock sharp, blasting it's big air horns like somebody cares, they'll feel right at home I'm sure. I guess these same influential few were able to approve this service so they could quietly go to work in Courtenay each day but still reside here in Victoria, makes perfect sense to me. Only in Canada ah!

Posted by: John Ellis
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