A note about the blog name: One of my favourite all-time people, and one of my favourite all time people to quote, was long-time Ward 6 Councillor David Culham. A sincere man who made a telling contribution to the greening of this City, Culham nevertheless seemed to speak in tongues much of the time. Think Yogi Berra meets William F. Buckley Jr.
In any case, one of my Culham favourites was unleashed in 1988, when the councillor was explaining why he was having trouble remembering something.
"I don't have immediate access to my mental storage," he said. As I get older and my mental storage fills up, I can only say "Amen, Brother!" to that. Remember, even random access is better than none.
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Geez - David Culham ... a name I haven't heard in eons - a member of missy council I haven't thought of in decades actually - used to call him Mr. Malapropism ...
Best Culham line I ever heard was in reference to a Larry Taylor (remember him?) diatribe ... Culham was infuriated and quickly rose in his place on a point of personal privilege (didn't think that existed in local government) accusing Taylor of "flatulent thinking" ... thought my pants were never gonna dry!
And, he once asked the (then) Commissioner of Planning why the 'appendage' to a report he'd asked for had not been included ...
The man was amazing ...
Ahhh ... the good old days at City Hall!
Posted by Chef_At_Home | September 13, 2005 6:54 PM
Posted on September 13, 2005 18:54