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Might Shatner Boldly Lead Canada As Governor?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the universal-healthcare-and-captain-kirk dept.

just fiddling around writes "Now that Michaëlle Jean is approaching the end of her customary five-year post as Governor General of Canada, the rumor mill has started on who Prime Minister Steven Harper will propose to the Queen in her stead. According to the CBC, the short list includes Captain Kirk, actor William Shatner. It seems that acting can lead to the highest offices in places other than California."

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  1. IS THIS WHAT YOU WANTED? by elrous0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    You...pitted...us...againsteachother. You...wanted...me..todoyourbidding. You...want...me...tobeyourgovernor. Well...I...WON'T...DO...IT!

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    1. Re:IS THIS WHAT YOU WANTED? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Q: What's Shatner's favorite french film festival?
      A: Caaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannes!

    2. Re:IS THIS WHAT YOU WANTED? by NoZart · · Score: 4, Funny

      most of the old star trek cast are dead you insensitive clod!

    3. Re:IS THIS WHAT YOU WANTED? by JustOK · · Score: 3, Funny

      James Doohan even went so far as to put himself into a transporter loop to avoid talking to him.

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    4. Re:IS THIS WHAT YOU WANTED? by FuckingNickName · · Score: 5, Funny

      Which shows the lengths they're prepared to go to...

    5. Re:IS THIS WHAT YOU WANTED? by FuckingNickName · · Score: 4, Funny

      Which shows the lengths to which they're prepared to go...

      This is the type of arrant pedantry up with which I will not put...

  2. Marooned eternity, in the center of a dead country by Conchobair · · Score: 4, Funny

    KHHHHAAAAAAAANADA!

  3. Shatner is... by circletimessquare · · Score: 3, Funny

    bilingual if... by that... you mean ... that he... groups his... words in... groups of ... two? The... random emphasis ... and random... questions are... useless though?

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  4. Re:As a Canadian by easterberry · · Score: 4, Funny

    well yeah, I'm aware that the GG CAN exert power and I'll completely agree we all want to see Harper and the deceptiCons get theirs for some of the shit they've pulled. But like you said, it's a one shot thing and incredibly unlikely to ever happen for the reason of we LIKE the Queen. She's a classy dame and all that. Plus, we're the only good kid England has left. They kicked Australia out, the USA ran away to start a band and India just sat in its room refusing to eat until mom let him leave. I mean, sure, we may have married that french woman who's always going on about a divorce at all the family gatherings but we're still the good kid. The GG isn't likely ever going to USE that one shot any more than the Queen is to refuse to let a PM resign or accept a new one.