By Jim Hagarty
So generally, we have pretty smart people in Canada.
With the exception, perhaps, of these two.
Police were called to the home of two proud Canadians who were engaged in a very heated argument over the shape of the Earth. It is not a small matter; my wife and I often argue about it.
The wife, in this situation, vehemently maintained that the Earth is flat. Not so, said her learned husband, who declared that the Earth, in fact, is round.
This highly educated debate went on for a while until the husband, showing perhaps a tinch too much passion over the issue, picked up a propane cylinder and threw it into the burning fireplace.
Hence my assessment that the argument became, perhaps, overly heated.
Despite their best efforts at conflict resolution, police were unable to get either party involved in the major difference of opinion to adopt a change of heart.
Looked at from a positive, practical point of view, it is possible a couple has run out of things to fight about when they begin to argue over the shape of the planet.
That is why my wife and I discuss it frequently. I won’t tell you which position I take on the matter but let’s just say I try not to walk too close to the edge.
