In honour of Bill 101 and this being our 101 st issue, we hereby re christen this column…
drum roll please, Les Notes Des Rez. Mercy.
If you’re like most of our readers who turn to the back pages first, you may have readthe letter (See page 6) from “Crees who dare to be Free (but not free enough to sign theirnames to letters).”
Thank you for your kind letter, Free Crees. But I’m afraid you misunderstood theInter-Office Affairs reference in our 100th issue Index. But don’t feel bad. You’re notthe only ones with filthy minds. Even the usually staid CBC radio show Home Run jumpedon the story as soon as the issue came out. Ernie and Alex were questioned about theaffairs on live radio. They, of course, didn’t sink to their level like I’m doing with you.
What we meant by “affairs” was business affairs. For instance, I might do a few”publicity shots” for one of my colleagues. Alex might “edit a piece” on someone’s bio.Will might “lend a hand” for someone in need ’cause that’s the kind of guy he is, astand-up guy.We don’t do these deals because we’re friends, we do them ’cause we’rebusiness people. And who better to “work” with than people you “know” and who know what
they’re doing.
So in answer to your questions: Everyone is involved in these “affairs.”
The female to male, male to male, female to female ratios are just too damn complex tocalculate. As is the Native to non-Native ratio.
So, yes, these affairs are for real. They are not figments of our imaginations. They arenot fantasies. And, yes, we are very lucky.
I hope that answers your final question on why these affairs were never mentioned in our”esteemed” magazine. As you can see they’re not very juicy affairs. I apologize for stallingyour “running motors.” And I have passed on your greeting to the “babes” in our office.By the way, your offer to participate in a “switch” is disgusting. We don’t even know whoyou are or where you’ve been. Even if we wanted to, we probably wouldn’t have time for itanyway. It takes more than one of us to “lay out” the paper you know.
If it makes you feel any better, there was one occasion at a “Nation party” when a staffmember with some peanut butter and one of our four-legged brothers…….
