tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35424944.post151896308561832161..comments2023-07-17T04:16:43.649-05:00Comments on Slurpees and Murder: Coffee is Bad for Children (or, I'm Specifically Holding Back on a Couple Dozen One-Liners)James Hope Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18143628957923923335noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35424944.post-7040076764728229972007-08-15T00:57:00.001-05:002007-08-15T00:57:00.001-05:00For some reason, absolutely nobody else anywhere -...For some reason, absolutely nobody else anywhere -- either in the blog world or in the actual media -- has made mention of this yet. (I'm still holding out hope for Uptown on Thursday. Don't let me down, alternative press!)<BR/><BR/> I am distinctly uneasy with the idea that somehow I've accidentally become a primary outlet of citizen journalism. How the hell did <I>that</I> happen? Didn't we used to have a bunch of other blogs in this city?<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/> Anyway. Let's see what I can make of this.<BR/><BR/> I hadn't known previously that the owner's name is Toi (or Toe?) Kong; for reasons I won't speculate on he doesn't list his contact information online, and for reasons I won't speculate on the demonstrators hadn't written his name anywhere on their placards. <BR/><BR/> Manitoba Justice's <A HREF="http://www.gov.mb.ca/justice/notification/index.html" REL="nofollow">online Sex Offender Notification site</A> has no listing for a Toi (or Toe) Kong; this doesn't necessarily mean that he <I>isn't</I> a convicted offender, only that he isn't considered or registered as a high-risk offender by the Manitoba government. Beyond that, and beyond the name and information of his chain's <A HREF="http://www.shefieldgourmet.com/" REL="nofollow">parent company</A>, I'm not sure what more there is I can offer yet about this story. <BR/><BR/> I keep thinking it would be proper procedure to try and get the other side of this story for the sake of perspective, but I suspect I wouldn't get very far in questioning the owner directly. Call it a hunch.<BR/><BR/> If he's ever been to court about it, nobody (not even the initial protest) has made mention of it; nobody else has seemed willing to go near this, and the demonstrators seem to have found no outlet outside of Friday's showing. <BR/><BR/>(If there <I>is</I> fire behind this initial smoke -- and so far I have no reason to rule it out -- my initial suggestion to these women would be for them to try and contact <A HREF="http://www.withoutreserve.typepad.com/" REL="nofollow">Colleen Simard</A>; given her track record, this seems like it would be right up her alley. And certainly she'd be able to do more with the story than <I>I</I> could, because she is a prominent Aboriginal columnist for the Winnipeg Free Press and I am a very-slightly-Aboriginal-but-mostly-white unknown blogger who writes about <A HREF="http://slurpeesandmurder.blogspot.com/2007/07/rainbow-connection-what-hell-just.html" REL="nofollow">rainbows</A> and <A HREF="http://slurpeesandmurder.blogspot.com/2007/04/not-quite-bird-of-paradise.html" REL="nofollow">geese</A>.)<BR/><BR/> Still, though. I remain terribly interested in the whole situation, and I eagerly await the next salvo from either side of the story.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/> Also: no <I>way</I> is Tim Hortons involved with Al Qaida. Their proud Canadian reputation (despite being owned by Americans) forces them to invest in some good old-fashioned <I>local</I> evil, which is why any minute now they'll probably pump some money into the Spirited Energy coffers just to <I>completely</I> infuriate me.James Hope Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18143628957923923335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35424944.post-19846577674603793832007-08-14T19:33:00.000-05:002007-08-14T19:33:00.000-05:00If Goumet Cup has pedophiles and The Fyxx has Drug...If Goumet Cup has pedophiles and The Fyxx has Drug Cartels..<BR/><BR/>Then that must mean Tim Hortons must be linked to the Al Qaeda!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35424944.post-73113423681190180842007-08-14T10:44:00.000-05:002007-08-14T10:44:00.000-05:00Toi Kong the owner of the Gourmet Cup is indeed a ...Toi Kong the owner of the Gourmet Cup is indeed a gutless phedophile. I stood and talked to these women for a period of 45 minutes and as i stood there one young lady commented on how she see's him hitting on young girls all the time as he is working in gourmet cup, another young lady also said she felt discusted when she was approched bye this man to go smoke pot!! these women are doing justice for themselves and protecting their young girls from this phedophile, because the law would not as you see in the papers all the time sexual predator released high risk to re-offend. So why let the creep out to begin with? because women are worthless and can take a raping? so come on justice like this should be supported, at least Toe Kong is not in a foreign contry where the family would be allowed to kill him in whatever way they choose suitable for the phedophile. I commend these women for caring so much for their girls to have the currage to do this for them as should you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35424944.post-52637749273527278362007-08-11T01:12:00.000-05:002007-08-11T01:12:00.000-05:00Wait a minute......is that the same coffee shop wh...Wait a minute......is that the same coffee shop where I get bubble tea whenever I'm downtown? I hope not. I talk to the owner there whenever I go........<BR/><BR/>Dear.....I want to stay tuned to this ongoing story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com