Overheard in the Bush

There is a fable in the land of Sioux Lookout that if you drink the water of Pelican Lake, you will always return to Pelican Lake.

And here is the proof:

Pelican Lake

Pelican Lake

Pelican Lake


I'm having trouble getting away from you Pelican Lake.

And now for something completely different.

A true story. Overheard in the bushes with some blueberry picking going on.

A couple from Sioux Lookout were out doing some berry picking when out of nowhere a dude walks along and strikes up a conversation. Remember, this is the middle of nowhere, just outside of Sioux Lookout. The couple are from Sioux Lookout or, as we'll refer to it here, SL. Ready? Set. Go!

Green Bay Dude (retells the story of his life): I'm from Green Bay, Wisconsin. Do you know where that is?

SL man (speaking in perfect English): Of course we do.

Green Bay Dude: Where are y'all from?

SL man and woman: Sioux Lookout.

Green Bay Dude: Never heard of it.

SL man: Well, you're in Sioux Lookout right now. How did you get here?

The SL man has to now describe Sioux Lookout to Green Bay Dude.

Green Bay Dude: Oh! SOO Lookout. Y'all must be French! I didn't understand the accent.

And then off he went, on his merry way, through the backroads of Blueberry country in Sioux Lookout. Imagine the tales he will tell his countrymen about the French people he met in the bushes of Soo Lookout! By the way Wisconsin Dude, the language spoken to you in the bushes of Sioux Lookout was in fact ENGLISH. It is derived from the country of ENGLAND and spoken in Canada as a legitimate language. It has not been bastardized into the "American" language spoken by y'all that does not include the phrase "eh", eh?

signed, the willow