I was helping some relatives work on their house last week. They bought a place in a coastal town where if I jump up and down really crazy, a freighter will honk at me. Maybe even someone from the other river bank will wonder why my relatives let me Out and Aboot** in my crazy state of affairs (they may think Michigan looks like a crazy state as well from their vantage point).
**= Actually, Out and About is not really spelled that way in Canada. It doesn’t sound that way either, but its the closest I could get. Some people who grew up watching the CBC, such as myself, and some of my Canadian friends raise to mid vowels with the onset of a dipthong when proceeded by a voiceless obstruent or a mild plosive like p, b, k, or t at the end of a word.
In fact, I was listening to the radio while I was painting, and they were advertising what sounded like the most awesome ice cream place since awesome came to awesome town. I went to go look for it, but I was so upset because it was over the bridge! Literally, I could have ran a mile down the street, walked across the bridge and told the dude or the dudette on the other side of the bridge that they needed to tell me where that ice cream place was because it was an ice cream emergency of international proportion. Unfortunately, I looked like a hobo in my painting clothes and I didn’t have my birth certificate with me, nor an enhanced license, nor a passport. Of course, there is delicious ice cream in the United States, but it is about what you can’t have!
If you are fortunate enough to be able to wave at me across the river, pointing to your big old waffle cone and laughing, you are eligible to enter to win a kitchen makeover. Yes, that’s right. Maple Leaf markets is giving away a $32,000 kitchen makeover. Yup, $32,000 big ones. Also, other lucky winners will receive one of 12 Frigidaire® fridges.
What is the meaning of all this? Maple Leaf Market has launched a new website that features meal ideas and more. There are new personable characters on the website: The Butcher, The Baker, and the Candlestick Maker. I’m only kidding. There is no Candlestick Maker. It’s a Pasta Maker.
I don’t know what kind of integrated technology it is, but the aforementioned people do little demos for you. It is like you are at Maple Leaf on sample day, and you are walking around. It is not a video that you have to start in a traditional way. Also, check out what they do when they are done with their demos. They just sort of look around like they are waiting for the next person to come by. I am just completely intrigued by this. The lady at left is The Baker.
Unfortunately, these people don’t come with the new kitchen if you win. You will have to make all of your own stuff. Bummer. You can’t win, though, if you don’t enter. If you live in Canada, you can enter once every single day on the new Maple Leaf website. Just enter your email address where it tells you and you are good to go to win the Dream Kitchen or a brand new Fridge.
As for my relatives, they were tearing out the kitchen two weeks ago. I am going to suggest putting a lasso around the whole thing. They can wait until the river freezes and then pull it a half a mile across the water. Then, they will be in Canada and can win a kitchen. However, I am sure that the expense of moving a two story home across the ice would completely eat up any profit or cost savings from winning a free kitchen. I would be happy enough to win a fridge. However, it would be a real let down to put that much effort in and just get the fridge.
Well, they are out of luck, but good luck to YOU!
