If you live in Ontario, you know that the LCBO is on strike. That means no wine, beer, or spirits for now from Ontario’s number one place to stock up on booze. As this is not a political blog, I am not going to get into the strike and who’s right, who’s wrong, and the 56 different opinions out there. I hope it gets solved soon. I want people to go back to work. I want people to be able to easily get their alcohol again. I also certainly never want to see Ontario Premier Doug Ford BBQ again.
On Monday the leader of the Province posted a video that featured an interactive map that shows where you can buy booze while the LCBO is on strike. Again, not what I want to focus on. The whole thing stinks in my opinion, but as a backyard BBQ guy, all I could focus on was the actual grilling. Have a look for yourself.
I apologize that anyone had to watch that video but sadly, it’s kind of like a car accident on the 401. Hard to not be curious.
Let’s break it down.
- First, that grill is not even on. There is no sign of heat, grease or smoke.
- Those burgers look cold and like they have been sitting there for a bit.
- You don’t wave a burger around like that or you will drip grease on the ground or on your fancy never-been worn apron.
- Any true beer guy doesn’t leave his brews sitting next to a hot grill. You could have had a cooler with ice and still showed off the brands that were probably hand-picked because they are your friends.
- Frozen burger patties Doug? There are clearly a few frozen ones there. You are richer than that. Maybe you got them for free from Loblaws?
- The creepiest part of this video is the fact that he won’t touch the food with his hands. The way he puts the burger in the bun with the spatula is how a homicide detective uses a pen to lift up a piece of clothing. Get in there Doug. Touch it. As we know from watching the video, you are eating alone anyway.
- No condiments? Are you my youngest son at a restaurant Doug? You don’t put the top bun on before finalizing. And if you are going plain, that does explain a lot.
- Yes it could just be the fancy work on CapCut, but did he cook all those burgers and then leave a few of them behind? He left the grill with four but he was cooking at least six. Hope he did not forget them. Oh well, it’s not his cottage, he has people to clean that up.
- Regardless if they are warm or cold, that’s seven tall boys sitting there for just Doug? Who I believe doesn’t drink. Who is drinking them? I think this video would be way more believable if some of his developer buddies joined him.
- The spatula could not be cleaner. That baby was right out of the package, never used.
- Did he eat three burgers while browsing the website? That is impressive.
- Oh it cut back to a shot of two burgers. This guy is magical.
- Not grilling related, but for all you backyard browsers, do you bring your mouse pad with you when doing a little interactive map gazing?
- I was pretty happy to see Doug remove his apron before eating. I mean, he isn’t an animal.
- The beer keeps disappearing from his side. Again, I don’t think he drinks anything unless it’s from Timmys, so why even pretend?
- Again, the video ends with him holding up a cold one (sorry, room temp). There are so many things wrong with this as a Premier. It’s fake, like the rest of the video.
I do wonder how accurate that map is. I wonder how they made it so fast? I read it was a map made by the Liberals already years ago. Which isn’t surprising.
But at the end of the day, I could have done without this video for so many reasons. But top of the list is Doug Ford’s BBQ skills or in this case putting in little effort to make it look like he has some.