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I heard a funny story about the Fords on the weekend. It's second hand, and just silly gossip, but it made me laugh. Someone I know attended one of the Ford-fest things at Mama Ford's house a couple of years ago in some sort of official function, and actually made it inside the house. It was pretty much what you'd expect inside---cheap, and all the furniture was covered in plastic. Rob was talking to someone in the corner while sweating profusely and continuously dabbing his face with a rag. Then he started gesturing to my friend to take the rag, and of course he was like, "What the Hell...?"

Ford: "Here, take it!"

"Uh, I don't work for you."

"Oh. Uh....sorry, sorry." and then he walks away. Later on Rob was apparently sitting on the couch talking to someone and started yelling " Ma! Ma! Drinks!" Like, literally yelling it to his mother who was in the other part of the house. Then Doug came in wearing acid washed jeans like it was 1988, with his shirt unbuttoned. showing off his gold chains. He plopped himself on the couch, sitting spread-eagled while they both waited for "Ma" to bring drinks.

Again, it's a second-hand anecdote, so take it with a grain of salt, but it sounds like pretty much what I'd imagine.
 
I was interested in the logistics of Ford's arrival at the Taste of the Danforth, so I did some maps snooping.

In this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Ii_70q7xGL4&t=43

At 00:43, he's in front of this house:
http://goo.gl/maps/QCV2a

So at the beginning of the video he's standing here:
http://goo.gl/maps/YeMHr

If this is where he's parked, there's no pub or bar until you get to the "Kilt and Keg" on Danforth.

If he was drunk and/or high at that location, he probably got there in that state.
 
OSS 117 said:
I heard a funny story about the Fords on the weekend. It's second hand, and just silly gossip, but it made me laugh. Someone I know attended one of the Ford-fest things at Mama Ford's house a couple of years ago in some sort of official function, and actually made it inside the house. It was pretty much what you'd expect inside---cheap, and all the furniture was covered in plastic. Rob was talking to someone in the corner while sweating profusely and continuously dabbing his face with a rag. Then he started gesturing to my friend to take the rag, and of course he was like, "What the Hell...?"

Ford: "Here, take it!"

"Uh, I don't work for you."

"Oh. Uh....sorry, sorry." and then he walks away. Later on Rob was apparently sitting on the couch talking to someone and started yelling " Ma! Ma! Drinks!" Like, literally yelling it to his mother who was in the other part of the house. Then Doug came in wearing acid washed jeans like it was 1988, with his shirt unbuttoned. showing off his gold chains. He plopped himself on the couch, sitting spread-eagled while they both waited for "Ma" to bring drinks.

Again, it's a second-hand anecdote, so take it with a grain of salt, but it sounds like pretty much what I'd imagine.
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sounds like this scene from Wedding Crashers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bBe7EwydgA
 
Doug Ford was claiming on a radio interview this morning that Rob went into a few people homes and had some beers with them after he parked at the Danforth, and he knows nothing about Rob going to a baseball game.

https://t.co/nWXzeTT4K5

And of course, it's all just some media conspiracy. They've saved a billion dollars and whatever.
 
Voltz said:
Doug Ford was claiming on a radio interview this morning that Rob went into a few people homes and had some beers with them after he parked at the Danforth, and he knows nothing about Rob going to a baseball game.

https://t.co/nWXzeTT4K5

And of course, it's all just some media conspiracy. They've saved a billion dollars and whatever.
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LOL, LOL Drug Ford is in full on spin mode! There are so many holes in Robo-Flops account, now Druggie has to plug them!

What a pair of liars, unbelievable.
 
Voltz said:
Doug Ford was claiming on a radio interview this morning that Rob went into a few people homes and had some beers with them after he parked at the Danforth, and he knows nothing about Rob going to a baseball game.

https://t.co/nWXzeTT4K5

And of course, it's all just some media conspiracy. They've saved a billion dollars and whatever.
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The media can't nail him on this one because the onus is on them to prove Ford drunk-drove. Ford will just say people saw him and invited him into their houses. He will not divulge names or addresses, and there is no obligation for him to do so. Unless they have a smoking gun, they better leave him alone and keep working on the more substantial stories.
 
Some people go bar-hopping for their alcohol. Rob Ford goes house-hopping for his. Why haven't I thought of that before! So much cheaper. Ford is a genius.
 
thedeepend said:
HBO would kill to have this story.
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The name “Boss Hog†is owned already. (joke based partially on “Bossâ€, "Dukes of Hazzard", not especially due to Robbie's weight.)

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It just popped into my head, Dougie is using specific tense when answering a question, yet again:

“Rob doesn’t sit there in public hammering away on drinks. It just never happened.â€

Notice the use of present and past tense when answering a question about Robbie drinking patterns in public. The statement is non committal on Robbie drinking hard, in the public, in the present, and that he never saw Robbie do it the past.
 
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Rob Ford: The story so far

Investigative reporter Kevin Donovan offers his thoughts on the Rob Ford video scandal story - a story Donovan believes is not over yet.

I wonder what might lead Investigative Reporter Kevin Donovan to believe the story isn't over yet?
 
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com...t-care/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter


"According to those who’ve worked with the Mayor, this is part of a pattern of behaviour that one wearily described to me as a “late-night red alert.†In a typical red alert, the Mayor no-shows at a planned meeting with staff (sometimes for public events) and won’t answer calls or emails. The staff leaves. Hours later, they get word through friendly councillors or via social media that the Mayor has reappeared and is … refreshed. The staffers scramble to contain the situation and make sure he doesn’t get into a car to drive home."

It's too bad that this latest public display is overshadowing the story about him visiting a drug dealer in jail prior to the video story breaking.
 
ShonTron said:
First of all, the mayor of Toronto has no control over provincial detention centres. Secondly, a tour of this sort would have to be arranged days, if not weeks, in advance (official tours do happen from time to time). And thirdly, 7PM is a really strange time to show up.

I do find it interesting how the Globe and Mail is pursuing this angle (the Fords' drug connections). There's got to be more to this coming.
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This is ridiculous. There won't be any more coming because it's just another smear job with respect to the tax and spend socialists at the Globe and Mail going after Rob Ford for shutting down the gravy train.

Rob Ford takes 800 calls a day. Nobody works harder for taxpayers than Rob Ford but not all hard-working taxpayers have the luxury of being able to dial. Rob Ford gives them a voice. Rob Ford gives a voice to the voiceless.

The downtown elitists and the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services were ordered by the unelected premier Wynne to silence their critics but Rob Ford isn't going to stop doing the right thing no matter what. It's not in his blood.
 
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