"Silly
Canadians"
or
"The Best Thing I Got for Christmas!"
Every once in awhile, something truly fantastic appears on a cluttered, dusty store shelf. This December was a such a time. Behold, pictured below, this year's prize:
I watched many shoppers pass by these jewels in favor of orange-cinnamon candles, but that just shows their lack of observational skills. Look closer. What appears to be an innocent, kitschy, set of salt and pepper shakers is, on inspection, a menagerie of political incorrectness!
Allow me to introduce Madame Pepper and Mousieur Salt. Wait--is something awry? Your elementary French is coming back to you ... yes, you're right, the word's Monsieur, not Mousieur. Say it, moo-sir, no, that's absolutely wrong! How could such a blatant misspelling appear on a 20 dollar set of hand-painted salt and pepper shakers??!!
They're actually painted in China before being packaged by a company in Québec1 (with perfectly accurate French descriptions on the box). So, the US isn't the only North American country to outsource manual labor and then fail to regulate it! But don't blame the Chinese guy (it's probably the lead).
Another odd detail: they both have combs 2. Is this a homosexual pair of fowl?
Perhaps not, but the holes are in the back of their heads! You'll have to bop their little faces to release any spice! And isn't the salt shaker supposed to have more holes than the pepper?? Cluck, cluck. (Thank God Santa brought these misfits under my protection. Merry Christmas!)
1 "Québec: Providing Emotions since 1534."
2 Please note: A reader has pointed out that both hens and roosters, can, in fact, have combs.
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