Norris, Len

Prov. Gov't. Civil Service
"... it now works out that you have a little too much income for welfare and not quite enough for teeth."
"You'll be happy to know I finally made that big date with my dentist that you've been nagging me about ... for Sept. 2."
"I suppose, in your way, you will continue to pay lip-service to government incredibility."
"It's a matter of nursing him through the shock and precedent of Bill 73 rolling back MLA's salaries as a show of leadership ..."
With Hydro looking for terrorists ... I wouldn't take mother in with you to discuss the light bill.
"Jog my memory ... it's the wine previously advertised on TV, radio, and in the papers as the entertaining choice of consumer affairs ministers."
"Close the file on hockey ... give me a current status report on soccer, a short memo on baseball standings and an alert when football tryout camp starts."
"... and with this high ruling office came the gift of a magic purse that never became empty and they all lived happily ever after."
"I wonder what percentage he has in mind ... compared to the percentage we get."
"He's in a state of post-income-tax depression and hockey game fatigue ... brought on through overkill by the NHL and the affairs of state."
"I'll tell you why it typifies our times ... they call it daylight saving and I lose an hour."
"I'm trying to see you, Albert, in the light of our new Charter of Rights and Freedoms ..."
"You're too late ... the Provincial Government has already volunteered to relieve us of excess profit."
"These are just the estimates ... wait till you get the bill."
"... and if you have any question about how the hospital staff are coping with the Premier's restraint guidelines just press this little button ..."
"Under the labor code, is that not usurping the jurisdictional job rights of St. Peter?"
"... unfortunately your manuscript lacks the revolting lurid content to make it socially acceptable ... saleswise."
"... and since when, Miss Bloomingdale, have we in the public service paid heed to a Premier's call for restraint?"
"Good news, Roger ... the provincial government has come up with a new formula to reduce unfair school taxation based on property value."
"If you had asked I could have told you that two 30-cent 'A' stamps are not acceptable for 60-cent overseas letters."
"Land ... water ... that just leaves ..."
"... and while we are not the Smiths who won the lottery, we are recipients of a windfall increase in our old age pensions ..."
Dear Diary: George, in fit of despondency over 1981, tried to drown self in English Bay. Rescued by several hundred passersby. Received certificate commemorating effort. Mother again left off [...]
"I don't mind you going around humming 'Solidarity Forever' ... so long as Trudeau doesn't get wind of it and starts toying with the idea of martial law."