.....or little insight into the people of Toronto. We elected Comrade Miller and His crew of clowns so it shows many people have a sense of humour but jokes about mothers, women in general and our pets are done at personal risk. Hmm! Description sounds familar. Possibly he is a window blind blogger.
Dog menu prankster annoyed with critics, police
Updated: Fri Aug. 28 2009 2:09:30 PM
A prankster who left a fake menu on car windshields in High Park, a place where dog poisonings have occurred, professes himself annoyed with what he sees as an over-reaction.
Mel Glickman created a flyer for the Dog Liver Café, a fictitious restaurant that offered "authentic Asian canine cuisine" and more than "100 ways to wok a dog."
This outraged some real dog owners. They called the police.
"They have to do some explaining as well about why they are so paranoid," Glickman said of his critics. "And the police -- what's up with them? Why did they think a guy who secretly poisons dogs would go and do something like this?"
Glickman noted he put his real phone number on the fake menu, so it's not like he was trying to hide.
The menu wasn't intended to insult either Asian people or dog owners.
Glickman, a 68-year-old retired architect, said he's a dog-lover and has helped deliver litters of kittens.
"I have nothing against dogs, and in a way, as some people are outraged by my actions, I'm outraged as well. Because how anyone can take something as farcical and satirical and obvious and extreme as this and say 'this guy is a secret poisoner of dogs' is a real stretch."
He described himself as "very proud" of some of the wordsmithing in the flyer. For example:
- garlic husky hot paws
- barbecued beagle tongue
- General Tao's terrier
- Cantonese collie with noolde
The 'company' behind the restaurant was described as a "subsidiary of Dog FU'D Inc."
In June 2008, eight dogs were poisoned in High Park's off-leash area. Two died.
However, the person who left the antifreeze may have been targeting raccoons, not dogs.
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Fido from Dogtown
Where's there's smoke there's fire. He says he has nothing against dogs but he deliberately draws attention to himself with bad taste menus of dog meat. When the provinces started cutting funds to mental institutions there had to be consequences like this. Me thinks he doth protest too much! Sounds like a pending CSI show.
pinkster
WOW...this guy sais he's just a prankster? Fantastic. He's the poster boy for stupidity... the disease there's no cure for.
Seriously?
Yes, by the way, I am a dog owner...
Wow people.
I'm not a fan of this guys sense of humour, but Torontonians need to get a grip. If you felt half as much angst to help your homeless, you'd be doing a greater service.
Doggonit
I think this is stupidity at its finest, though not directed at the author but rather at all those who can not take a step back and laugh off something so simple. Why are people so damn uptight that they fail to see the humour? There is no harm being done; no crime committed...
I for one think the only problem here is that someone actually called the police one man's harmless joke!
Erin
It's a joke! Really! Why sweat it? I would have laughed had I found this on my car. Life is too short to get bent over such things. Find the humour in each day and your soul will be better off for it.
And yes, I am a dog owner! She's the sweetest yellow lab in the world but then, I am biased.
:o)
Homer J
I think it's pretty funny. I already know what Beagle tongue tastes like from all the lick's I get from my hound.....he forgot to mention German Sheppard's Pie in his menu....
Outraged in Ont
I believe that Mr. Glickman should be prosecuted for hate crimes. Clearly his "joke" was racist and aimed at Asian people. It feeds on the Urban Legend that Asian restaurants serve dog meat. This flyer could damage the reputation of any Asian restaurants in the area.
The Chairman
The Ku Klux Klan didn't exactly keep to themselves either. Keep to architechture and leave comedy to the professionals Mel. I support your freedom of speech but this went a little too far? Why Asians? Why not Muslims, or Jews or Blacks? I think you picked on a group that you felt wouldn't fight back. Too bad you're wrong.
Jay-TO
His attempt at humour really isn't. They guy himself says he made it to show how uptight Torontonians are so he never intended to be funny from the start. His intention was to be offensive. The guy himself is just an obnoxious a-hole. He himself said in interviews that he despises Tamils, hates Cupe members and then makes up a menu with chinese sounding meals made of dog. He is offensive. You can tell he's obviously one of those new conservative types. Just a jerk. A rich overly entitled conservative jerk. His time would be better spent away from real humans. I hope he gets charged with mischief or worse just so he gets a criminal record.
Rob from NB
Perhaps Mel has a little too much time on his hands, but this is a satire with a slightly (or more) twisted sense of humour.
Therefore, it's a joke; people need to get over it.
Adam from Mississauga
I think this menu is sooo funny! People should just take a chill pill and relax..have a laugh
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