Mr. Floatie's Political Turd

Folks here at Black Bear Speaks have suggested copyrighting the phrase "2-foot coil" for months now. Notice how I imply that there is more than one of us? That's because there is, me and my giant turd I keep in a tupperware container under the bathroom sink. Sort of like this guy in BC, he feels you shouldn't flush your favorite buddy either. Let me know what you think.

VICTORIA, BC - When you're a two-metre tall human turd, who talks with a falsetto voice and wears a slightly tilted sailor's cap, you're used to turning heads, as well as stomachs.

So James Skwarok, better known by the name of his character, Mr. Floatie, was certainly expecting to draw attention when he threw that cap into the ring in a bid to be mayor of Victoria. In fact, as leader of the campaign to get sewage treatment here, he counts on it to tell all who will listen that the City of Gardens uses the Pacific Ocean as its toilet.

But when earlier this month a stink was raised about Mr. Floatie's candidacy, it proved too much. City officials, correctly noting he's "a costume character," not a real person, and thereby ineligible, took him to court to get him off the ballot for the Nov. 19 election.

God bless you, Mr. Floatie! Read more about Mr. Floatie here: Sewage activist wiped off B.C. ballot