How to Survive Life in the Suburbs

There is Panic in the Suburbs. . .No More Liquor??

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Forget the falling Canadian dollar, Jon and Kate are old news, the Swine Flu did not make the headlines today. The crisis in these Ontario Suburbs, the talk on the playgrounds around here? The LCBO (Liquor Control Board of Ontario) is threatening to go on strike at midnight! Ahh! It could be a very long, dry summer for us!

If they do hit the picket lines, it would be the first strike in the history of the LCBO.

Panic has hit the quiet suburbs of Ontario. People lined up for hours, booze was pushed away in carts, carried away in boxes and bags.

Shelves were emptied.

Apparently life in Suburbia is not worth living if you can’t have your vodka tonic or glass of Cabernet.

(thanks to ctv and cnews for the images)

    • Comments

    1. UPDATE:
      Strike was averted! At least for now:) Our little corner of the world can still get our wine and vodka for all those fun summer time drinks. Whew!!
      Thanks for letting me share the stress. HA

    2. I am so happy to find out you are in Ontario too!
      Wow.

      this was a funny post. My husband texted me when I was on the train to tell me he was in line at the liquor store.LOL.

    3. Had to laugh about this post because I would be one of the ones to run and grab everything I could. Although was not a huge drinker, but if I ever wanted one.. least I wouldn’t have been like “should have gone to the store before the strike, darn it!”

    6. Hmmm…maybe a vacation to Canada is in order. I’ll tell the kids to pack light in order to make room for all the booze mama is going to take over the border and sell at triple the price.

    8. Do you have a basement? I urge you to stockpile.

      And because I’m a giver, I’ll take a drink for you everyday.

      Hugs and Mocha,
      Stesha

    10. True, true… it is scary when you think you won’t have access for Lord knows how long… is there still a garbage strike in TO? Talk about horrible timing! Couldn’t they do it in the winter? 😉

    11. Even though I don’t drink, I’d buy a huge amount of it, because I couldn’t have it.

      It would be sitting in my cabinet, I’d open it up..look..and say YAAAAY, I have alcohol!… weird how we horde when we don’t even drink, or use the stuff LOL

    12. OMGosh you CRACK me up girl! Love the shot of the empty shelf!

      Fingers crossed it doesn’t happen. Hate for you to have to cross a picket line … what you think we go with out our Vodka? LOL 😉

    13. LOL! I saw that on the news last night and laughed my butt off. God forbid you Ontarians don’t have liqour for a week or 2. Funny how no one really cares about the garbage piling up in the streets but Holy Crap Martha! We’re gonna run out of wine!!

      I can Purolator you some fine BC wine if you need it 🙂