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Further adventures in photo-ops

by Aaron Wherry on Wednesday, January 28, 2009 12:12pm - 18 Comments

Further adventures in photo-ops

From the pool report of the Prime Minister’s visit to a construction site this morning.

PM’s handed a nail gun, which he uses to nail in a window frame.

He says: “I’m not an expert on this,” as he grabs the gun.

He struggles with it at first, getting an initial shot into the wall but coming up empty on his next four attempts.

PM: “Oh. Misfire.”

He hands someone the gun, and that person tinkers with it and hands it back to Harper. The PM then succesfully fires three shots into the wall.

PM: “There we go. It’s all done. I have a second job.”
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  • Wayne

    ROFL LMAO – I gotta hand it to my boy Stevie I like his humour : and nailing things can be a handy skillset (I would have drawn picture of the coalition members signing the toilet paper roll under the baleful gaze of the GG) but the web forums would be all OH! My God the sheer evil meaniness of it all.

  • madeyoulook

    Wow, who knew job retraining could be so swift and easy?

  • Ti-Guy

    Gosh, I sooo want to have a beer with him. I just don’t want him anywhere near a Bedazzler, let alone a nail gun.

  • Critical Reasoning

    Stephen Harper – not a carpenter.

  • john g

    Do they actually let Harper hold things that can be used as a weapon when media are around?

    • Ti-Guy

      Too true. Harper is likely the type of person to go on killing spree at any moment.

      • Shenping

        Not if his benzodiazepines are in balance.

    • Dot

      Hey, this is a good image – no safety glasses and no hardhat (unlike the Beetle Bailey avitar above0.)

      I guess the air compressor was turned off so he could hear the instructions from the cameraman, director etc.

  • Paul Wells

    It’s Gerry Schnauz! Ich habe keine Unruhe.

    • Logician

      First William Blake, and now X-files. What range you have, Mr. Wells!

      • Paul Wells

        William Blake and the X-Files are basically the same thing, no?

        • archangel

          What a howl-er hoot!

        • Logician

          There’s a doctoral thesis in there somewhere. . .

  • Sisyphus

    Amateur hour. They keep coming.

  • Stephen

    When is Harper meeting Mike Holmes….the dream Photo Opp I am sure he seeks

  • peimac

    I want more money in medicare before I want to be in a room with a politician and a nail gun.

  • cam

    wow. Nothing in common with the average working man… obviously not a leader. lmao.

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