Tough day in school for the young lad this morning.......
I have a funny feeling that Doc has a secret love for the Habs. Notice that the young lad sits and smiles, quite proudly, with his Habs
jersey. What I found amusing, is that, the group of children,on the right of him, are not wearing ANY jersey at all. So I googled the image and found an article
attached to the image above. I am surprised that Doc did not attach the article which he normally does. Anyway here it is
Article written by Alfred Snotgrass, Sports reporter for the Somewarine News paper.
The picture above was brought to my attention by a colleague of mine who found this image on the internet. I found this to be intriguing,
so I went on to research what went wrong with this picture. I found out that this picture was taken at Somewarine Preschool Elementary High School in
Somewarine, Ontario. I made an appointment with the principal Mr. James Whally.
Mr. Whally was glad to see me and was very cooperative. I asked him if this was a grade3 graduation photo. He told me, "No, this was a 'wear your
favourite hockey jersey' photo shoot. I, then, asked him why only child was wearing his Montreal Canadiens so proudly and all the other students
did not wear any jerseys at all. He leaned over and a very hushed tone, so as no one would hear us and said, " None of the other students
WANTED to wear their Toronto Maple Leafs Jerseys. " I asked him why and his reply was " They were ashamed to wear THE jersey because the
team has disappointed them too often. But I told him " They are all smiling ! He said that all the parents made a deal, in that, they did not have to wear the
jersey, on one condition, and that is, that they had to smile and not to look sad. They all agreed except for one. I ask which one. Well, it was little Billy, the little
fella in the back row, second from the right in the dark blue shirt. He told his parents that he was not going to wear the Maple Leafs jersey AND he was not
going to smile. When asked why, he said " I had high hopes last year and they lost the game against Boston after leading them by 3 goals in game#7
with 10 min. left in the 3rd period. And then this year, they fell apart with 15 games left in the season and did not make the playoffs. So that is why
I refuse to smile and wear my beloved Maple Leafs jersey.
Moral of the story 'Wake up Toronto Maple Leafs make these kids really happy and especially Billy.
Ballsamic