Contradictory Obit at bstewart23

25Aug06

Newscrawl on the gym televisions this morning:

“Canadian jazz legend Maynard Ferguson died yesterday near his home in California.”

Perhaps I’m just fuzzy these days on the definition of “home” and how to reconcile a “home in California” with Canadian-ness.

Filed under: Canada v. USA, Celebrities |

1 J on Aug 25th, 2006 said:

While watching a baseball game the other night I heard the announcer say “with each new home run, Dye increases his home run total”. Off topic, but nevertheless, …
2 Tara on Aug 28th, 2006 said:

Hey, when I lived in Los Angeles, I was still Canadian. If you’re born here, we own your ass for life!
3 bstewart23 on Aug 29th, 2006 said:

Is that a peculiarly Canadian thing, though? Certainly with our ex-pat celebrities, who invariably never return…