It's Chicken Little Day!!

For the third time in a week, we've had falling aircraft parts land in the City of Toronto. Until I found out they came from three different aircraft, all of them apparently fixed-wing, I was wondering if a Canadian Forces Sea King helicopter was flying around town...

The bravest men and women in the Canadian Forces: the aircrew who fly those ancient rattletraps. The paratroops and fighter pilots have parachutes, chopper crews don't.

Fluffy fun

Let's call them David and Jill, because, well, that happens to be their names. Now David is a long-suffering principal of an elementary school, and Jill is a District Superintendant. David's school being in her district, David reports to her.

He gets a call one afternoon this past week:

Jill: "We have the names of the two potential Chairs (the position of Chair is new, sort of a "vice-principal" with teaching responsibilities). We'd like to interview them in two days' time, at the head office, downtown."

David: "OK, who are they."

Jill: "The first is (name)."

David: "Fine, he'd be a good choice. Who is the second?"

Jill: "I don't have a second name, but his first name is 'Buckhorn'."

David: "Erm..."

Jill: "He's gotten a glowing recommendation: never goes home, great with the kids, (etc. etc.)"

David, making choking sounds: "Er, Buckhorn is Wilf's class's rabbit."

Jill: Doesn't say much of anything until she catches her breath.