Photo from the Toronto Star taken by Bernard Weil.
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If you follow the antics of Toronto’s mayor Rob Ford, you’re probably aware that he’s spent the past few weeks in rehab and is back at the job with a sobriety coach in tow. The photo above recently appeared in the Toronto Star, and it has a certain “buddy film” quality to it. It cried out for a parody movie poster, and I’m not one to refuse such cries:
This needs to be turned into a movie or Netflix series. I’m picturing Zach Galifianakis and Robert Downey Jr. in these roles.
Here’s a video showing a police officer taking Marier to task for doing so, and Marier doing the very thing he’s supposed to stop his clients from doing: excusing himself through denial.
The Star quotes Peter Downing, who manages sobriety coaches at Cerberus Life Management and was himself a sobriety coach for many years. He states the painfully obvious: ““That’s not how you do it.”
When I first heard the Ford had hired a sobriety coach, I imagined that it would work out as well as the situation with Britney Spears’ diet coach, as portrayed on Family Guy (because all Rob Ford life moments have a corresponding Family Guy scene):
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I was there and the coach never touched the protester. Amazing how this story was spun . Felt for this guy ... He has his hands full with Ford .
Must've been a pretty weak kick, since the protester's response was "Don't shove me". Nothing like this case: http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-pms-adviser-goes-on-sick-leave-for-injury-to-leg-used-to-kick-soma-protester.aspx?pageID=238&nID=66658&NewsCatID=338