By Frank Moher
The saga of Officer Bubbles continues. The Toronto Police Services constable (aka Adam Josephs) became notorious during the G20 for threatening to arrest a particularly pacific young woman if she continued to blow bubbles in his vicinity. “If the bubble touches me,” he growled, “you’re going to be arrested for assault.”
“Bubbles?” the young woman inquired, incredulously.
The incredulity, with a side order of hilarity, spread to YouTube when the incident inevitably found its way there, along with a series of satirical cartoons posted under the pseudonym “ThePMOCanada.” Now Officer Bubbles is back with a 1.2 million lawsuit against YouTube, in which he demands, among other things, that ThePMOCanada’s real identity be revealed, along with those of 24 commenters.
ThePMOCanada’s YouTube page has since disappeared but — just as inevitably — the cartoons have been re-posted by (presumably) others, along with a slew of new ones.
Not to be outdone, backofthebook.ca wishes to offer its own, literary contribution to the outburst of creativity inspired by l’affaire Bubbles. And so, with apologies to William McGonagall and Sarah Binks, we give you:
“Lay Off Officer Bubbles”
Lay off Officer Bubbles
The bubble busting cop
He may be big on YouTube
But as a tough guy he’s a flop
For the insults and derision
And the giggling just won’t stop
So lay off Officer Bubbles
The bubble busting cop
Lay off Officer Bubbles
Though I know it’s hard to do
He talked smack to a bubble-blower
And her defenders wants to sue
But there are miscreants much worse than he
Among the men in blue
So lay off Officer Bubbles
Won’t you?
Laugh at Officer Bubbles
But save your anger for the Huns
Who beat up on civilians
Whose rights have been hard won
And jailed even passersby
Then mocked them just for fun
Unlike our Officer Bubbles
The bubble busting one
So lay off Officer Bubbles
Though he’s not the cream of the crop
He’s only trying to save the world
From bubble agit-prop
Pursue instead the hooligans
Who gave orders from the top
To the likes of Officer Bubbles
And T.O.’s head-busting cops
sandra22@hotmail.de says
We have a here randomly at the same time a congress of psychology and sociology and offered to the police officer like our free remote assistance. Our experts analyzed by unanimous vote a severe neurosis profile with a pronounced narcissism and fundamental lack of self control. This man is too dangerous for normal service. We appelieren to his superiors to let him no longer in direct contact with citizens or criminals potentiels.