Male strippers anger PEI Legion member

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A man in PEI is hopping mad that his Legion hall hosted a night of male strippers. He didn’t go but says one of his friends did and was so disgusted, she left after 40 minutes. 40 long, hard, turgid minutes!

When her term is up, Condoleezza Rice says she’s looking forward to “getting back to shopping.” The US secretary of state says, “I love to shop…but now I don’t have much time.” Oh, if only another devastating hurricane could strike America sometime soon!

Hairspray, the movie-based-on-a-musical-based-on-a-movie, was so successful, producers have signed John Waters to write a sequel. It’s possible that by the time they start filming, Travolta will be big enough to avoid spending money on the fat suit.

A former editor of the late, lamented fab magazine, Scott has been writing for Xtra since 2007 on a variety of topics in news pieces, interviews, blogs, reviews and humour pieces. He lives on the Danforth with his boyfriend of 12 years, a manic Jack Russell Terrier, a well-stocked mini-bar and a shelf of toy Daleks.

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