Preston has started to give us his list of pubs to frequent during General Synod.
That is, when the Synod is not in session. So let's make sure we don't skip anything...
I hereby appoint Preston as the Public Parson of Pubs (in Plenary).
Update: the list is coming together.
I still think there should be an official drinking song for GS 2007.
This was a bit of an unfinished project, but, based on Stan Rogers' classic Canadian folk song
Oh the year was 1778
(how I wish was in Sherbrooke now)
when a Letter of Marque came from the King
To scummiest vessel I'd ever seen
(chorus)
God- *amn them all, I was told
We'd cruise the seas for Lutheran souls
We fired no guns, shed no tears,
Now I'm a broken man on a Winnipeg pier
The Last of Cranmer's Privateers...
verse:
Well 'General' Synod cried the town,
(how I wish was in Sherbrooke now)
For twenty brave men, all Liturgists who
Would make for him the Anglican crew...
Or, depending on how it's going, perhaps when it is in session ;-)
See you there, perhaps....
Posted by: Peter | March 21, 2007 at 03:15 PM
a note to a reader who was wondering if "parson" is a name or a title: it is both. Preston's last name is Parsons, and "parson" is a term used at least in many areas of eastern Canada still for protestant clergy, though most often in the United Church, where they live in "parsonages".
However, Preston might prefer "Father", a title with which many Anglican clergy are addressed. I'm sure it's all in wikipedia somewhere.
Posted by: joseph | March 22, 2007 at 11:01 PM
And Preston is old English for "priest's town." I guess I'm well named for this work . . .
Call me whatever you want, besides Reverend. The Rev. Preston, but not Reverend Preston. Most people call me Preston.
Joe - what hotel are most delegates staying at? Then I can look up some nearby pubs. And if I don't know them, well, if I have to visit one or two - a rector's work is never done.
Then again, if the best one's aren't nearby, we can always draw the circle wider.
Posted by: Preston Parsons | March 23, 2007 at 11:41 AM
Preston: let the puns begin... :^)
I think we are at the Radisson, but I'll check and get back to you.
Posted by: joseph | March 23, 2007 at 01:01 PM