An Ontario dairy producer thinks farmers need a good laugh these days.
“There’s so many elements they can’t control like weather, markets and
governments,” said Paul Mussell.
So for the past eight years he has been working up a comedy act that he
has taken to hunting club banquets, farmer appreciation nights, comedy
nightclubs and the Holstein Canada conference.
He has a formula for writing his humour – “Stand back and look at it.”
Mussell explains that life brings amusing moments if we just look at
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them, such as a fast food restaurant that advertises a meal within 30
seconds.
“I want my hamburger cooked longer than 30 seconds.”
He also notes that when in Alberta, a land he describes as big
mountains, big farms and big malls, he climbed 150 steps up to a water
slide only to read a misplaced sign that said “do not use the slide if
you have a bad heart.”
Mussell is writing western Canadian comedy hoping for some gigs. He
notes that when Manitoba was flooding, God didn’t send down a message
to build an ark because there wouldn’t be enough time to get a building
permit.
And Saskatchewan is so flat that if your cow ran away, you could see it
for a week.
Humour has become a bigger part of his life as he recovers from an
operation for cancer.
“Farming this year is a challenge. Someone is milking for me. … I
look at the big picture, take it day by day and find a laugh.”
Contact him at paulmussell.com.
