Enbridge Repair Team



This was sent to me without attribution, but I thought it was too good to not post. Thank you to the wag who composed this. The only thing missing here are the Keystone Kops.


Subject: We'll Fix That Right Away (Enbridge's famous words!)






Location: British Columbia, Canada

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