Lockout’s ripple effects threaten charities - The Globe and Mail: It poured rain so hard it’s a wonder the few empty beer bottles being handed in didn’t shatter. A late summer storm blew in so wet from up the Valley that a charity bottle drive was turned into a drenched non-event. It was so bad that the annual Saturday collection at beer stores serving Ottawa-area residents – no slackers when it comes to slaking their thirst – had to tack on an extra day, Sunday, just to ensure contributions to Roger’s House could keep step with money raised from previous bottle drives.
In English class they would call this pathetic fallacy – a phrase that many in hockey circles believe you fix by popping a Viagra.
It actually means a foreboding of things to come, and given that the 2012-13 NHL season is in lockout mode, this season could turn out to be as rough on certain charities as it will be on faithful fans.
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