In Toronto, Ontario, today is a very special day for all. A certain Torontonian named Chris Pilkington, will crack a smile at 11:47 this afternoon. This is an extremely rare event, and it is believed to happen only once every eleven years, when the moon and the planet Jupiter are in alignment. It must also be the ninth day of the eighth month. Today is such a day. Citizens of Toronto are already gathering outside the Pilkington household to catch a glimpse of the event. Telescopes and cameras of various sizes have been set up on the Pilkington front lawn, with many foreign astronomers buzzing about them, making their final preparations in the hope that they may record the entire event. The many lenses are all focused on Chris's bedroom window, where Mr. Pilkington is at this very moment sitting at his desk, staring out the window, with a very forlorn look on his dashingly handsome face.
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Hans Groeher, an astronomer from Munich, Germany, has stated that Chris's smile is, "like the sun breaking through the clouds, only in a vastly more magnificent way." Many have attempted to explain just why Mr. Pilkington only smiles every eleven years. The leading theory is that Chris is a hopeless Maple Leafs fan, so therefore there isn't very much for Chris to smile about. There is evidence that this theory may be right, since the far wall of Chris's bedroom is plastered with Maple Leaf memorabilia. It has been stated that perhaps the Leafs should all watch Chris smile on their television sets before their games with the Ottawa Senators, as motivation to find a way to beat the mighty Senators. This is also just a theory, which should be taken with a large grain of salt.
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