the shadowy "patient"

[_jonjuan_]

The Vancouver Sun called this faithful scribbler a "shadowy patient" and wondered if "he was really seeking treatment" in an incredibly dark take on my stunt here. But I gotta agree with Tim: I gotta wipe that grin off my face. Poker lessons?

And Jon's appearance on TV on Friday at the False Creek Urgent Care Centre was then followed by Jon's

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[mauledbylions]

How did you break your finger(s)?

[_jonjuan_]

As described in the globe article:

Ostensibly, I was there for a broken pinky finger -- not quite an emergency -- that I hadn't had treated since I returned from reporting on a civil war in Uganda.

Sounds like I dodged some grenade shrapnel. Yikes... actually, I fell when I was playing with some kids in the mud in the rain...

[aarrr_peee]

"Followed up the sidewalk for two blocks by reporters and television cameras, he refused to say whether he had paid for his treatment, and eventually fled on a bus."

You got away by fleeing on a bus? They clearly didn't have their hearts in the chase.

[neildiamond]

Maybe the Howe St.-types of the Sun were afraid of being caught using public transit?

[anonymous]

wow - well done, Jon.

And yeah, the grin has got to go...

[sophia_aria]

oops, that was me