These are the people in your neighbourhood: 1
If you've ever overindulged on Elgin St. and decided that it would be best to leave your car downtown and take a taxi home, chances are that when you returned to your car the next morning you would find a flyer on your windsheild. A simple, photocopied, type-written piece of paper addressed to "192 heads of nation" and signed "Harold C. Funk", also known as The Voice of the Voiceless.
I've never met Harold, but I am familiar with his writing. I've amassed quite a collection from my windsheild and others. I am not entirely sure as to the pace at which he publishes his works, but the most recent installment was Letter No. 726 of his Beat on the Street manifesto. The letters usually alternate between right justified and centred text, whimsically bold-faced in places for no apparent reason, and are typed in block capitals with little to no punctuation. I am not sure as to Harold's mental stability, but he does seem to be a bit of a conspiracy theorist, and is not particularly fond of the government, the Catholic church, or the military. Harold has his own web site, a fax number, and publishes his home phone and address on each issue. I don't know how many visitors he gets, but considering his opinions on some of the topics he has covered (one section of his Web site is entitled "Catholic Pervert Empire"), I can't see how publishing his place of residence is a particularly good idea.
Harold C. Funk, the elusive Ottawa institution.
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