“I can hardly wait to get home so I can get the equipment ready for seeding,” said Dave Winston the other morning at Mabel’s Grill,
    “You’ve been saying that for weeks!” offered  Cliff Murray as he sat down and opened the menu.
    “Yeah, well, a guy can get tired of working inside a pig barn,” Dave replied. “Getting out in the sun and fresh air is a real break.”
    Molly Whiteside heard the last of this when she arrived at the table to take their orders. “I know what you mean. It’s nice to know we won’t have anybody clearing snow off our parking lot when we arrive at work in the morning.”
    “I can hardly wait for the grass to grow enough for me to get the cattle outside,” said George Mackenzie. “I’m getting sick of cleaning manure out of the barn.”
    “If you think you’re sick of the cattle being in the barn, imagine what they feel like,” said Molly. “Now, what can I get you guys?”
    “I don’t see anything with a Chinese influence on the menu,” said Cliff with a hidden smile. “I see the Chinese government hasn’t been showing Mabel special attention.”
    “Hurray for that!” repled Molly. “I’m not up to serving wontons and dumplings at this hour.”
    “Humph, bad enough the Chinese influencing the federal government with who they help getting elected without them controlling something really important like Mabel’s menu,” grumbled George.
    The door opened and six more guys walked in.“You guys figured out what you want?” Molly said. “It’s getting busy in here.”
    The guys ordered their usual favourites and Molly mumbled, “I could have figured that from the kitchen,” as she headed back to hand in their orders.
    “You’ll be getting all worked up about Prince Charles’ coronation next month,” Dave said with a smirk to George. “You’re such a fan of royalty I thought you might have booked a trip to be there in person.”
    “It’s King Charles now!” George said sternly.
    “Sorry, I forgot,” said Dave. “All these years of calling him Prince sort of stuck with me.”
    “May 6 is not a good time for a farmer to find time, even if I could afford the trip,” said George.
    “You’d think Charles should have known that by now,” said Dave “He’s had enough time to plan it over so many years.”
    “I can’t say I’m all that thrilled about seeing Camilla as Queen,” said Cliff. “My wife got me watching The Crown on TV and when the marriage with Diana fell apart, Camilla did not come off so well.”
    “Yeah, well they made up a lot of that stuff didn’t they?” grumbled George. “I mean the writers of that show were not there to hear what really happened so they made a whole lot of stuff up.”
    “And got well rewarded for it,” Dave said. “I mean imagine being able to imagine conversations between Justin Trudeau and Sophie and put it on TV.”
    “Except nobody cares what they say anyway,” scoffed George.
    “Anyway, most Canadians don’t seem to care much of Prince . . . I mean King Charles’ coronation,” said Cliff.
    Molly was approaching with their orders just in time to pick up the end of that comment. “Oh, I wish I could afford to go over, and take the kids, too,” she said. “It’d be nice to be part of all that ceremony. I’ll bet the kids would remember it forever.”
    “See,” said George to the others.
    “Well, it will be a few days getting the attention off Donald Trump, anyway,” sighed Dave. “That’s got to seem like a break.”
    “Pllllease!” muttered George. “To mention King Charles and Trump in the same conversation is an insult.”
    “That might be one thing we can all agree on,” said Molly. 
    “Here’s hoping they never make a series about Trump,” sighed  Cliff.
    “What would it be called — The Frown?” Molly wondered? “It’d probably be on Fox.”◊