REGINA — Canadian politics, notoriously devoid of sex scandals, is suddenly abuzz with rumours about amorous robots.
The chatter began with a Global News camera editor who made an eyebrow-raising discovery upon wandering into a Regina hotel while covering Jack Layton’s campaign.
Jamie Butler got off the big orange NDP bus and went up to his room in the landmark Hotel Saskatchewan.
When he opened the door, he saw towels on the floor and items strewn around the room. Things got stranger from there.
He took a closer look around and couldn’t believe his eyes: sitting on the desk was something that looked like a suit of armour.
A couple of tinfoil limbs lay near the main part of the costume.
And on the back Butler saw a sign which featured a rainbow, two brightly coloured drawings of robots, and the slogan: “Robosexuals.”
He snapped a few photos, went to see the manager, and was quickly upgraded to one of the fanciest suites in the hotel.
“I walked in there (and) it was like someone had a massive party in my room. Things were trashed,” Butler said.
He said the hotel manager was sympathetic when informed that traces of robo-romance were lying around one of his elegant guest suites.
“He was in complete shock,” Butler said.
The manager quizzed his guest about whether one of his colleagues on the NDP bus might have been playing a trick, but apparently that was quickly ruled out.