A copy of a Toronto Police photo of the site of the tunnel found near one of the venues for this year's Pan American games is shown during a press conference in Toronto on February 24, 2015. A Toronto newspaper says it has found the man behind the so-called mystery tunnel discovered near a Pan Am Games venue in the city's north end.The Canadian Press
This gender-centric term hit rock bottom last week, when it was revealed that the mysterious underground tunnel near York University in Toronto was 22-year-old construction worker Elton McDonald's idea of "a place to hang out" in. In an interview with The Toronto Sun, McDonald said that he had already done some barbecuing in the tunnel and planned on eventually bringing in a TV.
What on Earth was so uninviting about McDonald's living space that he had to resort to burrowing? It's high time that modern gentlemen rise up from the shadows and proudly express themselves at large, at home. Isn't it a bit retrograde now to say men need a separate space away from their wives, where they can spill nachos and think big thoughts? Adding his ephemera to the decor is a cinch: Place those mint-condition Star Wars action figures on the shelf and suddenly they're bookends. Put that Reservoir Dogs poster in a rustic frame and call it French country. Only then, like a filled-in tunnel in the north of Toronto, can we close the door on the man cave.