John Cleese’s compost dump
From the “Only in America” section — did you know babies can own firearms and ammunition. As long as they have a Firearm Owners’ ID card, of course. (Thanks Susannah)
The headline says it all: Man crushed by flying cow. Viva la Holy Grail! (Thanks Drew)
US$50,000 first prize in the Rock, Paper, Scissors championships. (Thanks Debbie)
Town labelled “suicide capital of New Zealand” by John Cleese gets its own back by naming a compost dump after him.
May 22nd, 2007 at 3:51 pm
G’Day Daniel:
Having grown up in Oz but now living in Az, Phoenix that is, I can see both sides of
this situation. Australians have a National Social Aversion to guns (Yanks call them
either pistols or rifles or whatever they may be). Guns are large bits of lethality
normally found on battleships.
However, Americans are somewhat distrusting of their government. The Second Ammendment to the Constitution (the first ten ammendments are known as the Bill of Rights) is the one that has the bit about the militias, free states and the right to bear arms. Without going into extensive arguement pro/con, suffice to say that most Americans understand that there may come a time when the citizenry may need to forcibly remove members of, or indeed, the whole government. Thus they included the Second Ammendment as a way to ensure the means were available.
So the story about the ten-month old is heartwarming. A father who is willing to
teach his child the use of force, responsibility, government and the second ammendment. Excellent. We need more like him. There is a better than even chance that this child will turn out to be a “citizen”.
Stephen