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News Items
Sep. 2nd, 2009 08:59 pmHere are a few news stories which amused me for one reason or another the past few days:
1) The government of Zambia is working to remove monkeys from the State House. There has been lots of wild life on the government grounds for a long time, but a monkey peed on the president during a press conference. So far 65 primates have been relocated, at least 64 of whom were innocent of political commentary.
2) Samoa just switched from driving on the right to driving on the left. The reason given was to encourage the importation of Australian and Japanese cars, which tend to be smaller and more fuel efficient than American cars. I suspect Samoa is not a heavily trafficked country and probably adheres to the second format of third world traffic. Namely, when wondering which side of the road they drive on, the answer is usually "they drive straight down the middle and whoever is biggest has the right of way." (The first format of third world traffic involves never waiting for a break in traffic, because there hasn't been one since there has been traffic.)
3) I just saw the headline "Former Red Sox pitcher considering run for Kennedy Senate seat." I was very disappointed that it turned out to be Curt Schilling. I can't be the only person who was hoping for Bill "Spaceman" Lee, can I?
1) The government of Zambia is working to remove monkeys from the State House. There has been lots of wild life on the government grounds for a long time, but a monkey peed on the president during a press conference. So far 65 primates have been relocated, at least 64 of whom were innocent of political commentary.
2) Samoa just switched from driving on the right to driving on the left. The reason given was to encourage the importation of Australian and Japanese cars, which tend to be smaller and more fuel efficient than American cars. I suspect Samoa is not a heavily trafficked country and probably adheres to the second format of third world traffic. Namely, when wondering which side of the road they drive on, the answer is usually "they drive straight down the middle and whoever is biggest has the right of way." (The first format of third world traffic involves never waiting for a break in traffic, because there hasn't been one since there has been traffic.)
3) I just saw the headline "Former Red Sox pitcher considering run for Kennedy Senate seat." I was very disappointed that it turned out to be Curt Schilling. I can't be the only person who was hoping for Bill "Spaceman" Lee, can I?
