Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Regulations (and Crows) be D----ed

In Cirencester, UK, a crow is costing hundreds of pounds, ripping the wiper blades off cars. It is reported that if a car is left with its wipers uncovered for half an hour, the crow or crows will come along and strip the rubber off the blades.

In a slightly freer country, this means that, at the half-hour of a man's choosing, the crow will be perforated and dead, dead, dead. In the UK where guns are essentially banned, they will continue to lose wiper blades by the dozen until the crows get tired of the game. I would be surprised if someone didn't get into big trouble trying to trap the stupid birds, too. Health & Safety regulations being what they are (stupid), it would probably be cheaper just to continue replacing the wiper blades, even if jail for the bird trapper is avoided.

What a stupid country UK is turning out to be. Note that this used to be a nation where men were required to maintain proficiency with the long bow, the "assault rifle" of the day. Now look at you.

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