Dumpster stories!

From: Bill Richman <bill_r_at_inetnebr.com>
Date: Thu Feb 10 17:01:03 2000

>>When I was a whelp in Philadelphia, there was a rash of kids suffocating
>>in old refrigerators during a big garbage strike one summer. Hide-and-seek
>
>>You can tell kids all you want, but some are still going to play on the
>>train tracks, in old refrigerators, in dumpsters...
>
>The only thing is this instance that seems to really work is to fine anyone
>the puts out a fridge without removing the door hinges. Children by
>definition cannot be expected to obey rules, regardless of the rule.
>
I dunno; it seems to me as though natural selection would take care of the
problem better. Any kids dumb enough to get trapped inside a refrigerator
don't reproduce, and therefore the defective self-preservation gene doesn't
get passed on. Darwin would be proud! Beats the hell out of wrapping the
whole world in padding and taking away everything that might possibly kill
some moron. Historically, it's been things like rockets, guns, swingsets,
mercury switches, fireplaces, and all the really good fireworks that The
Establishment has deemed too dangerous for us unwashed masses to play with.
Wonder how long until some loser chokes on a mouse ball or strangles himself
with the cord while trying to plug in his new business card scanner and mice
are required to come with warning labels?

                                        Bill Richman
                                        incolor.inetnebr.com/bill_r
                                        (Home of the COSMAC Elf
                                         microcomputer simulator!)
Received on Thu Feb 10 2000 - 17:01:03 GMT

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