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How Much Is That Human in the Window?

Guest column by Esme Bowles

 

Who says humans have the collective wit of inbred gorillas?

Well, I have, to be honest. But while I was on my human’s computer last week (I log on when he’s away to write crank letters to Cat Fancy magazine), I came across a story I had trouble believing: The primates in Congress passed a bipartisan bill.

And what drew the embittered parties in the together? The House passed a law making it a felony to eat cats and dogs. Seriously.

The bill, called the Dog and Cat Meal Trade Prohibition Act, would make it illegal to “knowingly slaughter, transport, possess, buy, sell or donate dogs or cats or their parts for human consumption.” Violators would be fined up to $5,000.

At first, I was elated. That creepy neighbor down the street eyes me like a roasted suckling pig every time I pass.

But the more I read, the more horrified I became. The article went on to note that eating dogs and cats is legal in 44 states.

What the fuck, people? We spend millennia guarding your homes, guiding your blind, pee-hydrating your petunias, allowing you to watch us crap in public, and this is your gratitude? Promising not to sell McYorkies?

Then I got to thinking: What other ludicrous laws have you hominid dummies left on the books? This is just a sample:

  • 22. Bingo games cannot last more than 5 hours (North Carolina) Image result for funny bingo
  • 21. Chickens are not allowed to cross the road (Quitman, Georgia)
  • 20. If you cut down a cactus, you could be sentenced to 25 years in prison (Arizona)
  • 19. Policemen are allowed to bite a dog if they think it will calm the dog down (Paulding, Ohio)
  • 18. It’s illegal to sell your eyeballs (Texas)
  • 17. It’s against the law to sing off-key (North Carolina)
  • 16. You may not sell toothpaste and a toothbrush to the same customer on a Sunday (Rhode Island)
  • 15. You are not allowed to eat fried chicken any other way than using your hands (Gainesville, Georgia) Image result for fried chicken with silverware
  • 14. Marriage between cousins is against the law only if they are younger than 65 (Utah)
  • 13. Red cars may not drive down Lake Street (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
  • 12. It’s forbidden for a female to appear unshaven in public (Carrizozo, New Mexico)
  • 11. Bear wrestling matches are prohibited (Alabama) Not sure if that’s bear-on-bear or man-in-bear. Image result for bear wrestling
  • 10. You may not take a picture of a rabbit from January to April without an official permit (Wyoming)
  • 9 .You cannot buy meat of any kind on Sunday (Washington)
  • 8. It’s illegal to attend a public event or use public transport within 4 hours of eating an onions or garlic (Indiana) Image result for garlic breath
  • 7. In San Antonio, flirting is against the law (Texas)
  • 6. It’s illegal for a man to give his fiancé a box of candy that weighs more than 50 lbs (Idaho)
  • 5. A motorist with criminal intentions must stop at the city limits and telephone the chief of police as he is entering the town (Washington)
  • 4. If you are found stealing soap, you must wash yourself until the bar of soap has been completely used up (Arizona)
  • 3. If you have a mustache, it’s illegal for you to kiss a woman (Eureka, Nevada) Image result for mustached man
  • 2. It’s against the law for a woman to drive a car in Main Street unless her husband is walking in front of the car waving a red flag (Waynesboro, Virginia)
  • 1. You can be arrested or fined for harassing Bigfoot (Washington)

I’m hopeful the Senate will approve the bill and the president will act immediately (after all, he appears to like canines: He got nearly all the way through Clifford and the Grouchy Neighbors. Image result for Clifford and the Grouchy Neighbors

Still, you never know with the Senate. I’m guessing the bill will stall when Mitch McConnell demands that turtles be added to the list. Image result for mitch mcconnell and turtle

 

It Is Not Dying.

To hell with Trump. To hell with Congress. To hell with Supreme Courts.

Time for a reason for tomorrow.

1. Many of the rescued Thai boys did not know how to swim and were given anti-anxiety medications before being helped out by divers.

2. It took 11 hours for a diver to make the five-mile round trip to reach the boys.

3. All the while, hundreds of gallons of water were being pumped out of the cave — the equivalent of 48 Olympic-sized swimming pools in a 75-hour period. In an effort to stop the flooding, authorities also dammed streams that flowed into the caves. Natural shafts that dumped water into the caves were also plugged.

4. Divers used “Heyphones,” a 20-year-old technology, to communicate with the rescue base. The ultra-low frequency transmitters are able to penetrate through rock and send divers’ locations and messages.

5. Approximately 90 divers were involved in the rescue. About 50 were foreigners.

6. Rescuers transferred about 100 oxygen tanks to the cave to help improve the air supply. Thai diver PO Saman Gunan had been helping transfer the tanks when he got into difficulties on the way back and did not have enough air himself. He died after losing consciousness in one of the passageways and his colleagues could not revive him.Image result for po saman

Graphic: How boys were carried through the caves