Wednesday, September 29, 2004

Crazy French

Here's a funny story i read in a local paper. I'll paraphrase and
translate:
Apparently, after nearly eradicating the wolf population in the 1960's
in the southern Alps, the wolves have made a comeback. There were over
500 reports of wolves attacking sheep on the pastoral farms of south
eastern france. After the ranchers union lobbied hard for some
government resolution, the interior minister responded. He has
authorized the reduction of the known wolf population by 10%. The
number of wolves? Four. Four wolves. (sanjiv's note: Only the french
would debate for over a year over the killing of four wolves). And, of
the four they're supposed to kill, how many have they caught in the two
months? None. (sn: only the french would be unable to catch a wolf).
This is the type of ridiculous stuff i've come to expect.

Also in the same paper - A former french president, commenting on the
possible inclusion of Turkey in the EU: "It would be the end of
Europe." ridiculous.

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