That is so funny! The funniest thing about it is that I can imagine PETA trying to get that kind of law passed.
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Jim in southwest Illannoy on April 2, 2010:
Yes we do know what our politicians are like. (I think it's safe to assume ours aren't much different from theirs in this respect.) Still, people should pay more attention to the date.
I remember shortly after I moved here in the greater St. Louis region when one of the radio stations said the Army Corp of Engineers, famous for their heroic efforts to keep cities safe from flooding, was going to temporarily reverse the flow of the river for some maintenance at one of the sets of locks and dams and that it would be a great photo op. You'd be surprised at how many people actually showed up with cameras to get pictures of the river flowing backwards.
Incidentally, there was at least one occasion when the Mississippi did flow backwards for a while, but that took a massive earthquake.
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Posted by Nori in Indiana on April 2, 2010:
That is so funny! The funniest thing about it is that I can imagine PETA trying to get that kind of law passed.
Posted by Jim in southwest Illannoy on April 2, 2010:
Yes we do know what our politicians are like. (I think it's safe to assume ours aren't much different from theirs in this respect.) Still, people should pay more attention to the date.
I remember shortly after I moved here in the greater St. Louis region when one of the radio stations said the Army Corp of Engineers, famous for their heroic efforts to keep cities safe from flooding, was going to temporarily reverse the flow of the river for some maintenance at one of the sets of locks and dams and that it would be a great photo op. You'd be surprised at how many people actually showed up with cameras to get pictures of the river flowing backwards.
Incidentally, there was at least one occasion when the Mississippi did flow backwards for a while, but that took a massive earthquake.
Read the article that everyone's commenting on, or post a comment about it.