Every Senate session, I know there are plenty of pork barrel bills passed, allocating funds for all sorts of useless and inane "pet" projects. But this, er, goes down to new depths of absurdity. A U.S. research base in Antarctica just received its final shipment of goods for the winter. What did said shipment include? Not clothes, not food, not fuel, not technology, not medicine....no, no, my friends - something far more useful while stuck in the frozen wastelands.
Yes, gentle readers - a supply flight just dropped off a shipment of condoms to last the research team throughout the winter.
While you ponder the unforeseen uses of your tax money, here's something that'll really rock your clock. How many condoms did the Uncle Sam-supported plane deliver? 16,500. How many researchers are there? 125. All I can say is.....I guess there isn't much to do down there during the winter. Priceless. Now we know why the polar ice caps are melting!!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment