It may not be an immediate fix, but it has long term potential. All I need to do is order a Burmese Python and when it gets too big to keep as a pet, I'll let it slither off into the woods and become my Deer Eliminator...or, maybe just, Animal Eliminator.
Just ask the folks in the Everglades National Park down in Florida. In areas where the pythons have established themselves, marsh rabbits and foxes can no longer be found. Sightings of raccoons are down 99.3%, opossums 98.9% and white-tailed deer 94.1%, according to a paper out Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
This 16 footer just put down a 75lb White Tailed Deer. Honestly, I would not mind a decrease in raccoons and ground hogs either.
Sure, there might be a safety issue. Unless, we were to implant a tracking device in each Python we let loose into the "wild" of Elm Ridge Park. I mean let's face it, Pythons are not the quickest, most agile things...so, they would not be difficult to track. We could put their movements on the local Township TV Channel. "Before you go outside and play kids, check channel 72 to see where the Pythons are at today"..."okay Mom, will do."
Sure, we would have a few casualties with pets and toddlers in the beginning, but once we realled honed the system, I think maybe this just could work!
mj
The Icelandic Phallological Museum, which draws about 12,000 visitors a year, is all about the penis.
"There's nothing dirty or pornographic here," insists the museum's proprietor Hjörtur Gísli Sigurdsson, whose 71-year-old father started gathering phalluses after receiving a whip made from a dried bull's penis as a gift.
I mean, once you get a dried bull's penis, WHY wouldn't you start a penis museum?
The museum has some other interesting item, but their specialty is clearly penis's of all shapes and sizes. But, their prize possession is a Sperm whale penis - just the tip, mind you. This gem is around 6 feet long and 120 pounds.
I hope the Homo sapien display is not to close...though, when John Holmes finally passes away, I hope his penis finds its way to Iceland.
mj
Do these things piss you off? Do you even know what they are? Do you know what they are used for? What you see here is a QR Code.
Wikipedia defines a QR code: A QR code (abbreviated from Quick Response code) is a type of matrix barcode (or two-dimensional code) first designed for the automotive industry. More recently, the system has become popular outside of the industry due to its fast readability and comparatively large storage capacity.
Whatever that means?
You see these things in stores and in magazines as part of advertisements. You need to download a QR Reader on your smart phone to "read" the QR Code. When you take a picture of the QR Code you immediately get product information or, better yet, a coupon for the product.
I think these things are ugly...and I can not imagine that an Ad-Man wants to stick this QR Code on their beautiful advertisement campaign for say, Ralph Lauren. And, who really wants to deal with taking a picture of the QR Code? Why not just offer a coupon to the every customer? IMHO, I do not think these things have really caught on, and I really do not see them catching on...in a chage the marketplace sense!
No question that they are making a big push...but I hope they fall by the way of the Pet Rock!
mj
