Eat My Sports: Saint it a B

Now is not a good time to be associated with the New Orleans Saints. Between Bounty Gate, the Drew Brees’ contract fiasco and now the latest eavesdropping schedule, the former biggest punchline in the NFL is now back to being a mockery. But it begs an interesting question for the league’s current doormats: what wouldn’t you do for an NFL championship? Continue reading Eat My Sports: Saint it a B

You get one free maiming like your driving test, right?

Speaking of women getting shot in the legs, another one took a bullet at — of all places — a gun safety course in Virginia. The instructor told police that he had just left the room when he heard a gunshot. One of the students had shot his wife in the leg, but made it look more like an accident by sending the bullet through his own leg first.

It appears that gun owners are taking the open War on Women a little too seriously. If only women would learn that we’re like mama bears, and you don’t get between us and our ammo cubs.

Women are both the cause and solution of Japanese work problems

According to figures put together by the 21st Century Public Policy Institute, a think tank linked to Japan’s Keidanren business federation, Japan might no longer fall among the world’s top economies by the year 2050. A shrinking and aging population and a decline in productivity are listed as factors influencing the downgrade.

The institute predicts that in a matter of 40 years Japan’s GDP could dip to about ⅙ that of China and the U.S, and ⅓ that of India. However, if policymakers could boost workforce participation by women to the same level seen in more gender-progressive countries such as Sweden, Japan could be the 4th largest economy by mid-century. The report states that if women did not quit their jobs due to marriage or childbirth, Japan’s workforce could see an increase of up to 4.5 million people in a matter of years.

Of course, achieving this goal would require a massive change in Japan’s corporate culture. That should be eezy-peezy.

Hunting gone wrong

Looks like we know what the animals’ strategy is for this year. They want to confuse us and cause friendly fire.

It first happened less than a month ago, but the latest incident confirms our suspicions. A Florida man and his girlfriend were on a hunting trip relaxing in their tent when they heard something rustling in the bushes. The man grabbed his .30 caliber rifle and shot, thinking he hit a hog. He then went outside to search, unsure if the beast went down or not. When he heard more rustling in the bushes, he fired again.

The problem was that this time it was his girlfriend, shot through both legs. The girlfriend had somehow left the tent without him noticing, she was probably lured out by the beast itself. The woman is expected to be OK, but remember folks, in the War on Animals, there’s only one question to ask before you shoot: Is my target human?