Day: October 7, 2013

When you think about it, its pretty amazing that people formed societies and norms that we all live by. For thousands of years, we all just agreed to a set of rules, and just sort of built on it from there. I may not be an expert on the formation of ancient cultures, but I’m pretty sure that the first thing you have to do to establish a society is agree where to and where not to relieve yourself.

Historians have said that the Nile River and its fertile flood plains were a chief factor in the rise of ancient Egypt. But really, it was probably more that they established rules against pooping in the river if you were upstream of the larger cities. Before plumbing came along, it was completely normal in Western society to relieve yourself in a bucket, then dump it into the street directly outside your window (or pay someone to do that for you).

Today we’re more civilized, but it looks like that could be coming to an end. The fundamentals of our society are coming apart. Continue reading The McBournie Minute: For the sake of society, don’t poop there

While the NFL may not express interest in medical science when it comes to chronic brain damage in their own yards, they went big for raising awareness of breast cancer. (Which, come to think of it, is weird since the only people more disposable in the NFL than the players are the cheerleaders.)

But, this year, they’re dialing back the pink, and by dial back, we mean going back to yellow penalty flags. The pink ones were sometimes confused with red personal foul flags and — we kid you not — all the other pink s**t on the field.

It ain’t much, but it’s a start.

Last year, we told you about how your freedom of speech/poor word selection could result in a minor fine by the police if you were in the town of Middleborough, Massachusetts.

We now bring another tale of curse words and the police from the state of Massachusetts, this time in Springfield (Springfield, it’s a helluva town). Except, cursing could have a stronger repercussion than just a 20-spot … and not for you, but for the police.

Representative Benjamin Swan has filed a bill that can see the employment termination of police officers that use foul language or racist slurs. Stating that he’s received many complaints, along with his own experiences, Swan hopes that if it’s passed, officers of the law will be holding themselves up to a higher standard.

When asked for comments, both the Police Commissioner Spokesperson and the Mayor of Springfield took the safe route of not speaking ill of the bill, because trying to be on the wrong side of racism is very dumb.

If you’re going to an art expo in northeast China, one of the most interesting items is no longer on display.

A female robot intended to serve as a tour guide at the Jinzhou World Garden Art Expo has to be removed, because the tourists couldn’t keep their hands off of her. Visitors were so curious about what was under the robot’s clothes that officials decided to take it out of commission.

Once again, being attractive can hurt your career.