Seen Everything? I Doubt It
Two items that trigger my "What the fuck?" alarm have come to my attention today.
The first comes from The Guardian:
The town of Black Jack, Missouri, got its name from the variety of oak tree that once grew nearby. "Those stately trees represent who and what we are today, a proud city with strong roots, providing the safety and respite of community," its promotional literature explains. It is the kind of place where family is valued - just as long as the family in question meets certain criteria. Olivia Shelltrack and Fondray Loving's family, it seems, do not.
The couple could face fines of $500 (£270) a day, and Black Jack is already facing the unwelcome glare of national attention, as a result of a local regulation that bans unmarried couples with more than one child from occupying homes there.
Oh dear - What is the world coming to?
And the second comes via Dave, from the BBC News site:
A district nurse has been cleared by a court of indecent exposure after sunbathing naked in her back garden.
Lynett Burgess, 55, from Llandyfriog, near Cardigan in west Wales, was filmed by a "shaken" neighbour in July 2005 and was charged by police.
The prosecution at Cardigan Magistrates Court said Ms Burgess's nude sunbathing was "not normal" behaviour.
But magistrates cleared her, adding that it was accepted she did not intend to "cause harm or distress".
I honestly can't find the words to express what an unutterable waste of time, energy and public money this was.
And as for this from the pervert neighbour with the camcorder:
"I don't want to bring up my children in such an environment."
Well to be honest I wouldn't want to bring children up in an environment where neighbours spy on each other and report to the police, but I guess his kids are pretty much stuck with that.