Thursday, August 24, 2006

One of those News Days

First, this little gem:

Under fire, Indian eatery drops Hitler from name

I grant you some think there's no bad publicity, but I disagree. I imagine a "Stalin's Mustache" wouldn't go over too well in some places either.

Next, one for the "if you say so" file:

Cows 'moo' with an accent, farmers believe

This would seem to raise a number of interesting possibilities. From the Barnyard Players version of My Fair Lady ("Why can't the Cattle...learn...to...speak") to the development of the BLA (Bovine Language Association), where lefty cow professors could debate the existential superlative nonconsenusal meaning of "moo".

For the record, you can learn about cow breeds here.