Out Of The Frying Pan
The Mayor of Cincinnati won’t fire off a starter pistol to signal the beginning of an upcoming road race, because he doesn’t like the symbolism.
“I think the symbolism is just bad,” he said. “It’s just something I don’t do.”
The mayor says he’s going to blow a whistle instead.
Last year the city had 87 homicides, and this is his solution.
Pathetic, isn’t it? Starter pistols don’t kill people, people with starter pistols. . . no, that doesn’t work either. You can’t kill someone with a starter pistol unless you beat them to death with it.
One of the race’s organizers said “We’re just happy to have the mayor I don’t care if he wants to bang pots and pans together.”
What? Doesn’t she realize a cast iron frying pan makes a great homicide weapon? I’ll bet at least a few of those 87 homicides were done with kitchen utensils.
This is one of those things you are not sure to laugh or cry about. No… You laugh about.
Comment by Harley | 08.23.2007 | 9:23 am