So, let’s say you’re in south Florida and you grow weary of the mundane day to day affairs so, you seek some spiritual guidance. Somehow, you come across a guy that will help you on your path. Would you draw the line, come to your senses, if said guy told you that you must eat some snail mucus to find the way?
Devotees of a man claiming to practice a traditional African religion said they had to ingest the mucus of a Giant African Snail that sickened them. Federal authorities in January raided the Miami man’s home after receiving complaints. The man has not been criminally charged, but prosecutors and state and federal wildlife agencies are investigating. The Giant African Snail is prohibited in the U.S. without special approval.
Evidently, it isn’t illegal to coax people in to eating snail mucus. So, bring in the fish and game dept. and try to get the guy on a technicality. Giant African Snails are contraband. They’re still investigating so…..who knows? Maybe the guy got rid of the snails. Maybe, he never had the snails. Maybe, he just keeps some mucus on hand. Is Giant African Snail mucus illegal?
All that aside, snail guy isn’t the yob here. The devotees are…
Followers said they got violently ill, losing weight and developing strange lumps in their stomachs.
How much snail mucus does it take to cause that kind of reaction?
I imagine those fellers would be up to the task.
Big thanks to Sis for finding this one here.
Having spent a good deal of time in Montana, I get a real kick out of the writer’s use of “Needless to say the man from North Dakota” in the context here.
Wow! The headline of this U.K. News story is actually “TORY WAR ON THE CLASSROOM ‘YOBS’”...
THE Tories today declare war on “yobbery” in the classroom, as they reveal the true scale of Labour’s appalling record at tackling pupils’ bad behaviour.
Good to see that there are people finally ready to take a stance on yobbery.
Schools Secretary Ed Balls continues to insist that classroom discipline is improving. But the figures tell another story.
Ed Balls!!??
yep…Ed Balls…
The Tories will tomorrow unveil their draft education manifesto in full.
On the eve of its publication, Shadow Schools Minister Nick Gibb said: “Ed Balls claims that school discipline has improved but teachers, parents and children know that the opposite is true.
“Teachers do not have the necessary tools to crack down on yobbery. We need to give them more powers so they can nip problems in the bud before they spiral out of control.”
Uh…well…I can’t improve on that.
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