The Whitehawk

I am lost for words. Readers, this is possibly the worse (or should I say the best?) and unimaginable case of human stupidity that I have ever witnessed on this island. Please bear with me, and my lack for words, as I explain what I saw.

A law was approved quite a while ago, I don’t know the exact date, but it should be somewhat close to a year now, and the law forbids anyone from spreading water with mixed detergents on any public road. The reason for this is obvious, and where I live this law made a huge difference. As you see, this island is full of mountains and we have no plains, it’s either uphill or downhill, depending on where you’re heading. So if you’re driving down a road (which are usually steep) and you come across a wet part mixed with soap you will be completely defenceless in case you need to break.

Usually, people respect this law. But apparently, not right in front of the central police headquarters of the island.
The police headquarters is placed on one of the corners of a crossroad. And on the opposite corner, a store decided to wash something with water and soap, and the water was running across the road, just before the intersection.

So if any car happened to come across another coming from the right, a disaster would have occurred right in front of the station. Oh, did I mention that the main entrance of the HQ was “aiming” at the slippery road?

I don’t know what else to say. People (generally) think that Americans are stupid. I’d say to them, think again!

How can I speak about stupidity if I don’t mention our politician’s own stupid mistakes. Well, in this particular case, it isn’t really a problem of the politician, but of the Portuguese people themselves.

One of our regional city mayors has recently been accused of 23 crimes. Those crimes involved side-tracking the funds of the people for her own personal use. When she found out about these charges she fled to Brazil.

A few weeks after, our elections began, and she returned and entered as a candidate. The thing is, we have this stupid old law somewhere that gives our candidates immunity from legal punishment while running political campaigns or exercising a position.

So she was immune, and continued her campaign normally. The people supported her and re-elected her as their mayor.

Ok, so half of the Americans voted for the most “simple” candidate for president… but this is much worse!

I’ve decided to add a new category, which will hopefully bring some motion to my blog. Since I always have quite a few complains about stupidity I figured it would be a good theme to bring some articles here and give the blog a more “Dilbert” style to it.

So, to start things up, I bring you a real example of what you should never say during family picture sessions.

In one of my past family get-togethers, which I was unable to go, one of the most stupid things I ever heard of occurred, which made me regret not going altogether to witness such a stunning event. The whole family was gathered around a personal computer looking at pictures taken from that same day. When I say the whole family, I mean the *whole* family, from grandparents to the kids. In one of the photos, one of the women from the family had peculiar look on her face, her mouth was opened as an “O” while she was putting in a piece of cake. When that picture was one showing, she goes and shouts out:

“Look, I have a blow-job face on that picture!”

And there you have it folks, stupidity evidence #1. More stupidity will arrive as I encounter it, but trust me, it won’t take very long.