tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7155086611992337391.post6476910178826829259..comments2024-03-28T07:45:38.843-04:00Comments on Reflections from Crumbly Acres: Mississippi River flows: sledding at the speed of suicideJenn Jilkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05259681360456905055noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7155086611992337391.post-74419488559472544152012-01-22T12:19:41.186-05:002012-01-22T12:19:41.186-05:00I know people who would call these kinds of "...I know people who would call these kinds of "accidents" a good way to clean up the gene pool, Jenn, and I'm tempted to agree.<br />People have to be incredibly stupid, incredibly drunk, or both, to take snowmobiles and trucks out on thin ice. There must be an ATV gene scientists can identify, so those people can be locked up in one of the prime minister's new prisons, at least during the winter, as a safety measure.<br />If they aren't falling through the ice in Canada, they are in Mexico, driving out toward the water at low tide, and wondering why the tide turns and comes back over their SUVs. My parents wintered in Baja for many years and lost count of the number of tourists they saw doing this.<br />I saw tourists down there who were so dumb they launched their boat without replacing the bilge plug, and wondered why they were sinking. They were lucky they were launching it from the beach, where it couldn't sink too deep.<br />People, eh? Takes all kinds, I guess.<br />KKay L. Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09966266404058177742noreply@blogger.com