The Occasional Joke


Nurse: Patient's name?

Centurion: Marcus Licinius Crassus

Nurse: And his date of birth?

Centurion: 115 BC.

Nurse: All right. And what is he here for?

Centurion: Cataphract surgery.


Saturday, October 29, 2011

Snow Leopards Rebound in the 'Stan


Apparently, centuries(1) of non-stop war is good for snow leopards. Let them run the place -- couldn't do worse than the humans have.

And here's a more general piece on Afghan wildlife.

(1) The article's statement that Afghanistan has suffered "30 years" of war is absurd. Somebody's been fighting somebody there as long as anyone's been there.

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