Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Reader Creativity Contest

A Special Award awaits the reader who can most creatively explain the following two sentences (source article here):

A scheme that trades one male status symbol for another has achieved a large rise in the number of men undergoing vasectomies in a bandit-ridden region of central India.

Shivpuri district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, an overpopulated area renowned for its machismo culture, has started to offer fast-tracked gun licences for those who agree to be sterilised.

2 comments:

The Whited Sepulchre said...

I understand the two sentences. You get a vasectomy, they'll give you a licence to carry a gun.

But why would anyone want to carry a cannon if they don't have any balls?

I apologize.

Dick Logan said...

The answer goes back to your "tactical vs. strategic" argument regarding the effectiveness of the surge.