Is there going to be a running of the bulls through the streets of Canberra soon….?
A few years ago, during the winter break, my Cousin Elmo spent the better part of a week and four kegs of beer trying to get a gathering together in Bucksnort, Tennessee, to have the running of the bulls there. He ran into a lot of problems in that effort. First, the truckies refused to haul sixty prime Mexican bulls to Bucksnort, thinking that somehow the polies might limit their priveliges under the free trade agreement with Mexico to transport illegel aliens in the bellies of their cattle trucks into Tennessee. Second, the Lord High Sherrif of Bucksnort refused to issue a parade permit. Third, the Gov of Tennessee threatened to get a court order requiring Cousin Elmo to personally be held responsible for the removal of any bull excrement from the streets, if the event took place. The last straw was that the city council of Bucksnort passed a special law, increasing the tax on beer by 20.00 a keg. Cousin Elmo never did get the event off the ground, but he did drink the beer, crying a
