Sep 23, 2011

Parking

There's a dead crow on my street where I park my car,
So I parked my car a few feet away.
This got me thinking:

How long will the crow carcass remain there?
Will someone clear it? Who?
When can I park my car in its usual place?

What happens to dead crows in this city?
Do they burn them or bury them?
Or do they just let them rot?

And what of the street dogs and cats?
And bandicoots and cows and buffaloes?
Do they have a squad that does the dirty work?

And what of all those men and women
Who have nowhere to die, no one to bury;
Who will put them away in a safe place
So that I can peacefully park my car?

Sep 7, 2011

Wikipedia, milaard!

So, at the last hearing of a tax appeal, a lawyer appearing for the Government relied on something from Wikipedia. This page, specifically.

Yesterday, Porus Kaka, a lawyer from Bombay arguing for the taxpayer, brought a printout of the same page, submitted it to the judges, and said, "My Lords, this is the same Wikipedia page the Revenue was relying on last time. I have made a few changes to this webpage to suit my case." Dramatic pause. "I'm not casting any aspersions on my Learned Friend, I'm only showing My Lords how Wikipedia works."

The judge smiled, and said, "No, Mr. Kaka. We weren't going to rely on this anyway."
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When will our Supreme Court stop using Wikipedia?
(See here, here, here, here, here and here.)