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A prick of a tour in Beijing

When I was a strapping young bloke I thought nothing of backpacking
my way over European mountain ranges carrying all my belongings
with me.
The older I get the more I enjoy the comforts of home and,
when touring around overseas, the stability and organisation
of a bus tour.
It is true you don't have the same freedoms as when hiking
or driving a rental car, but you do have someone around to
sort out cheeky concierges, carry your bags or pre-chew your
food.
However, news just to hand has put me off travelling anywhere
by bus in China.
Apparently authorities have decided to modernise the legal
system and have had a good hard look at the death sentence
and blowing people's brains out in public places.
Yup, the good old Party bosses have decided that - despite
charging the dead villain's family for the bullet - it is
too expensive to shoot so many people (about 15,000 a year
- that's 300 aweek - or 40 a day) and so they are creating
execution buses.
These new wheeled wonders will drive around the cities while
the dead-crim-walking will be tied on to a bed and a whacking
great needle stuck in their arm.
Now I don't have a lot against the death penalty - particularly
for paedophiles - but bloody hell, what if the Death Truck's
driver gets road rage?

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