Wow, there’s one in every crowd, isn’t there? There’s always one stupid tool who has to ruin everyone else’s fun. Someone who has to fart in the rose garden, knock over the soaring tower of blocks and decapitate the giant radish:
I guess these buzzkilling turds are present in every culture. It reminds me of the asshat(s) who tried to chop down Luna, the redwood tree that Julia Butterfly Hill lived in and made an icon.A giant white radish that won the hearts of a Japanese town by valiantly growing through the urban asphalt was in intensive care at a town hall in western Japan on Thursday after being slashed by an unknown assailant.
The “daikon” radish, shaped like a giant carrot, first made the news months ago when it was noticed poking up through asphalt along a roadside in the town of Aioi, population 33,289.
Give these people a lot of power, and they do things like start wars and form totalitarian governments. Give them just a little power and they are horrible bosses, nasty office-mates, oppressive parents, and obstructionist bureaucrats.
Asked why the radish -- more often found on Japanese dinner tables as a garnish, pickle or in “oden” stew -- had so many fans, town spokesman Jiro Matsuo said: “People discouraged by tough times were cheered by its tenacity and strong will to live.”Long live the radish.
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