23 Jul 2007
New Leaders Warn Pensive French of the Drawbacks of Thinking Too Much

He's got to be kidding (see my previous post).

In the country of the Enlightenment, President Nicolas Sarkozy’s government advocates hard work, not musing.

(link) [NYT > Home Page]

06:30 /Politics | 0 comments | permanent link

Brainless civil servant amazes doctors

Am I supposed to be amazed, too? I don't know - I've met several staffers at various agricultural regulatory agencies who I'm sure had similar conditions ...

A French man whose skull was mostly occupied by a "huge fluid-filled chamber" was able to operate perfectly well as a civil servant - despite having "little more than a thin sheet of actual brain tissue", Reuters reports.

(link) [The Register]

06:15 /Humor | 0 comments | permanent link