BURN THE LETTUCE!

Cast all the romaine lettuce into the cleansing flame, for the sake of your very lives!  This lettuce is befouled and becursed, with a miasma of pestilence that will seize hold of your entrails and squeeze tight.  Let no putrid leaf escape purification! None!

…Seriously, folks, gastro sucks.  Don’t take the chance; toss out the romaine lettuce. Better safe than sorry.

Moe Lane

PS: “Burn the lettuce” sounds like an euphemism.  For what, I’m not sure.

Fallout from Seattle’s killer plastic bag ban policy.

Quick background: Seattle last year instituted a ban on plastic bags and mandated a charge for paper bags, on the grounds that doing so would force consumers to use recyclable bags. This is all ostensibly for improving the quality of life in Seattle:

“I think we’ve gotten to a place where it’s really going to work for the environment, businesses and the community in general,” Councilman Mike O’Brien said at the time.

So, how did it work? Continue reading Fallout from Seattle’s killer plastic bag ban policy.