Civil Servants, Civil Safety Hazzards
Posted in Doings and Dealings on July 18th, 2005It was Tuesday recently and as I like to do on Tuesdays I spent the evening on my porch with a fine cigar and a glass of that Rare Kentucky Bourbon. I was attempting to light my cigar with the entire book of matches because I had seen someone do that recently only to find that matches are more combustible than they look.
Thankfully, I was completely unharmed. However, after I stomped out the book of matches and a trash can fire I found myself thinking:
If I had just caught the house on fire, would I feel safe knowing that there’s a 2% chance my rescue could be blundered by a lady fireman?
Absolutely not, I decided. Absolutely not. [Read more]