John O'L -

Sorry about the typo. Of course I meant sferoid.

Point is, if it sounds dirty to a dirty mind, in Kansas you can go to jail. The corollary is that everybody here has a dirty mind.

Two of our most distinguished records:

1. Greatest number of court ordered lobotomies of any state, in absolute number or by per capita count.

Partially validated statistical surveys indicate that many of those involved are currently holding public office.

2. Greatest number of court ordered involuntary sterilizations of any state, in absolute number or by capita count.

This one, sadly, doesn't appear to have been applied to current public officeholders.

Yesterday's news was that a State Representative (female), who was quoted as having said in 2001 that "the 19th Amendment is a sad indication that men don't take good enough care of women," has reaffirmed her position - effectively saying that women shouldn't need to vote and she thinks it's a real shame that they should - at her press conference to announce her candidacy for the office of Kansas Secretary of State (the office in charge of regulating and managing elections).

John