andersoj.org oddments

I was quite taken with the little sidebar in this week’s Economist:

…When cruising along Namibia’s long and empty roads, unsuspecting drivers face a no less dangerous hazard: sleeping donkeys. At night, the warm tarmac provides a much more comfortable bed than the vast expanses of land only a few yards away. Invisible in the darkm the dormant asses, which help plough Namibia’s land and pull its carts, have become a cause of many a car crash…In May, the head of the president’s guard was killed–by a donkey.

The article goes on to discuss what sounds like some kind of British non-profit organization which has been formed for the purpose of making the “donkeys glow by attaching reflective tags to their ears.”

All I can say is, “wow.” For those of you with an Economist subsctription, you can read the article here. –JA