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08 February 2018

Suddenly... nobody's squawking about...

..."cultural appropriation"...
Jacinda Ardern, the pregnant prime minister of New Zealand, is considering a request by Maori leaders to bury her placenta at the spot where Britain signed the treaty that led to the founding of the nation state.

“The fact that the suggestion was made and that there were elders alongside me who really acknowledged that — it felt like a significant gesture.”
First of all... yuck... and, second... how do you stop the ferrets from digging it up and feeding it to their pups?

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RELATED: Is there a Canadian equivalent?

How about, "Let's throw another Jesuit on the barbie?"
"To prevent him from speaking more, they cut off his tongue, and both his upper and lower lips. After that, they set themselves to strip the flesh from his legs, thighs, and arms, to the very bone; and then put it to roast before his eyes, in order to eat it."