Plain Stupid

Sheer Silliness Dept: What they say can range from just plain stupid to offensive. But to dismiss even those comments would be to deny that occasionally there are grains of truth within them that need to be acknowledged and even addressed, according to Vancouver Sun. My favourite for sheer silliness was the people who wished for fewer hills. Yes, fewer hills! Even though they live at the edge of a rainforest, lots wished for less rain and a surprising number wished for less wildlife. Fewer skunks, fewer squirrels, fewer geese, fewer raccoons and no bears at all and anonymous people often speak the truths that they don't want to be associated with, sometimes with good reason. At the end of the Vancouver Foundation's 20-minute survey, 3,841 people were asked what they wished for. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.