Our good neighbor Bob Young informs us of a recent case in Connecticut in which an adolescent male shot himself in the genitals when he tried to show his girl friend the sawed off shotgun in his britches. The technique he employed escapes me, since the news account does not draw any diagrams, but I suppose where there is a will there is a way. I suppose we should hope that the boys are good cooks. What one is supposed to do with such a piece is not explained, but whatever it is it might be fun to try. Here we have a concept which goes beyond the realm of education and into that of theology.
Any error renders it, by definition, less than perfect.
I do not know who comes up with exercises like this, but it would certainly indicate that at least some responsible members of our educational establishment no longer pay any real attention to what they say. We have noticed this in conversation, but we are still somewhat surprised to see it extended to the matter of scholastic aptitude. We congratulate Orange Gunsite family members Ronin Colman, Paul Kirchner, and Rebecca Wyatt on their bursting into print. The more true believers can get published, the better it will be for the Republic. We have in hand the new Leupold Scoutscope, and we are certainly pleased to see a new entry into a field in which there was previously no competition.