Death Wish

By using students to help them establish barbeque areas on Woodhouse Moor, either our councillors have forgotten that the May 2010 local elections are now less than a year away, and that it’s generally local residents who vote at such elections, or they have an electoral death wish.

If their problem is forgetfulness, it may be that they’re suffering from early (Lib) dementia. But if their problem is that they have an electoral death wish, it suggests something far more serious, toxoplasmosis. My guess is that toxoplasmosis is the more likely explanation as one of the symptoms of the disease is that sufferers lose all sense of fear and indulge in reckless behaviour.

Toxoplasmosis is generally acquired by eating undercooked meat, of the sort you get at barbeques.

(photo courtesy of Ke Hu and John Murray)