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That’s a cool plate, but the unfortunate placement of the bolt holes on the bottom make it look like “FLOPIDA…”
I thought “FLOP’DA”.
…which could be the state name after our election prowess….
We do seem to have a great deal of trouble conducting an election. We have managed to screw up the scheduling, making a ballot, marking a ballot, counting ballots, and determining who’s eligible to vote – pretty much a clean sweep.
Back in 2000, there was that wonderful cartoon of Uncle Sam holding a map of Florida in an appropriate place; the caption was “Electile dysfunction” … I don’t have a link, but I do have a copy of the cartoon.
FWIW, Florida is far from the only state with difficulties conducting a fair election. A few minutes spent at BlackBoxVoting.org should convince most fair-minded people of that.
It’s not the placement of the bolts. It’s the screws.
Ah, Steve, but Florida seems so committed to fouling up the entire package, to prevent anything from working in a rational manner, that surely the state is a poster child for how not to do it.