Wry On The Rocks

Mexico City has just announced free ambulance and emergency room service for tourists who are concerned about contracting swine flu while visiting the capital city.  Unfortunately, they will not include an armed platoon of AK-47 equipped militia to get you to the hospital before the drug cartel finds you out.  Am I the only one avoiding a vacation in Mexico because of the carnage in the streets?  Somehow, swine flu would not be in my top 10 list of why I’m avoiding our friends to the south.

There is a new addition to my list of “people -who-just- don’t- get-it.”  Gail Mathias is upset at the Mass Lottery agency for raising the odds on winning Megabucks from 5.2 million to one to 13.9 million to one  Obviously, Ms. Mathias thought she was odds on favorite to walk away a winner at only 5.2 million to one.  That alone made her a finalist on “people-who-just- don’t….”, but what ultimately catapulted her into the winners circle was the rationale behind her complaint.  “They just do it to get more money”, complained the angry player.  Hello, Ms. Mathias…you see the lottery was set up to…oh, never mind…welcome to the list.