Yes, I know everybody and their ferret is going to be linking this story today, but damn if it isn’t the… somethingest something I’ve read in a while.
ALISO VIEJO, Calif. - City officials were so concerned about the potentially dangerous properties of dihydrogen monoxide that they considered banning foam cups after they learned the chemical was used in their production.
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Then they learned, to their chagrin, that dihydrogen monoxide — H2O for short — is the scientific term for water.
Congratulations, Aliso Viejo city officials… you are, collectively, the Fucking Idiot of the Day™!
Oh my god!!! I can’t believe this!!!