UNRELIABLE FACT OF THE DAY
From the Brains Trust
31 July 2004
THE WORM'S TURN
Under the latest beauracratic EU legislation, the use of earthworms will be outlawed from the beginning of this year's fishing season. Legislators have determined worms as "sentient beings", along with around fifty other creepy crawlies. The ruling, known as the Vermicological Code, puts the worm on the protected species list and introduces huge penalties for fishermen who continue to abuse worms. Apparently maggots escape the Code!