[conspire] Argh! The Dutch!

[Rick Moen]

Quick, set the TARDIS for 2020.  Let's take a look at the news headlines.

   '... All Dutch mink farms will be screened and visitors are banned 
   from visiting the stables....'

(https://www.wur.nl/en/Research-Results/Research-Institutes/Bioveterinary-Research/show-bvr/COVID-19-detected-on-two-mink-farms.htm)

Well, that _is_ the Dutch, after all.  Let's see if San Francisco is saner:

   'The eerie sound you're hearing from the Golden Gate Bridge is in
   fact the result of new sidewalk railing slats, just installed, meant 
   to better handle the wind. Funny thing about wind:  when it passes 
   through certain open spaces, it creates a hum. This is how all reed 
   instruments work, and because it spans a very windy gap across the Bay, 
   the Golden Gate Bridge is now effectively a giant orange wheezing kazoo.'

(https://www.kqed.org/arts/13881451/the-golden-gate-bridge-sounds-like-a-david-lynch-movie-now)

Well, that's San Francisco, after all.  Let's check television coverage:
Today's cable news chiron:

   'TRYING TO USE MAZEL TOV COCKTAILS TO BURN UP POLICE'

(https://twitter.com/deirdresm/status/1269369238826827777)

Which is, like... Manischewitz and vodka?




On reflection, let's just not visit 2020.