i’m still reading the neddiad by daniel pinkwater. one of the joys of reading his books are the many interesting factoids he throws in. for instance, you should never have more than two bottles of CHEF CHOWS HOT AND SPICY OIl in your home at any one time. safety first. although actually finding this most deliciously burning oil is another issue entirely. pinkwater also revealed that LOS ANGELES DOES NOT ACTUALLY EXIST, a fact that few people are brave enough to admit.
in the chapter of the neddiad before last, pinkwater mentioned the great cats of britain. at first glance, it seems like a not unreasonable claim that there are a small and reclusive population of big cats running around england and scotland. the british isles have a fair amount of wild land even now and there are several thousand reported sightings a year. then you dig a little deeper in the google hits and you find the quotes comparing the british big cats (BBC) to bigfoot. and then you discover that the best photographic evidence for them is super-incredibly wildly unconvincing:
