Banning skimpy skirts, and more

Banning skimpy skirts

A government minister in Uganda has called for a ban on women wearing miniskirts, calling them a danger to motorists. “Some of our people are weak, mentally,” confessed Nsaba Buturo, Uganda’s minister of ethics and integrity. If while driving you see a woman wearing a skimpy skirt, Buturo continued, “you begin to concentrate on the make-up of that person, and yet you are driving.”

Halting New York traffic

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