Fuji-san kills man

A lump of rock fell from Mt. Fuji into a car park for climbers yesterday, and sadly one man was killed as a result. What made me and my wife laugh, though, was the TV-announced reaction of the local authorities who announced that as a preventative measure, they were going to “step up patrols”.

I can just see them now, wandering across the slopes of Fuji, clacking pieces of wood together, and calling out to rocks “Don't move! We have you covered!. Baaad rock! Stay!”.

Seriously, more useless jobs for the boys. “I walk around Fuji, seeing which rocks are about to fall down, and pushing them gently to see if-- Oops. There's another gone.”
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