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[geekchick]

Via patgreene, an apparently slow week in the Idaho state legislature.

 
[...]
 34          WHEREAS, Pedro's efforts to bake a cake for Summer illustrate the positive
 35    connection between culinary skills to lifelong relationships; and
 36        WHEREAS, Kip's relationship with LaFawnduh is a tribute to e-commerce  and
 37    Idaho's technology-driven industry; and
 38        WHEREAS,  Kip  and LaFawnduh's wedding shows Idaho's commitment to healthy
 39    marriages; and
 40        WHEREAS, the prevalence of cooked steak as a primary food group pays trib-
 41    ute to Idaho's beef industry; and
 42        WHEREAS, Napoleon's tetherball  dexterity  emphasizes  the  importance  of
 43    physical education in Idaho public schools; and
[...]

I couldn't make this up. Someone else obviously could, but not me.

Comments

[runeshower.livejournal.com]

You left off the best one!

WHEREAS, any members of the House of Representatives or the Senate of the
3 Legislature of the State of Idaho who choose to vote "Nay" on this concurrent
4 resolution are "FREAKIN' IDIOTS!" and run the risk of having the "Worst Day of
5 Their Lives!"

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

Been through Idaho a couple of times. Beautiful state. Not much else for the legislature to worry about, I guess.

[hopeforyou.livejournal.com]

They mentioned Napoleon Dynamite... they mentioned Napoleon Dynamite.

WTF??!?

[geekchick]

The whole thing is a resolution honoring the filmmakers. I only picked out a few of the highlights, there's more at the link. ;)

[vvalkyri.livejournal.com]

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that we, the members of the House of Representa-
12 tives and the Senate of the State of Idaho, advocate always following your
13 heart, and thus we eagerly await the next cinematic undertaking of Idaho's
14 Hess family.
15 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chief Clerk of the House of Representa-
16 tives be, and she is hereby authorized and directed to forward a copy of this
17 resolution to Jared and Jerusha Hess, the Mayor of the City of Preston and the
18 Principal of Preston High School.

:laugh: Apparently such resolutions are done all the time. My grandmother got one in the Congressional Record some number of years back for work she did on a Jewish weekly tv show.

Usually such things pass unanimously; nobody cares. 'cept when on the anniversary of one of Bruce Springsteen's albums someone tried to commend him for his contribution to American pop culture, and the Republicans squashed it.