Answers to Questions Nobody Is Asking

The following is an excerpt from OpinionJournal.com’s “Best of the Web” written by the editor, James Taranto.

Answers to Questions Nobody Is Asking
“Who Likes Taxes? Democrats, and No One Else.”–headline, Washington Post website, April 10

Je Voudrais Marcher 1.6km Pour un Chameau 
The headlines about “Francois Hollande’s Camel” confused us at first. Wouldn’t you expect the French president to prefer Gauloises or Gitanes? But it turns out to be a reference to a drama involving an actual dromedary, as the International Business Times notes:

A camel presented to French president François Hollande as a gift in Mali has been eaten by locals.

In what appears to have been a major diplomatic breach, the family charged with looking after the creature for Hollande have instead slaughtered it for a stew.

If you think eating camels is bad, we understand there are countries so backward they actually eat horses.

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