“Curio­sity killed the cat, but for a while I was a sus­pect.”
–Ste­ven Wright

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In 1933, Syria ban­ned Yo-yos because they thought their up and down action was cau­sing a drought. It rai­ned shortly the­reaf­ter.
Things like this always amuse me. Sure, it is most likely a coin­ci­dence that it rai­ned right after they ban­ned Yo-yos, but what if that’s how it really wor­ked?
Should we ban Billy Ray Cyrus pos­ters in hopes of avoi­ding bad hair days?
Should we throw a vir­gin into a vol­cano to appease the gods of bar­be­cue?
Would rid­ding society of toas­ters be the ans­wer to glo­bal war­ming?
What I won­der next is, if the ban­ning of Yo-yos didn’t bring the end to the drought in Syria, what would be next? Ele­va­tors? Air­pla­nes? Slin­kies? Where does this end?
“No one does ANYTHING for the next week. Just stand still. This is the only way we can bring this drought to an end.”

Brian “Yo-yo Adrian” Matthews

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