poemranker ::Replying

ReplyTo a comment on A Poem by BigB.

-=Dark_Angel=-, P.I.7 Sep 2004

The following comes from the BBC 'Country Profile' for Singapore:

"The country was referred to - less kindly - by the writer William Gibson as 'Disneyland with the death penalty'."

I find that quote highly amusing. Apparently Singapore has a system of punishments for acts such as not flushing a public lavatory. I wonder, is it illegal to break wind in public?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1143240.stm