On a related topic to the Muslim Cab Drivers that Wade and I discussed, I recently came across this: http://www.buzz.mn/?q=node/898.

Had this happened to me, I probably just would have scanned my own pork product and moved on. But obviously this has got a lot of people worked up…and perhaps rightfully so.
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Snippets of conversation I’ve been lucky enough to catch over the last month or so:

Two boys, middle school aged:
Boy #1: You shouldn’t let that faucet run, it contributes to global warming.
Boy #2: Your face contributes to global warming!
[Pause]
Boy #1: No it doesn’t!

Man and young son, in bathroom stall:
Man: Are you going #1 or #2?
Son [sounding genuinely uncertain]: I don’t know!