# Getting to the point **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 6, 2011, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-the-point/580966 "2011-05-06T14:47:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-the-point/580966/1 "2011-05-06T14:47:15Z")
As someone who has sometimes struggled to find the right sentence to lead off a news article with, I am in awe at [this](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42920080/ns/local_news-miami_fl/). Brian Hamacher, you have a bright, bright future. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-the-point/580966/2 "2011-05-06T15:09:17Z")
Well… at lest the Florida legislature has their priorities in order. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-the-point/580966/3 "2011-05-06T16:13:46Z")
[QUOTE=the article] will force students to hike up their pants while at school. Students caught showing their underwear or butt crack could face suspensions and other punishments. [/QUOTE] Uh, why do school dress codes have to be codified in state law? A school has the ability to do these things already, if they want to. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-the-point/580966/4 "2011-05-06T16:57:56Z")
> [@rachelellogram](#): > > Uh, why do school dress codes have to be codified in state law? A school has the ability to do these things already, if they want to. :dubious: You’re soft on baggy pants, aren’t you? ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-the-point/580966/5 "2011-05-06T16:59:12Z")
If I’m reading this right, bestiality is not currently illegal in Florida, and it’s taken several years for the legislature to approve a bill that makes it a crime. What are they doing down there? ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-the-point/580966/6 "2011-05-06T17:02:41Z")
> [@ultrafilter](#): > > What are they doing down there? Sheep, mostly. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-the-point/580966/7 "2011-05-06T17:08:59Z")
Sometimes I wonder if [the rabbit has the right idea](http://i.imgur.com/NnT3g.gif). ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-the-point/580966/8 "2011-05-06T17:15:55Z")
Both of these bills crack me up. Every few years or so I hear about some weirdo or another accused of having sex with an animal. For all I know, it’s the same weirdo, or the same story repeated. I can’t imagine people having sex with animals is so prevalent a law has to be enacted to curtail its practice. Perhaps I’m being naive, but I don’t believe sex with animals is something someone who’s not severely mentally ill does, so what would a law do? As far as the “droopy drawers” bill is concerned, what are they going to do prosecute half the kids in the state? And then what? What’ll this do that a suspension won’t? Stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-the-point/580966/9 "2011-05-06T18:34:23Z")
> [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](#): > > Sheep, mostly. Now, that’s not fair; I heard it was goats and horses. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-the-point/580966/10 "2011-05-06T19:00:01Z")
So choking goats is illegal. Can you still choke your chicken? ---
**Author:** ![PoorYorick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@PoorYorick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoorYorick)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-the-point/580966/11 "2011-05-06T19:17:24Z")
Since the last election, Florida has pretty much turned into a laboratory for a vast Republican utopia. The crazy is thick and furious here. It almost makes me miss Louisiana, where at least they were honest about their corruption.