'Who do I have to kiss to become a toad?' -Germany has a budget problem. But they just had to spend $300,000.00 on five toad tunnels because they promised the environmentalists that if they built a building in a conservation area that they'd do something for nature somewhere else.
So they are sinking all that cash into five toad tunnels that are designed to let toads travel underneath the roads in the suburb of Luebars thus avoiding becoming toad-cakes.
Under the deal, five 33-foot tunnels for frogs and toads are to be built by July under roads in the suburb of Luebars. The project will offer safe passage to an estimated 4,000 amphibians each year, ministry officials said.
Germany is trying to trim spending and social programs to shrink a budget deficit that has exceeded a European Union limit for the past two years.
The Foreign Ministry said it will make up the money spent on toad tunnels with budget savings elsewhere.
Now who among you actually believes that these 4,000 toads will really use these tunnels? After all, I seem to remember reading that one of the reasons toads migrate to roads is because the fumes from the cars attracted bugs which thus attracts toads.
What Germany should be doing is sinking all that cash into my teleportation experiments. I promise no frogs will be injured.
