Bone to Pick - Yes - You

Right, Ninemsn you have finally done it. 'Flock it' section is about to send me into a searing rage, not only for the fact that this week the stories have not change much at all and it bores me, and the following article:

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/847121/nz-children-mistook-dead-body-for-croc

Now - I am not one to judge any sort of parenting skills, mostly because my parenting resume lists 'potentially negligent and lacks any real idea of what to do with small humans', and I am definatly the 'fun' aunty that hands assorted nephews back when the tears start to well. BUT THIS, I will highlight in point form.

1. The title alone, 'NZ children mistook dead body for croc'... I have never seen a dead body, am not particularly keen on ever seeing one for that matter, but at what point does a poor womans body take the form of a dead reptilian? Also - well played NineMsn for luring me into another 'flock it' peice.

2. They played with said 'crocodile body' for 11 DAYS!! Not a few hours, not a day or two, not even for the weekend, 11 DAYS!! Where were the parents of this pack of wild kids that decided poking dead crocodiles was fun, for 11 days of adventure???

3. 'It was not until a parent tried to fish the body out on Wednesday that anyone suspected anything'. So, a lovely caring parent, atfer 11 days of frolicking leisurely around the 'Leisure Centre' decided that they should try and FISH THE BODY OUT, and that only at that point was there anything suspect. AND, its in New Zealand which I am pretty sure is not renound for its flourishing population of crocodile, so wouldn't just a dead crocodile/body in a small pond arouse suspicion on its own?

4. ' A neighbour said he saw a pack of about 10 boys poking it with sticks'...I wish I had more neighbours like that, that not only would not stop my children poking a dead body with sticks, but also referring to them as a 'pack'. Concerned parent? I think not.

In summing up, 11 days poking a dead body in a swamp thinking it was a crocodile...Hmm, suggestions for the Government of NZ/Local Area, more activities for kids, more education of WHAT SPECIES YOU ARE FUCKING POKING WITH A STICK FOR A FORTNIGHT!

Peace.