The Big Bad Blog would like to wish a happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers out there.

Except, of course, for the British mothers, who had theirs in March. And the French, who have theirs at the end of the month. And the Norwegians who had theirs in February. And the Kenyans (June), Costa Ricans (August), Argentinians (October), and Panamaniacs (December … and that’s what you call someone from Panama, right? A Panamaniac?)

And I could go on. And on. And on. I’m pretty sure that most places don’t celebrate today as Mother’s Day, but it’s the most popular of the bunch, and I’m Canadian, and it’s Canadian Mother’s Day. So that’s good enough.

Here are three of my favourite Canadian mothers:

They say that if you can think of it, it exists on the Internet.

Well, it seems that somebody took a moment to think about Japanese girls licking doorknobs. Let us all now curse that person.

Amen.

Photo of grandma as a superhero by Sacha Goldberger. Found at My Modern Metropolis.
Webcomic is Olgaf, which is almost certainly not safe for your workplace most days.

I have driven in many different countries, and ridden as a passenger in still more. While driving on the left vs driving on the right gets the most attention, it is pretty much trivial. More interesting is the comparative use of stop signs and yield signs, roundabouts and intersections, the existence of clearly demarked rules of the road versus what looks like chaos (but somehow still functions).

So it is quite interesting to find out that we would all get to our destinations more quickly (and be safer in the process) if left turns were eliminated. Or, presumably, right turns here in England.

While dimly aware that there ought to be people out there who study such traffic issues, the complete lack of consistency in regards to traffic management from country to country gave the impression that these people might not actually exist.

Now that they do, when do their recommendations start to go into effect?

Photo by Sacha Goldberger. See the full set at My Modern Metropolis

Today’s webcomic is Bug by Adam Huber.

A woman goes into a pharmacy and buys some cold medication for her husband. A few days later she returns, and buys cold medication for her daughter. The authorities, noting her insane drug rampage, promptly arrest her and charge her with a crime.

In addition to being completely insane to begin with, the original story is full of quotes from the prosecutor such as “the law does not make this distinction” and “I’m simply enforcing the law as it was written”. When your law sweeps up completely innocent people along with the criminals, it is broken. Fix it.

An “artist” has built a dark tunnel — but that is not the art exhibit. The “art” is that he has promised to attempt to rape anybody who enters the tunnel. His last piece of “art” was to punch people in the face.

A tip to identity thieves: If you have stolen a person’s identity, do not ask that person for a credit card application.