5 Feet of Fury

Oh, the fun we shall have, or: “Police? Yeah, the guy at the U-Haul counter laughed at me. Again!”

A loyal reader emails this story, and comments:

Mississauga gets its own “hate crime” hot line.

OK, it’s only for L.G.B.T.’s (Lesbian! Gay! Bisexual! Transgendered!), but how long can it be until other groups (cough) demand a line of their own?

I’m curious as to what kind of advice the cops will be doling out. “Grow a thicker skin?” Naw, couldn’t be that. By the way, when did the cops get in the advice business? Was it when they got out of the “arresting criminals” business?

He also offered a suggestion involving automated dialing systems that I won’t repeat here.