Oxen and men have much in common. Both come in many flavors: some are belligerent in temperament, others are peaceful. Both are gregarious and like to rally around their own.
In Hong Kong the people, or at least some of them, allow, when it comes to cattle, the peaceful variety to rally. At least that is what the newspaper headline said last Monday, “Hong Kong’s ‘valiant’ fighters let the ‘peaceful’ steer rally.”
Ah, punctuation! Who said it wasn’t important?
Now I hope they will soon pass a law that says, “Soldier’s weapons must be left at home to enter Hong Kong.” That will confuse everybody and leave the peaceful steer alone to do their rally.
But will the peaceful be left alone? That might be a mooh’d question. Sorry about that.
Have you driven one of the new ess-you-vees yet? They are called “keyless entry”. That is a euphemism. It is not true. It may be “hands free entry” but you still need a key. You cannot open the door unless you have your key in your pocket or handbag. Once in the car you can put it away. You start the engine by pushing on the big button in front of you. It is about the size of a silver dollar. To go forward or backward you move a small lever just behind the starting button. Which is reverse and which is forward you learn by bumping into the refrigerator in the garage. Steering, accelerating, and braking are the same as in your old car.