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Castro and Jacko: Ever Seen Them Together?

International eccentrics (OK, nutcases) think alike: A few weeks after deposed King of Pop Michael Jackson claimed an apparently wounded left foot was caused by a spider bite, Hollywood's favorite dictator Fidel Castro explained away a week out of the public eye by claiming an unidentified bug bite -- also on his left leg -- was to blame. "It was my duty to protect my beloved left leg," the dashing despot declared. "It has never betrayed me. I couldn't betray it now." Note to entomologists: I know a spider is not technically an insect, though often colloquially (and unfairly, to be sure) condemned as a bug.

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|12.27.02 @ 10:03AM|

Given that 'bug' is a colloquial term, there ought be no scientific slur in lumping arachnids and insects together.

Sorta like 'nutcases'.

Have a wonderful New Year Brian and To all at Hit & Run,

Ran

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