Only in America

          So I was watching Larry the Cable Guy the other night, which is the custom of my people, and they had an interesting diversion. A castle is being built in Arkansas…a real castle. Must be to defend Little Rock from looting and pillaging.

          The guy footing the bill for the construction had the stipulation that everything be built as it was in the 12th Century. So tools are forged by hand and stone is cut by hand. I think the emerging theme here is….by hand. The project has a blacksmith, lumberjacks, a horse crew and a bunch of masons, who some might say are the power brokers behind the one world government, but look to me more like the old road crew from Foghat. They even have knights with swords and chain mail to protect the workers. I guess from looters and pillagers. But no electricity or bathrooms….for the next twenty years And you thought your workplace sucked.

          It can take more than five days to cut one block. Guess Rome wasn’t built in a day (but all roads do lead there). The workers are committed to seeing the twenty year construction project to fruition. Guess this would not be a good time to mention that rush cathedral project. At least they have job security.

          Turns out the guy paying for everything is a rich French dude who wants to show Americans what it was like to build medieval French castles. Perhaps he can’t get the internet. Only in America do we attract foreign wing nuts intent on enriching the lives of average folk like us with twenty year object lessons. We’ll check on these guy’s progress in 2030. I’ll take the flying car.