Our health minister wants us to send our parents to JB

These hard times must be especially difficult for our world class ministers. In fact, I think the stress is so getting to them that they're starting to sprout nonsense. Maybe not exactly illogical but not something you'll want published by the local press when you hope to get re-elected right? Maybe they need a vacation in France.

First there was Charles Chong and his "lesser mortals" remark, and now we have the people's favorite minister suggesting that Singaporeans "put" their elderly parents in nursing homes in Johor Baru:

Mr Khaw added: 'Of course many visit daily, but quite a significant number visit only during the weekends, so what is the difference in putting them in Johor Baru?'

I don't know about you, but I think a smarter way to say it would be "what is the difference if they stay in Johor Baru?". Slightly better right.

And then our brilliant minister goes on to say that:

If any medical problems cropped up, the elderly could be taken back to Singapore by ambulance, he said. (Incidentally, the grammar here is funny isn't it? It should be "crop" and "can". If it was past tense - which doesn't make sense here - it should be "If any medical problems had cropped up")

I wonder when was the last time he went across the causeway. Or maybe he's assuming people who're cheapskate enough to "put" their elderly parents in a nursing home in JB because it's cheap will be able to afford heli-evacuating their parents back to a local hospital in times of emergency.

Maybe there will be an ambulance lane at our causeways. No jam, no immigration check. That would be good news; prices of marijuana would drop. And perhaps it'll rejuvenate the illegal porn dvd/vcd industry in Singapore.

Anyway, you can read the comma-ridden article here.

Oh, The Minister has one redeeming quality though; he contributed in a very significant way to a sight for sore eyes. That makes it all okay :)