Swaziland (in Southern Africa) institutes new law against high flying witches.

[georgelappies]

Crazy I know, here is the news article:

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5330/9013940988_39b97d0a4c_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/79382089@N03/9013940988/)
swazi-witches (http://www.flickr.com/photos/79382089@N03/9013940988/) by georgelappies (http://www.flickr.com/people/79382089@N03/), on Flickr

http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Swazi-broomstick-flying-witches-to-fly-low-20130515

Included a link to a reputable news site (the CNN of South Africa) carrying the story as well so as to make any sense to anybody reading this post :)

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[QIII]

Wut!?

[elliotn]

nguka Mswati lapho akudlalwa bayatsakatsa (its Swaziland if u don't know, they witchcraft like nobody's business [in Swazi language])

[mips]

Wut!?

This is for real I kid you not :biggrin:

[coffeecat]

Sounds reasonable to me. A witch has a much larger mass than a goose or duck and could cause much more mayhem if sucked into an engine of an aircraft making its final descent. And that's not taking into account the damage the broomstick could do either.

Perhaps someone needs to tell Harry Potter to pass the word around at Hogwarts. He could use an owl to deliver memos to all the other students. So long as the owl isn't a big one and flying at above 150m in restricted airspace, I suppose. :-k

:wink:

[Bandit]

Well crud, looks like I will have to leave my broom at home next time I head over to South Africas Swaziland.. Someone better email Merry Poppins to forget her umbrella as well...

[QIII]

Mrs QIII is very unhappy about this.

[prodigy_]

However, witchcraft isn't a joking matter in Swaziland.
Hm, I thought everything was a joking matter in Swaziland. I stand corrected.

[buzzingrobot]

Well crud, looks like I will have to leave my broom at home next time I head over to South Africas Swaziland.. .

Swaziland is independent, not part of South Africa. Would be better off if it was.

The country is governed, in a manner of speaking, by Africa's last all-powerful monarch. A constitution and a parliament of sorts do exist. But, via a combination of rampant corruption, stunning incompetence, and meek deference to the royal will, Swaziland has become a failed state waiting to happen. Among other attributes, it has the highest HIV rate on the planet.

[PJs Ronin]

We should try and understand the beliefs of another culture and empathize; to many Swazis, witches may very well be real. There are plenty of other instances in modern life where the 'unimaginable' is taken as gospel.

Tongue being removed from cheek.

[HermanAB]

Hmm, I searched all over but cannot find a broom spell.

Can anybody help me out?

http://www.spellsofmagic.com/spells/luck_spells/good_luck_spells/5703/page.html

[mips]

Well crud, looks like I will have to leave my broom at home next time I head over to South Africas Swaziland.. Someone better email Merry Poppins to forget her umbrella as well...

Africa is a continent with many countries (54) and Swaziland is not part of South Africa (Replublic of), it's an independent country ;)

[Sef]

Lonely Planet's map of Swaziland (http://www.lonelyplanet.com/maps/africa/swaziland/).

[Gremlinzzz]

: Does the law apply to Warlocks too?
Maybe if Witch's wore pants they would change that law.

[llanitedave]

Does this mean no more Quidditch?

[odiseo77]

I wonder if vampires and UFOs are forbidden to fly too... Though on a second thought vampires are not from the southern hemisphere, so I guess there's no need to create a law against them :)

[HermanAB]

There are vampire bats in the southern hemisphere: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire_bat

So I guess that is where northern hemisphere vampires go to hang out.

[odiseo77]

Sure, but I meant vampires (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire), like those that are often seen in Transylvania... Though, I've just realized there are vampires in Africa too (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire#Africa) :)

[llanitedave]

Anywhere that there are lawyers, there will be vampires.

[odiseo77]

Anywhere that there are lawyers, there will be vampires.

I agree :D

[wildmanne39]

I got a big laugh out of it.:lolflag: