http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/st-charles-festival-clips-sugar-plum-fairy-s-wings-after/article_b826c8b1-47b1-50ee-951f-08827d864ad2.html
Posted on 11/14/2011 5:36:01 PM PST by Second Amendment First
I am not a Christmas character, so I am allowed to know naughty words, and I thought of several after reading Susan Weich's account of the firing of the Sugar Plum Fairy.
The story was in Saturday's newspaper.
Laura Coppinger is the Sugar Plum Fairy. At least, she used to be. She played the role for the last six years during the Christmas Traditions festival in St. Charles. This year, festival hiring came under the control of the city of St. Charles, and because all city employees are required to take a drug test, Coppinger had to go to a local testing facility to give a urine sample. She filled a cup and then flushed the toilet. She said she did so out of habit.
That makes sense.
But it turns out a person is not supposed to flush the toilet. That's because a person could use the incoming water to dilute their sample. That doesn't make sense. If water can dilute the sample, a person could use water that was already in the toilet. Or she could quietly run the tap.
Besides, don't these tests reveal the presence or the lack of drugs? What would it matter if the sample were diluted?
(Excerpt) Read more at stltoday.com ...
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/st-charles-festival-clips-sugar-plum-fairy-s-wings-after/article_b826c8b1-47b1-50ee-951f-08827d864ad2.html
Why is the city government putting on this show in the first place? Is that really a government responsibility?
The thing is, government loves fairies. Real ones.
No different than a town putting on a parade. It attracts people to the shops and restaurants, enhancing their business as well as the towns coffers from tax revenues.
You mean the rainbow ones.
If water can dilute the sample, a person could use water that was already in the toilet. Or she could quietly run the tap.ummm no... the last test i took had BLUE water in the bowl and red plastic tape over the water faucet handles
Did she hit the streets, lookin’ for soul food and a place to eat?
A hustle here and a hustle there
Every single molecule of water on this earth has already been through the digestive tract of something. So , yes, you are drinking someone else’s pee.
Can’t even follow simple instructions ... seems to be epidemic these days. Probably should be kept off the streets as she might get hit crossing the street as she probably couldn’t be trusted to follow crossing instructions.
Mark Morford is still alive and well. It’s not working.
Fairies wear boots and you gotta believe me.
The image of Bawney Fwank popped into my mind the instant I read your headline
When did this become a government responsibility? Shouldn't the local Rotary handle this?
The Sugar Plum Fairy was just arrested at Penn State.. for child abuse..
Then they let him go... because he was Joe Paterno’s friend..
The people in Pennsylvania must love Fairys..
Well, *&#$!
St. Charles has many fetivals and they are attended by 100s of thousands of people. The festivals bring a lot of revenue to the retail operations in town.
They are known for their great festivals including a rendevous where blackpowder shooting contests are held on the river front.
St. Charles is known as a fun town. Always something going on.
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