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April 3, 2006
Brits Spend 33 Million encouraging women and minorities to fish
From the you-cant-make-this-sh1t-up department, the brits are actually spending $33 million to encourage women and minorities to fish more. I kid you not.
About 4 million people enjoy a quiet afternoon on the river bank each year, but the government has determined that today's fishermen are too white, too male and too middle-aged, the Sunday Telegraph reported.
The Environment Agency will use money raised each year by the sale of fishing licenses to pay for a new leaflet entitled "10 things you should know about angling."
"Angling does not discriminate against gender, race, age or athletic ability" and the "Government is interested in angling in the context of social inclusion in deprived urban areas," the leaflet says.
Posted by Peenie Wallie on April 3, 2006 at 1:31 AM
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