Legal update

 According to Oddity Central, which cites Newtalk.tw, a couple in Taiwan managed to get themselves an extended paid vacation by taking advantage of a loophole. The applicable regulation requires employers to provide workers who are getting married with eight days of paid leave. It is probably being amended as we speak to include some limitation on the number of marriages within one year that can qualify for this benefit, because the report says that last April, a couple got married four times within a 37-day period so that the husband could claim 32 days of paid leave. - Lowering the Bar

Is It Legal to Shoot Fish with a Gun? The answer: Yes, but only (1) on Lake Champlain, Vermont, between March 25 and May 25; (2) in Virginia between April 15 and May 31, except for Sundays, on that portion of the Clinch River within Scott County; (3) in Alaska, if the fish are onboard a vessel after having been legally caught; or (4) in Hawaii, if the fish is a tuna or billfish that has already been caught and gaffed, or is a shark.A much better answer: No, with a few narrow exceptions. - Lowering the Bar