h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Ladies and gentlemen, I'll keep tonights rant short. I work at a local hunting and fishing supply store. I spend a large part of my day selling hunting and fishing licenses for the great state of California. It never dawned on me to realy read them until today. There are two basic kinds of hunting and fishing licenses in California, resident and non-resident. Someone buying a non-resident license is a person who does not live in California, therefor, on the non-resident hunting or fishing licenses, the buyer is asked to identify their state of residence. A resident is a person who does live in the state of California. So would someone kindly explain to me why the Department of Fish and Game feels it necessary to waste time and space on resident hunting and fishing licenses by asking the buyer to identify their state of residence. Maybe I'm missing something here, maybe there is method to the maddness. Somehow however, I think the moron who designed these delightful little pieces of paper was suffering from a case of Rectal-Cranial-Inversion. Who knows? Tell me what you think. I look forward to hearing from you. If you have other glaring examples of government stupidty, please don't hesitate to share them.