Orrin Moves His Cynical Bogus Rabies Ploy to Bklyn

We thought 2010 would be a slow year for Dear Orrin. But in the home stretch, he concocts two new cynical bogus ploys. Last week's deals with autumn leaves.

But wait, this week's"new" ploy isn't really new at all. In fact, it's an extension of Dear Orrin's "logic" from his Cynical Bogus Rabies Ploy--except Central Park was so 2009. This year, he's moved it to Brooklyn's verdant Prospect Park.

We'll call this one Orrin's Cynical Bogus Rabies in Prospect Park Ploy (as compared to his first Cynical Bogus Rabies Ploy that concerned Central Park).

Same "arguments" from Orrin as his previous Cynical Bogus Rabies Ploy. And in fact, we have the same advice for Dear Orrin.

The Centers fir Disease Control has announced that canine rabies has been eradicated in the United States since at least 2007, and most dogs in NYC are actually vaccinated against the rabies virus, since the rules are that to be off-leash in a designated off leash park area one must have one's dog licensed, which means inoculated against rabies--a very strong argument could be made that dogs should stay exactly where they are--in the Long Meadow, Nethermead, and the Peninsula during the off-leash hours.

However, we must again warn Orrin that humans have no natural immunity against the rabies virus and very few receive humans receive inoculations. So if Orrin's so concerned about rabid raccoons, he should stay out of Prospect Park until the rabies threat blows over. We'd hate to see Orrin more rabid than he already is, and we'll miss him terribly.