Another thing for tourists to worry about in France....

[GoneOffShore]

Riviera Radio reports...

"Three people have been slightly injured and one person is in a state of shock after a large cactus fell on passers-by on the Avenue des Spélugues in Monaco on Thursday afternoon. Situated on the stairway which connects the Fairmont Hotel to Casino square access was closed while emergency services attended the scene".

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1. A thorny issue

[GoneOffShore]

2. And a sticky subject.

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3. Monaco, not France.

Sorry to be a thorn in your side.

Please don't get all prickly about it.

[GoneOffShore]

4. Ah, I knew that. But somehow Monaco wouldn't have gotten the same attention

And people always like to bust on France.

[Ptah]

5. Here in Arizona, it can be done for you. Or rather, you can do it to yourself.

Cactus plugging is the practice of vandalizing or destroying a cactus, usually a saguaro, for fun. The Extension Office of the University of Arkansas says that the activity usually involves an inebriated person shooting at a cactus until it falls over.

In 1982, David Grundman was killed while cactus plugging. After shooting at a saguaro cactus he poked at it to try to make it fall over and caused an arm of the cactus, weighing 500 pounds (230 kg) to fall on him. The trunk of the cactus then also fell on him.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cactus_plugging

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cactus-courageous/