Randomness Corner: Nebraska state flag flew upside down for ten days over the state capitol and no one noticed.

...said no one--ever.

Nebraska--a mythical barren land mass of corn and desperation that some claim exists in the middle of the United States--apparently had the state flag fly over the capitol in Lincoln FOR TEN DAYS before someone noticed it was upside down.

Was it a declaration of surrender to neighboring Kansas? Wyoming? There's a chance South Dakota has invaded at this point. Would anyone notice?

As if being forced to live in Nebraska wasn't humiliating enough, now the citizens realize their politicians can't recognize the state flag. Nebraska State Senator Burke Harr suggests the state redesign the flag so people actually knows what it looks like. This, despite criticism that the state has more important issues, like a looming budget deficit.

Harr disagrees. "[Nebraska] can walk and chew gum at the same time," he said.

Impressive!

Except Nebraska just can't raise or notice its own state flag at the same time, that's all.