Food fights

Don’t know much about history: On this day in 1767, Great Britain announced the Townsend Revenue Act, which set duties for glass, paint, oil, lead, paper and tea in the American colonies.

Protests followed with colonists dumping glass, paint, oil, lead, paper and finally tea into Boston Harbor, igniting the American Revolution but angering crabs, lobsters and other marine life.

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Timbit, William? The visit of Prince William and his wife, Kate, to Canada later this week has again raised the question of Canada’s ties to the monarchy. A poll taken last year before the queen’s visit found that 52 percent of Canadians saw the monarchy as an important part of Canadian identity, while 44 percent viewed it as part of Canada’s past.

The remaining 4 percent, most dressed in Vancouver Canuck jerseys, planned to protest by dumping poutine, Molson Canadian and Tim Horton’s coffee in front of The Bay department store.

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Ain’t nobody here but us chickens: Arlington officials are rewriting the city’s code to make it more practical for residents to raise chickens in back yards. Under the new law, up to seven chickens would be allowed and coops must be kept clean, but roosters would not be permitted in the city limits.

The hens, however, plan to protest and have armed themselves with rotten eggs.

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