This could have happened anywhere. I am quite surprised at the plethora of "Well, Arkansas," comments.

This is the sort of idiotic humor that misses the point of the story. It's not a commentary on those 'slack-jawed yokels' who reside in Arkansas. It's an intriguing and sad human interest piece about negligence. I honestly don't see how the state it happens in has anything to do with it.

If this incident would have taken place in Illinois, New York, or California there wouldn't be this weird blame-the-state mentality.

I get it. It's easy to rag on Arkansas because it's in the South.

If you're going to say something about Arkansas, don't be cheap or clichéd about it (honestly, Duke boy references?). If you're going for humor, don't use the "Meet The Spartans" tactic of expecting something to be funny just because you say the word. Saying "Arkansas," and expecting a laugh is just ridiculous. I expected better from the readers of boingboing.

Oh, dad. We're *all* Devo.