I really do learn something new everyday

Today, I learned that if the American Flag touches the ground for any reason, it must be properly destroyed.  I think it's kind of a waste of perfectly good fabric to destroy the flag when it touched the ground by accident or force of Mother Nature.  The flagpole at work was broken during a storm over the weekend and the flag fell.  It's not like anything purposely tried to desecrate the flag.  I suppose us Americans could have pissed off Mother Nature and she could have done it on purpose.  But, what do I know?  I also learned that the flag must be folded in a triangle like the military folds them before it can be destroyed.  After a bit of Googling, we figured out exactly how to do that and a coworker and I set to work folding it perfectly.  Sort of.  We did our best, but it wasn't perfect by any stretch of the imagination.  I'm sure someone could have us arrested for flag desecration.