"Just pretend these sacs of bran are your income..." Was it just me, or did it read like something out of a Commedia?
(either that, or the Public Service Message on TV from an episode of the Young Ones:
ANNOUNCER: With Christmas only four months away, imagine that this desktop is a crowded shopping street on a busy Saturday morning. And say, for instance, that this huge meringue...
[he places a huge meringue on the desktop]...
filled with whipped cream is a young mother loaded down with her groceries. And perhaps this enormous, soggy, overripe tomato...
[he produces one and places it next to the meringue]
...is a tiny little girl - who doesn't realize what a dangerous place her exciting new world is. And let's assume that this cling-film parcel...
[he produces a plastic-wrapped pile of mush]...
of mashed banana and jam is a deaf senior citizen...Who's in a wheelchair...And is blind. And this cricket bat with a breeze block nailed to it...
[he produces said item]...
is your car. Now what happens if your car mounts the pavement?
[ANNOUNCER swiftly smashes all three items to bits with the cricket bat. WHAM! WHAM! WHAM! WHAM! WHAM!]
Think once! Think twice! Think DON'T DRIVE YOUR CAR ON THE PAVEMENT!)
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You're right
Date: 2004-11-02 05:56 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-11-02 06:47 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-11-02 10:27 am (UTC)(either that, or the Public Service Message on TV from an episode of the Young Ones:
ANNOUNCER: With Christmas only four months away, imagine that this desktop is a crowded shopping street on a busy Saturday morning. And say, for instance, that this huge meringue...
[he places a huge meringue on the desktop]...
filled with whipped cream is a young mother loaded down with her groceries. And perhaps this enormous, soggy, overripe tomato...
[he produces one and places it next to the meringue]
...is a tiny little girl - who doesn't realize what a dangerous place her exciting new world is. And let's assume that this cling-film parcel...
[he produces a plastic-wrapped pile of mush]...
of mashed banana and jam is a deaf senior citizen...Who's in a wheelchair...And is blind. And this cricket bat with a breeze block nailed to it...
[he produces said item]...
is your car. Now what happens if your car mounts the pavement?
[ANNOUNCER swiftly smashes all three items to bits with the cricket bat. WHAM! WHAM! WHAM! WHAM! WHAM!]
Think once! Think twice! Think DON'T DRIVE YOUR CAR ON THE PAVEMENT!)
Oh, sorry. Did I starting quoting again? 8P