by The world has been at peace today, Monday. Strangers greeted each other with warm hellos, and traffic flowed congestion-free for the first time ever. Supermarkets opened their doors early with quality goods at their best ever prices, providing exceptional quality to the consumer. These like-for-like prices promoted sales which have never before been seen, and provided a much needed boost to the global economy.
Companies which damage the environment, whether for ‘profit’ or ‘research’ have found themselves subject to a new environmental levy of 75% of their turnover if they do not prove what they do harms the planet in any way. If they prove they harm the planet, their levy increases to 90%. Win win all around apart from those companies that damage the environment.
Warmer temperatures mean more tourism, and the tourism industry is welcoming a sharp increase in numbers due to the current temperatures. Experts advise the numbers will level off, as the environment begins to adjust to legislation changes, but with countries experiencing a boost in income due to the consumer quality sales promotion this will be counter-balanced. This in turn means that more tourists will stay home to explore their home lands and islands, adding a further boost to the local economy.
Bicycle sales are up, and smog levels are down. The air has never been fresher! Open those high-rise windows and smell the freshness!
In other news, schools are saying…
Huh? Snort. Wha???
I – erm – I didn’t fall asleep there. I was pretending…
Posted for Eugenia’s Brew’N’Spew Café. Link below…
Tom, this is excellent and very timely! You had me almost believing this or at least, wanting to believe it. Well done and thank you for joining the challenge.
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My pleasure once again, Eugenia.
This one is easy to pretend, I would hope.
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Me too! Thank you for joining the challenge.
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Reblogged this on BrewNSpew.
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If only… Great post!
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Indeed, Bette. Thank you.
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Dream on, Tom. 😰
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I know, Sylvia.
It’s worth a try though!
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It does sound good doesn’t it. Who knows?….Maybe tomorrow.
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One never knows, Beverly! 😀
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The second last line made me snort too! For a second I thought I was reading the vision of a modern day utopian manifesto and was deeply intrigued 😉
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Ah yes… Utopia.
A mere pipe dream! 😀
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That was the best news I’ve read for ages 👍
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Thanks, Elaine.
There’s a lot of not very good news out there.
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With the clock running down to the point humanity basically screws itself, the ongoing slaughter of species and the eventual end of the Earth as we know it all we can do is watch as the greedy bastards at the top of the tree happily feed their ongoing rape of the planet and governments continue to seek advantage and maintain their status quo while Mother Nature bleeds to death.
Want a definition of suicide?
You’re looking at it…
Blessed Be.
Prenin.
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Those who can do something don’t, Prenin. And those who can’t try.
It’s all we can do.
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What a wonderful world it would be! A wonderful post Tom.
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Thanks, Hélène. A pipe dream, I know, but one worth having!
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What a pleasure to wake up to good news.. Thank you for that, Tom.
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My pleasure, Violet.
We have to get it where we can nowadays, don’t we? 😀
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It was a good dream while it lasted! 🙂
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So true, Diane. Just waiting for it to become the norm now…
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