The Lighter Side Of The News

[bloodyrosemccoy]

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Here’s an interesting hypothetical question for you.  If you are an old lady in a nice neighborhood, and a CEO files plans with the city to demolish your house and build a stadium, what do you do?

 

Dot Reid’s solution was to file another plan to demolish the CEO’s mansion and put in a community garden.

As someone with a 90-year-old Gram who is under fire by Evil CEOs, I find this to be a delicious idea. I wonder where I can send a donation.

Thankee to ysabetwordsmith for the link.

And as long as we’re enjoying The Lighter Side of the News, have some rescued baby ducks. Isn’t it amazing what heroic measures people seem to be willing to go to for ducks? I suggest that ducks become the next big plot thickener. I brainstormed some ideas in karjack’s journal, which I reprint here:

I mean, come on it's too easy: the toxin is threatening the happy little community. The mayor refuses to act. Then--MY GOD--the toxin threatens the DUCK POND! The mayor realizes his hubris!

Or: The cop is in a hot, on-foot pursuit of the suspect. But suddenly he spots a bunch of baby ducks stuck in a storm drain! The cop stops, losing precious seconds, during his moral dilemma: should he save the ducks, or the orphaned cancer patient the suspect has in his Serial Killer Dungeon, which only the suspect himself knows the location to? He is TORN!

Or: Our heroine is spunky and feisty, and meets a handsome but smirky man who she can't stand and is thrown together with him in the duke's court. Even though she hates him, he also captivates her--and she realizes she loves him when he saves some baby ducks from being trampled by a knight's warhorse. (Alternate plot: she discovers he is sensitive when he confesses that he is TORMENTED because his failure at the Battle of Ga'zorn caused the deaths of hundreds of ducks.)

Or: The hydraulic door slowly rises. Out steps Ripley in a big mechanical forklift suit. She stomps ponderously out into the cargo hold to confront the alien queen, and utters the immortal line, "Get away from those ducks, you BITCH."

The possibilities are endless. Dammit, I could do this all day. 

Comments

[dinogrrl.livejournal.com]

I think I like this Reid lady :}.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_wastrel/]

Turnabout is fair-play. I don't like how it doesn't sound that her plan is being taken as seriously as the CEO's, but that's what money seems to do. u_u

"I'm not really a big duck fan. Their skin looks sort of human."

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

Actually, the people who don't seem to be taking her plan seriously happen to be from the CEO's company. As for the city council, you get this:

A council spokeswoman said: "Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council has received a planning application from a resident of Kirkby relating to the demolition of a property in Cuffley and use of the space as a community garden.

"This application will go through the normal planning process."

Even if they're not quite taking it seriously, they're clearly enjoying the idea, and going to ACT as though they take it seriously.

I think you're right that the money probably will play a big influence, but it works pretty well even as a publicity stunt.

[queenlyzard.livejournal.com]

Awesome! I'll send in a donation too. And the community garden can be a haven for baby ducks. (I got to pet a baby duck at the zoo last weekend! It was so cute! I will totally chase away the big bad aliens...)