I was talking with Deb, just the other day, about how the key to a good drug-smuggling ring in a small place like NZ was to get the job of teaching the dogs to detect drugs. My idea was to teach the dogs to alert to the substances - unless the people/case were wearing a specific scent, like cinnamon rubbed on their hands or an obscure but penetrating purfume. That way, everyone would get caught except my syndicate members, which is good for prices and profit.
And now, it seems, some bloody incompetent Aussie had to take it too far. There's no point if the dogs never alert to a substance, you're just helping out your rivals and sending up a screaming red flag to your boss! Dickhead.
Talking of Australian stupidity (or is it just crafty selfishness?), compare the approach of Australia and that of Japan (I won't link to it since it takes registration, but it's from the nytimes.com website) to air-conditioning energy needs.
Australia is basically producing more coal to burn to run air conditioners.
Japan has a 'Cool Biz' initiative that demands office air conditioners be 27deg Celcius (*phew*!) and that men should not wear suit jacket or ties in the office, allowing them to keep cooler without turning on the air-con.
You know an ad that is annoying me at the moment? That Smokefree Day ad. A worthy cause, no doubt, but the text of the ad is drivel:
"I wish there was no gravity. I wish our feet knew no boundaries. I wish it rained gold. I wish we lived in a smokefree world."
- If there was no gravity on earth, we would die.
- If our feet knew no boundaries, we would probably have to adapt to walking on our hands, or possibly crawling on our knees, because feet would become rather unreliable. Either way, I'm pretty sure it would be bad for the economy.
- If it rained gold, we would all die and the earth would be utterly poisoned.
So excuse me if I don't want to take a risk with a Smokefree world.
you're right! Very bad for the economy indeed!
Posted by: matt at May 29, 2005 07:49 PM