16-06-2012, 01:19 PM
Lawrence wrote "If everything in the world was rational the nothing would get done"
Our local council put out tenders for the household waste collection service (a rational decision)
They accepted a competitive tender thinking it would save the council tax payers some money (another rational decision)
A couple of months has gone by and we have not yet received the new recycling bags from the new waste collection company, maybe I should 'phone them to see what's going on (a rational thought)
Hang on a minute if I phone them then that means I have to pay for the phone call (another rational thought)
I won't phone them I will just wait and see what happens (Hmm I'm not sure if that's rational or irational as I'm not a particularly educated man)
The weeks go by, still no recycling bags, me thinks I need to do something about this (rational thought)
Me thinks again.
Me thinks of a solution (another rational thought)
The solution is to give all the cans to the lads at the end of our lane and they can weigh them in when they do their scrap run on Saturdays ( a very rational thought and action, as the end result means I am still saving the planet by being a model citizen)
But what about the glass bottles?
I will dispose of them myself ( a rational thought from a truly model citizen)
But where?....Me thinks ( a rational process in itself)
Got it....a solution that is.
Smash up the glass bottles wrap the broken glass up in several layers of newspaperand put them in the ordinary household waste bags for collection (Hmm my model citizen rating has just taken a dive)
Hang on a minute...arn't I suppose to recycle the newspaper in order to save all the trees? (my model citizen rating has now turned into a ne'r do well.
Me thinks b****cks to it I'm past caring anymore besides I feed the birdies and the squirells every day so that should make up for it (i'm now getting irate and irational)
Hang on there's a knock at the door...it's the council police wagging there moral fingers, they say I'm a very very naughty boy and accused me of irational behavior
To which I replied ..Listen mate, if everything in the world was rational.........................
I guess that is what I was meaning.
Lawrence.
Our local council put out tenders for the household waste collection service (a rational decision)
They accepted a competitive tender thinking it would save the council tax payers some money (another rational decision)
A couple of months has gone by and we have not yet received the new recycling bags from the new waste collection company, maybe I should 'phone them to see what's going on (a rational thought)
Hang on a minute if I phone them then that means I have to pay for the phone call (another rational thought)
I won't phone them I will just wait and see what happens (Hmm I'm not sure if that's rational or irational as I'm not a particularly educated man)
The weeks go by, still no recycling bags, me thinks I need to do something about this (rational thought)
Me thinks again.
Me thinks of a solution (another rational thought)
The solution is to give all the cans to the lads at the end of our lane and they can weigh them in when they do their scrap run on Saturdays ( a very rational thought and action, as the end result means I am still saving the planet by being a model citizen)
But what about the glass bottles?
I will dispose of them myself ( a rational thought from a truly model citizen)
But where?....Me thinks ( a rational process in itself)
Got it....a solution that is.
Smash up the glass bottles wrap the broken glass up in several layers of newspaperand put them in the ordinary household waste bags for collection (Hmm my model citizen rating has just taken a dive)
Hang on a minute...arn't I suppose to recycle the newspaper in order to save all the trees? (my model citizen rating has now turned into a ne'r do well.
Me thinks b****cks to it I'm past caring anymore besides I feed the birdies and the squirells every day so that should make up for it (i'm now getting irate and irational)
Hang on there's a knock at the door...it's the council police wagging there moral fingers, they say I'm a very very naughty boy and accused me of irational behavior
To which I replied ..Listen mate, if everything in the world was rational.........................
I guess that is what I was meaning.
Lawrence.
