Enoch the Red

Down the Well - The Law of Unintended Consequences - Part 1

My Toilet:
In an effort to reduce water usage, low-flow toilets became all the rage... and then, lo and behold... law. Studies have demonstrated that overall toilet water use to dispose of refuse has increased as a result of having to flush multiple times.

My Well:
The DNR of Wisconsin recently mandated special dispensation for those of us with well water, in an effort to reduce "undesireable runoff". When I contacted the city attorney to see what could be done after the dispensation due date had come a passed, he indicated there was nothing to do but get rid of the well. I had the well tested and it was cleaner than a nun's rap sheet. So, I went back to the City Attorney and showed him the results.

"They're committed to this, Mr. Collins."

"But there is no run-off issue here. The water is pure."

"You know that and I know that, but that's not the point."

"What is the point then?"

"Who gets paid when you're forced to be on the grid, Mr. Collins?"

"Oh, right... I should've known."

So now, good readers, I will be taxing the MMSD for resources, when before I was just fine. In addition, I had the city water tested. My Well Water was by far more pure.

Bottle-Feeding:
In the mid-50s & into the 60s, there was a massive push to provide powdered milk donations to third-world countries. God knows, feeding at your mothers breast when she can barely clothe herself is not a good idea. So, we shipped it down, subsidized it, and ran it through the World Bank. Guess what? hundreds of thousands died. Turns out, the recipient parents mixed it with... get this... water (per instructions). Something about microbial bacterium.


Devils in the details I guess.

posted by Root @ 1/24/2006 02:42:00 PM