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The Universe is a strange place. If we were to believe what scientists told us, we would er..well... be science enthusiasts.
But let me not derail the train of my thoughts at such a downmarket station.
Yes. The Universe is a strange place. It incorporates within its fabric [ which i think is dark stonewashed terrywool. Many things are explained if the fabric of the universe is assumed to be dark stonewashed terrywool. For example : Space, Shrinkage, Obesity and Freckles. Even Blackheads. ]..
Again. Yes. The Universe is a strange place. It incorporates within its fabric inane phenomena such as: Repetition. [ which in turn, with large enough gaps and opportunity to forget, doubles up as Deja vu]But I have heard from not very reliable sources that the Universe is expanding continuously like the elastic on old underwear and that like all such elastic it will, one day, snap.
This has often led our brightest scientists to ask: Can we, in the heart of Tokyo, bring sound output which matches the last snap of the universe, to fit into 3 nanometer sony speakers? This question only makes our Universe stranger. If you think about it, all over the world, at this very minute, people are asking questions like this.
The Little Monster Sony speakers are good news for the Replacable Ear Manufacturers in Tanzania, though. Tanzania, i'll have you know, runs its entire economy on profits from Replacable Ear Manufacturers. The industry, ofcourse traces its beginning to the screening of the Clint Eastwood movie, 'Django' in Central Dodoma in the year 1968. After watching the famous ear ripping scene in the movie, a whole bunch of National Socialists decided to wear the poncho of capitalism and supply the shortage of ears in the American markets. This spurt in the investment in REM units, was further fuelled by the wrong interpretation of a John F.Kennedy speech. The combination of Kennedy's speech ("America has lost too many valuable [y]Ears. We will now put a man on the moon") and a malevolent maelstrom over the Pacific ocean that erased the man on the moon line, for listeners in East Africa, led to this mad rush to set up REMs.In course of time, the REM top honchos realized that there was only a very niche and terribly segmented:) market for Replacable Ears. But by then 92% of the adult population [ age 7 and above ] of Tanzania were employed by REMs. It was too late to turn back. So the REM consortium borrowed huge sums of money from the Worldbank and deposited all the money in Swiss accounts. Immediately after this event, the top honchos handed over the reins to their subordinates and left the country to settle in Monaco. The new top honchos did the same thing and over the years most of the population left Tanzania to lead rich and langurous lives in Monaco.Today, there are only 18 people left in Tanzania, and they have been left holding the bag. Their only hope is to sell off their entire stock of Replacable Ears to McDonalds and leave for Monaco immediately.
As an aside, the band REM does not stand for Rapid-Eye-Movement.But this was not what i had originally wanted to write. I have a Time Travel story about the intrepid C.W.Briggs which comes next.