I wish folks would put their trash cans and recycling bins in the street, to take up space from cars instead of forcing me off of the sidewalk.

#AModestProposal

Not until there is scoring for flavor and ease of preparation. #AModestProposal

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:7xmie5xibfni42bqbwamkgmw/post/3mlj4r5uaba2g
This can only mean one thing: we’ll save pedestrians and cyclists’ lives by putting them in cars. Please discuss amongst yourselves. #AModestProposal

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jg56koklewawajudcs6bxh6b/post/3mizu3hzxcs22
Adjusted for inflation, the cost of carbon steel blade guillotines has increased less than 10%. #AModestProposal

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:i3fhjvvkbmirhyu4aeihhrnv/post/3miprrlil6r22

The 365-day year has been subdivided a number of ways over time; the current 12 months of not-quite-uniform length with exceptions every 4 and every 100 years is undoubtedly messy. The French revolutionary calendar had 12 30-day months plus a 5 (or presumably 6) day "intercalary" period, but even that feels suboptimal.

Clearly the correct solution is five 73-day months. At least then the only variance is the leap year.

"My birthday is Julgustber 59th."

#AModestProposal #calendar #month #year #intercalary

#AChristmasCarol by #CharlesDickens

Journey through snowy London with Scrooge and three spirits to rediscover the true meaning of Christmas. A festive masterpiece for the soul! πŸŽ„βœ¨

Read here: https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/2018/11/a-christmas-carol-by-charles-dickens.html

#AModestProposal by #JonathanSwift

The ultimate masterclass in biting satire. Swift’s "proposal" remains one of the most shocking and powerful political critiques ever written. πŸ–‹οΈπŸ”₯

Read here: https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/2018/11/a-modest-proposal-by-jonathan-swift.html

A Christmas Carol By Charles Dickens

Guillotines are SO 18th century.

(T-shirts, sweatshirts, and hoodies are here. Stickers are on the way)

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https://calyxdesign.com/calyxworks/a-modest-proposal-woodchipper-main/

A modest proposal about popes...

So, another pope has died and his ashes will soon be emitted from the chimney on the Sistine Chapel. It is time to select a new pope.

But the pope has presided over a seemingly endless series of scandals for generations. They keep electing new popes, but the problems never go away. Why can't they solve these problems?

Looking for commonalities among all the popes of the last century or so, one stood out to me: they're all Catholic!

Maybe they should try choosing a nice Unitarian, or perhaps a Wiccan? They'd have at least as good a chance of solving the problems as the last umpteen Catholic popes. Maybe even better.

It's worth a shot.

(V jbaqre ubj znal ercyl thlf jvyy rnearfgyl rkcynva gb zr jul gur cbcr zhfg or Pngubyvp.)

#pope #selection #conclave #Swift #JonathanSwift #AModestProposal #catholic #wiccan #unitarian #cardinal

@Daojoan I wonder if it catches exhortations to eat the poor.

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