rule britannia

Although the empire is not what it used to be, you wouldn’t suspect that from the activity in London town. It’s an unbelievably lively, cultured and entertaining place. The underground is great and necessary because it is so very difficult to drive around town. Piccadilly offers theater like you couldn’t believe. And how can you not help but love Her Royal Highness, the Queen and head of this constitutional monarchy. London is extremely civilized, diverse and well ordered. In this regard the British are not exceptional, just experienced at ruling the world and integrating diverse peoples. Remember that regardless of who you are or where you are right now you are reading and speaking English. For an Englishman, it is obviously difficult not to be pompous when so much of the world’s culture has been shaped by your own history and when so many of today’s political states were not very long ago subjects of your realm. If you can understand this attitude then you will have no problem enjoying London.

First bring lots of money. And if you want your little dollars to last for any period of time stay out of Harrods’s, don’t make a habit of taking taxis around town and stay away from those fancy restaurants in Westminster. Oxford Circus is a wonderful place to shop but you will pay dearly for the privilege. The best shopping is found in those huge flea markets and they are great. Also, the stores in Tottenham were more reasonable in price and still very trendy. London people frequent New York when they desire to do some real bargain basement shopping. Last time in London I foolishly picked up the check at a very nice Benni Hanas Japanese hibachi grill. Dinner for four costs me $300 US currency.

So by now you’re probably asking yourself why on earth you would be tempted to visit such an expensive town. Well it’s cheaper than Tokyo and a lot closer. Airfare to London is also cheap. Like any big town there are numerous economy locations to stay and good bargains abound if you do your homework. In a word: London is amazing. You’ll forget about the cost once you get there or at least until you run out of money. And while in London, if you really want to do something to blow you away, hop a train, take a day trip and spend the afternoon in Paris.

soylent green

This is the name of a 1973 movie that predicted overpopulation, starvation, death and chaos for mankind in the year 2022. The Soylent Company produced a green protein biscuit that was rationed to the hungry masses once a week. The plot revealed that the Soylent Company was secretly using the ever growing pile of human corpses as stock to manufacture their biscuits. The movie although not very good was provocative for its time. The point here is to determine if you do in fact have any idea what you are eating.

Let’s take beef for example. Does a body good? Well of course you know cows are feed growth hormones to make them bigger and thicker. That’s why beef eaters are all growing bigger and thicker. And of course you know that cows are virgins and don’t produce milk so they are given estrogen to induce milk production. That's why men develop breasts and breast cancer. And surely you know that cows are feed meat and grain to bulk them up further. The meat of course is provided from the millions of abandoned stray dogs and cats that are captured and killed. Their meat and bones are ground into a meal and mixed with corn and other grain products to produce cow food. Naturally you know that cows like humans are not meant to eat grain so the imbalance causes diabetes in the cow just as it occurs in humans. Of course the cows can not be allowed to die from diabetes so they are given insulin to compensate. And naturally because a human will eventually eat the cows flesh and because the cow has been loaded with so many contaminants, the cow is given a generous dose of antibiotics to clean her up.

So now the cow makes her final appearance at the slaughterhouse. Now because the cow ate like a human she may have developed cancer like a human. But of course nothing can be wasted so the cancerous parts of the cows flesh are carefully cut out and thrown away. So all that’s left is to add a few sulfates to help keep the flesh fresh in transport and add some red dye to maintain that nice fresh meat color and what you see on your plate might cause you to think that Soylent Green wasn’t so farfetched after all.