Silly idea
Dec. 25th, 2014 11:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kengrI was reading some rather silly fiction by someone from the Traveller mailing list. He had a guy using a cover ID of an agent of the EPA.
This bit caught my attention:
“Most of my supervisors at the EPA could not care at all about the state of Humanity. But they are very deeply concerned about the state of The Earth.”
This led my brain down some strange paths and out popped the idea of the Environmental Prevention Agency.
A bit of backfilling led to this:
"Sorry, you've made a common error. Many newcomers to Mars make it. We aren't the environmental Protection Agency. We're the Environmental Prevention Agency."
"Huh? Why would you want to prevent the environment. Hell, how could you?"
"Remember? This Mars. We are charged with preventing the development of anything the EPA bureaucrats back on Earth could call an environment. Because if there ever is one, they'll find a way to use their rules to force us off of Mars."
So now I'm wondering what sort of logo the Mars Colony EPA might have. Because Fay and I would love to print up some ID badges for use at cons.
This bit caught my attention:
“Most of my supervisors at the EPA could not care at all about the state of Humanity. But they are very deeply concerned about the state of The Earth.”
This led my brain down some strange paths and out popped the idea of the Environmental Prevention Agency.
A bit of backfilling led to this:
"Sorry, you've made a common error. Many newcomers to Mars make it. We aren't the environmental Protection Agency. We're the Environmental Prevention Agency."
"Huh? Why would you want to prevent the environment. Hell, how could you?"
"Remember? This Mars. We are charged with preventing the development of anything the EPA bureaucrats back on Earth could call an environment. Because if there ever is one, they'll find a way to use their rules to force us off of Mars."
So now I'm wondering what sort of logo the Mars Colony EPA might have. Because Fay and I would love to print up some ID badges for use at cons.
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Date: 2014-12-26 02:47 pm (UTC)Maybe a foot coming down on a cockroach? :-)
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Date: 2014-12-27 02:35 am (UTC)("You're under arrest for Terrarism.")
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Date: 2014-12-27 05:34 am (UTC)