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Popcorn Solution to Global Warming! 

12/18/2014

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Texas Oil Billionaire’s Shale Gas-Powered Stratospheric Popcorn-Spouting Balloon will to Combat Global Warming!

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Oil Mogul, Murt Bunkum, has announced plans to build a balloon the size of Vermont to release trillions of helium-filled popcorn flakes into the upper atmosphere every day to reflect sunlight back into space and save the world from global warming. According to the Texas billionaire philanthropist, the most important thing is that it won’t cost the American taxpayer a penny.

Speaking to reporters at his Texas ranch, also the size of Vermont, Bunkum explained that the Bunkum Balloon will be funded from a worldwide levy on plastic water containers.
- ‘Everyone uses them for fetchin’ water and stuff so it’d be fair - otherwise the rich get caught all over again for cleaning up the world.’
   When reporters pointed out that the rich countries put most of the CO2 into the atmosphere in the first place, Bunkum replied:
-   ‘Yeah, but that was before Global Warming!’
   When asked about the environmental impact of all the popcorn, he replied.
-   ‘Well, I accept that it’d be wrong to just release it all over the place. I reckon we’d have charge for it.’
-    But what about countries who don’t want all the popcorn?
-  But what else are they going to eat at the movies? And the Bunkum Balloon will provide a top class advertising platform for companies wanting to reach new customers in other countries - especially ones smaller than Vermont.
-   But is this really the right solution?
-  Well, personally I don’t believe in all this Global Warming stuff. It’s only because some of my shareholders in the Bunkum Oil Corporation  were concerned about polar bears drowning and people getting their villages washed away in poor countries like Europe. They said, ‘Mort, we gotta do something about it.’
-   ‘I said it’s just a load of hot air but then even my kids started at me: "What if it gets too hot to live in Texas? We can’t all fit in Alaska!" 
-  I still couldn't see the problem. We can buy Canada, can’t we? And what if it’s all just a hoax? We could end up saving polar bears and good stuff like that and all for nothing!’
-  ‘I just wasn't convinced but it was my wife that persuaded me in the end. I can’t think of a lady on this planet more concerned for doing things right. After church one Sunday she said to me, “Mort, I think that there really could be something in this global warming thing.”
-  ‘What?’ I said.
-  ‘MONEY!!!’
-  ‘And, you know, that woman is never wrong!’

 The human race needs to limit warming to 2 degrees C by the end of this century to avoid disastrous climate change. At present we are heading for a 4.2 degrees C warming. Government pledges will only reduce that to a 3.1 degrees.  It’s not enough.

*         What we can all do to lead the way:

*         Use more fuel-efficient transport.

*         Insulate to reduce fuel use.

*         Fly less.

*         Recycle.

*         Invest savings (if you have any!) in climate-friendly companies.

*         Urge politicians to act on the issue.

*         Urge your friends to do likewise. 


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Have a Laugh and Help Promote Irish Comic Writing

12/3/2014

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  Many things should be taken seriously - but thankfully life is not one of them  

In that spirit we are delighted to introduce Old Sod’s Big Book of New Irish Comedy - which is one hundred and twenty pages of funny stories in the form of spoofs, sketches, monologues, and satire - all illustrated with over 100 comic drawings and cartoons with a foreword by the multi-talented actor and writer, Frank Kelly, better known to many as the highly abstemious Fr. Jack Hackett in Father Ted. Drink toilet duck sensibly.

The aim is to nurture new Irish comic writing, not just for the noble purpose providing an outlet for new writers and cartoonists, but for the even nobler one of providing Old Sod with some money.

But there is actually a further reason. In this country people need to laugh like others need to breathe due to being victims of the longest running practical joke in human history: Irish weather.

 Those of us still living on the island must create amusement at every opportunity. Of course, our addiction to humour has evolved from the need to sit around the fireside during the long winter nights and fend off madness by entertaining ourselves with music, dancing, and appalling lies about the neighbours - all of which is even more fun when there’s someone else in the room with you besides the cat.

  So in the spirit of amusement here's a simple idea. Write comedy. Unlike eating spaghetti bolognaise, writing comedy is something everyone can do without looking like an axe murderer emerging from an abattoir - and you don’t even need a fork. If you’ve ever described a funny event, and can handle a pencil and paper, then you can write the story down, add complexity, throw out the dead words and, if you like the results, send it to Old Sod at Bibliovista.com. Just click here. 

If Old Sod also likes the results he’ll rent it from you - while you retain ownership. The contributors to The Big Book of New Irish Comedy keep the copyright. It’s fair trade for writers.

Old Sod’s Big Book of New Irish Comedy was published and printed in Cork and is on sale in all West Cork Bookshops and Liam Ruiseal's in Cork. It can also be purchased directly from this site. 
Just click here to learn more.

 It makes a great value Christmas gift, especially for family members lucky enough to live abroad.


And while you’re paying a visit to the site why not drop in on The Tubbereenmore National Debt Fundraising Spectacular with the great Matty Muttrocket and his Friends live at the Turkeydome. 
Just click here to listen in.  


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