Monday, October 09, 2006

There is no Free Lunch! (except sometimes there is!)

Somewhere deep in the ocean...

AquaDad found a rumbling in his stomach, lunch was in order. However, a quick check in the Aquawallet revealed very few sanddollars. What was he to do?

A quick search through the AquaCubicle turned up an old box of Frosted Flakes, a can of Kidney Beans, and several bags of microwave popcorn. This was not proper sustenance for AquaDad.

Having already mooched off his associates, AquaDad was about to console himself with his cold cup of breakroom coffee and some stale peanut-butter crackers, when a voice cried out like an angel on a mountain top, "There is food in the breakroom!"

In an instant, like a ravenous Sea Wharg, AquaDad was in the breakroom gazing at the vast feast that lay before him...Mexican food! Ole! Did AquaDad despair that all the good tacos and enchiladas were taken already? No! For he could see there was much food remaining: two types of beans, much rice, some sour cream and guacamole as well as immense trays of chips and runny salsa residue.

Yes, AquaDad knew he would eat well today.

And he did.

AQUADAD PONDERS...
Later, with a full stomach (and, need we mention, the considerable gas emissions), AquaDad reflected upon things that were much more important than his full belly. He wondered, could not the world hunger crisis be solved by this daily excess office bounty contained by the many tubs of Tupperware that sit unused? Ah, one could say transportation would be an unwieldy problem. But AquaDad smiles and thinks, could not an army of "Fed" Ex workers handle it with their existing distribution system?

Shhh...AquaDad is resting his head on his keyboard and snoring, the world's problems will have to be solved by someone else for now...Bill Gates are you out there?

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