Lizards

“It comes from a very ancient democracy, you see..."
"You mean, it comes from a world of lizards?"
"No," said Ford, who by this time was a little more rational and coherent than he had been, having finally had the coffee forced down him, "nothing so simple. Nothing anything like so straightforward. On its world, the people are people. The leaders are lizards. The people hate the lizards and the lizards rule the people."
"Odd," said Arthur, "I thought you said it was a democracy."
"I did," said Ford. "It is."
"So," said Arthur, hoping he wasn't sounding ridiculously obtuse, "why don't people get rid of the lizards?"
"It honestly doesn't occur to them," said Ford. "They've all got the vote, so they all pretty much assume that the government they've voted in more or less approximates to the government they want."
"You mean they actually vote for the lizards?"
"Oh yes," said Ford with a shrug, "of course."
"But," said Arthur, going for the big one again, "why?"
"Because if they didn't vote for a lizard," said Ford, "the wrong lizard might get in..."

 - Douglas Adams, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
Jean completing here absentee ballot last week

Comments

sly said…
Sometimes we have to vote for the lesser of the lizards! We will soon see which lizard will lead us for the next four years.
M and D said…
How do ou feel about the result?
sly said…
Yay! OUR lizard won! Yes, and I realize we probably cancelled our YOUR vote, but we love you anyway!
Aaron said…
No cancelling out this time around. I through my vote away on the Green lizard. If we were in a swing state, I would have gone blue though.

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