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Tuesday, 26 June 2007

Big Brother Want You To Take Shorter Showers



I'd love to see the marketing strategy on this one. It's a device for your shower that shuts off the water after twelve minutes whether you want it to or not. Amazingly, the Australian company that makes these things expects you to install one voluntarily and pay for the privilege.

Aside from the niche miser-and-masochist market, I can't see this one going anywhere, though I have no doubt that the Ministry of Busybodies Intent On Controlling Every Minuscule Aspect Of Everyone's Lives On General Principles will be jumping up and down with glee at the idea of having these Orwellian things required by law.
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousWednesday, 27 June 2007 at 10:50:00 GMT-7

    But if you really, *really* love big brother, you can just off yourself and remove your carbon footprint altogether.

    B.B. will show his appreciation by giving you a truly green state funeral: heaving your hour-old corpse in with the saltpeter/orange rind compost heap.

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  2. AnonymousMonday, 8 June 2009 at 11:44:00 GMT-7

    It's all about the drought and saving water. In some areas dams are less than 40% capacity. Every bit helps.

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