We have had a 'water' audit (yes, we have mainly aqueous solutions) and yesterday had an 'energy' audit (yes, we have to turn things on to use them). I wonder if we are going to have a 'tree-hugging sandal-wearing clipboard-holding hippy' audit, or maybe even a 'is this the best use of public money?' audit.
Talking of hippies, we have had an epidemic of students handing out random pieces of paper this week on campus (which begs for a 'how many rainforests the size of (New South) Wales do students account for?' audit). Especially noteworthy was the juxtaposition of the 'clean energy on campus' sandal-wearing etc. coves with the 'student power' activists.
I have a constructive suggestion, and surprisingly it does not involve whispering nuclear power is gooood in the somnolent ears of sandal-wearing etceteras. It satisfies the lustings for power - of a sort - and 'green' energy.
Chain a couple of dozen (hundred? we'll have to do some pilot experiments) students to treadmills and use dynamos to power the University. Clean, eminently renewable, and cheap as chips. Everybody should be happy.
Student Power™. You know it makes sense.
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Effing genius.
I have to say though, my day was made a number of times when I was asked if I had voted. OMG! They thought I was young! A student!. (Though the fact that my clothes weren't recycled 80s fashion should have given them a clue).
Posted by: Georg | September 22, 2006 01:20 PM
That happens to me and the Queen, too. Mind you, being poorly-paid academics does mean that we're possibly /not/ archetypical of modern fashion.
Posted by: BK | September 22, 2006 01:40 PM
It could get much worse. A friend of mine works for a large firm of auditors, and she reports that they have (another) large firm of auditors come in to verify that their procedures for auditing (yet other) firms of auditors are OK.
So that's an audit audit audit.
Posted by: Nix | September 23, 2006 09:12 AM