A Frightening Epidemic

There is a currently an epidemic of people taking life too seriously. Symptoms include excessive greed, over competitiveness and a loss of humour. The disease is particularly rife in the corporate world, government departments, lobbyists and the middle classes. It is also sweeping through schools, starting with the most prestigious and working its way down. Sufferers advocate hard work to the detriment of its purpose (life), the banning of fun activities/substances and the castigation of anyone who makes risqué jokes (even when they are supposed to be ironic). Recent examples of outbreaks include the French governments’ attempt to force its citizens to work harder for less pay, a GP’s campaign to get higher taxes on chocolate the general prejudice and subsequent persecution against those harmless eccentrics who dabble with marijuana.