Taking a lunch time break to regenerate often presents opportunities for discussion. Usually the discussion may be on football, the weather, or even the political state of the nation.
On this occasion there was an almost unique chance to speak to one of the representatives which govern our lives. Responsible for some element of decomposition they play only a small part compared to other organisms. That element of their input into the ecosystem is more than offset by their depth of knowledge about matters of economics.
It is widely known that snails have been used in many of the fundamental processing systems designed to produce a practical output of economic theory over the last century. Rather like MONIAC the molluscs were used for their facility with fluid dynamics.
Unfortunately there is not infinite time available during a break for lunch and before our univalve friend could explain much, or any, of its theory of knowledge to me I had to leave.
However it will probably still be there tomorrow when I'll be able to catch up on the next couple of syllables. I'm sure they will be worth waiting for, because no matter how limited the formal knowledge of the creature on economics might appear it at least equals that of the current Chancellor of the Exchequer. If only the Chancellor had more than half our single footed friends actual knowledge then maybe he wouldn't be making such an utter arse of it.
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