okaycuckoo Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 Heard an interview today on R4 with the author of an authorised Dr Who novel. The idea is that aliens control the Square Mile, selling time through credit cards - if you need an extra hour, you stick it on credit. But for every hour you pay with 5 minutes of your lifespan ... on a compounding basis. Hehehe! Didn't catch the author's name, but she said she used to work in the City and reckons nothing has changed there. Artists should be leading the greatest issue of our time - unpayable debt. Or maybe Damian Hearst has been doing that all along with the financing for his bling skull ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
200p Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 Bloody aliens. Can gold protect you from them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pent Up Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 Heard an interview today on R4 with the author of an authorised Dr Who novel. The idea is that aliens control the Square Mile, selling time through credit cards - if you need an extra hour, you stick it on credit. But for every hour you pay with 5 minutes of your lifespan ... on a compounding basis. Hehehe! Didn't catch the author's name, but she said she used to work in the City and reckons nothing has changed there. Artists should be leading the greatest issue of our time - unpayable debt. Or maybe Damian Hearst has been doing that all along with the financing for his bling skull ... I doubt Damien Hurst understands unpayable debt or anything to do with economics. He must go to bed and laugh himself to sleep every night at the thought of all the idiots paying millions of pounds for the shit "art" he makes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonBrownSpentMyFuture Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 Heard an interview today on R4 with the author of an authorised Dr Who novel. The idea is that aliens control the Square Mile, selling time through credit cards - if you need an extra hour, you stick it on credit. But for every hour you pay with 5 minutes of your lifespan ... on a compounding basis. Science fiction doing what science fiction does best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nationalist Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 Sounds good. If every 5 minute slot in an 85 year lifespan could be traded for 1 hour you would live to be a thousand and twenty years old. (Then at 1020 years old you just default on the debt and flee to Turkish Cyprus... ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Bart' Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 Bloody aliens. Can gold protect you from them? Only from the Cybermen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okaycuckoo Posted May 6, 2011 Author Share Posted May 6, 2011 Sounds good. If every 5 minute slot in an 85 year lifespan could be traded for 1 hour you would live to be a thousand and twenty years old. (Then at 1020 years old you just default on the debt and flee to Turkish Cyprus... ) But the 5 mins keep compounding - you could be dead this time next year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTMark Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 Only from the Cybermen. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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