When aliens arrive will their insurance
cover any damage they do to our planet?
How are we going to handle delaying tactics
from a non-domestic insurance company based
in another legal jurisdiction?
Will they have the correct currency to cover the
cost of refueling?
What about provisions for the return trip to their
home planet?
Will they pay for those too or expect charity?
Will they swagger in like pirates expecting their
demands to be met or will they knock on the
door begging for assistance?
Will they have bothered to learn our language
or be like the British and just presume that
we will learn theirs?
Is there going to be any planning for adequate
parking space prior to their arrival? And what
about medical checkups, quarantine periods,
drug testing and cavity searches?
Who's footing the bill for all this?
Then there are the more serious questions:
Will they turn up unannounced at an inconvenient
time, like in-laws, expecting us to drop what we're
doing and play the role of congenial hosts? Is
there going to be a dress code for when we meet?
Are they going to gossip behind our backs about
our dress sense, table manners, children's
behavior or political views?What do we do if they
think pink and green go together? Will they
understand that watching the nightly soapie
is mandatory? Do they talk only during the ads
or insist on conducting conversation during
the broadcast?
And the most serious question of all:
Do they like football?
MDC 23/10/2020
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