[TML] AWAD: Regalia

[Knapp]

On Feb 1, 2008 7:07 PM, Andy Slack <sablemage at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> > From: tml-bounces at travellercentral.com [mailto:tml-
> > bounces at travellercentral.com] On Behalf Of Knapp
> > Sent: 01 February 2008 06:20
> > To: The Traveller Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: [TML] AWAD: Regalia
> > I thought I had read all of his stuff but I don't remember B Ark. What is
> > that?
>
> The crew and passengers of the "B Ark" were told that their world was about
> to be destroyed, and that the population would be evacuated in three Arks:
> A, B and C. The A Ark was to carry productive workers, the C Ark supervisors
> and managerial types, and the B Ark those such as marketing staff, telephone
> sanitisers, hairdressers and so on.
>
> Actually, the planet only sent the B Ark, the rest of them staying home to
> enjoy an improved standard of living "having rid themselves of an entire
> useless third of their population". Until they were all wiped out by a
> disease contracted from a dirty telephone.
>
> We now return you to your scheduled programming...
>
> Andy
>
Ah, yes, now I remember.
Douglas E Knapp