Wednesday, 25 May 2005

Today's post is brought to you by...

Suspicious Fires Incorporated. Have you recently purchased a block of land for development, then found that the existing building on the site is heritage-listed and can't be legally torn down? You need Suspicious Fires Incorporated. Our "operatives" will show up one night and burn the place to the ground for a nominal fee. Specify "no accelerants"[1] to avoid the phrase "police are treating the blaze as suspicious" in news reports.

[1] The "no accelerants" service is available at our inspector's discretion. A surcharge applies.

This post is satire. Suspicious Fires Incorporated is another of my little jokes. A few times over the years, this exact thing has happened to buildings in Brisbane, and it's got to be more than a coincidence. Mere days after a land developer discovers the heritage status of an existing structure, the thing "mysteriously" burns to ashes. It's only logical to assume a shady organisation is behind it.

Mokalus of Borg

PS - The joke, of course, is that these people could not incorporate.
PPS - And they probably wouldn't get much business with this name anyway.

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