Yesterday whilst blogging – out slipped one of those little
gems that I just couldn’t resist revisiting.

We all know that an army marches on its stomach and that a
nation’s GDP is dependent on the output of its citizens.

So what happens when young people don’t get in the family way
anymore?

Financial meltdown. That’s what.

As the population gets older, superannuation is harder to
collect and young people have to work harder and pay more taxes to support the
older population.

Well according the latest conclusion drawn from the claims
of the content industry – it appears its all your fault.

No don’t look over your shoulder – I’m speaking to you.

The UMDINK, (upwardly mobile double income no kids) couple
that have stopped going to the movies.

The content industry is blaming your downloads – yes – I know
you only download material that was on Foxtel last week that you missed because
you were out for dinner.

Yes, I know it was a really good program and won’t be
repeated for at least four days…..

But listen to me – if you young people don’t go to the
cinema more often and get all cozy with the arm over technique…. Where the hell
are we going to get all those new babies that we need so urgently to pay cinema
admissions so these stupid content people will get off our backs and stop
telling us that we cant download any more.

What was that ?

You like going to the movies ?

Oh you go to the movies now more than you ever did before ?

The seats – yes I understand the seats are now comfortable.

What’s that ? The popcorn is now fresh. Good.

So what’s the problem – why isn’t he putting his arm over
your shoulder and getting all snuggly – look I’ll put it simply. Why aren’t you
getting in the mood and popping out lots of little darlings….it’s good for the
economy you know.

Ahhhh. Well I don’t think we can say that here.

Well yes – we have lots of Catholic readers.

No we don’t want to tell them about the pill….

HEADLINE – “The Rising price of the Pill Causes P2P
Download Frenzy in Australia”

Well ya gotta admit, its got about the same credibility rating as the content industry's claims that file sharing is hurting their profits…….

Source MPAA

7.1% compound annual growth rate (CAGR).

Source: Price Waterhouse Cooper.

From the Tongue in Cheek Department.

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