To our considerable frustration, real Emerald City red meat political news is again completely absent this morning from all the northern Utah print media, so we've decided to kickstart a new week's discussion with an open topic thread.
But before we turn over the floor for our readers' random comments, we can't resist linking a humorous BBC article which we stumbled upon this morning (after some extensive googling), just to get the conversation going. Here's the lede from the BBC article cited above:
Naturally, this news sent our minds racing, inasmuch as we already "invented" a similar gaming device way back in the summer of 2008:An arcade game that allows people to vent their anger at bankers has proved so popular the owner keeps having to replace worn out mallets.
Inventor Tim Hunkin introduced "Whack a Banker", which is based on the older "Whack a Mole" game, at his arcade on Southwold pier in Suffolk. Instead of players hitting pop-up moles with a mallet, within a set time, the target is pop-up bald figures. Mr Hunkin said the game was "proving very popular".
"I keep having to replace worn-out mallets," he said.
Imagine hundreds of these devices, strategically scattered through bars, convenience stores and video arcades all over Emerald City. We could dub them "Whac-a-Matts."
Time to finally get this great idea into actual production, we think. Once we do, we're certain we'll be soon raking in the dough.
That's it for now. Please treat this as an open topic thread.
What's on your minds this morning, gentle readers, as we begin another gruelling pre-Christmas holiday work week?
