The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 13, April 1, 2007, Article 29

NEW SERIES OF GREEN TOKENS ISSUED TO REDUCE OBESITY IN AMERICANS

Dick Johnson writes: "Announcement was made this week of green tokens 
to be issued reminiscent of the red and blue Office of Price Administration 
(OPA) tokens of World War II. They are sponsored by the government to 
encourage the consumption of protein and the reduction of obesity in 
Americans. The tokens do not have denominations, but instead identify 
the type of human protein on them. The total number of varieties has 
not been announced yet. The fabricated tokens are manufactured by the 
Soylent Green Corporation. 

The announcement was made on National Public Radio Sunday morning. 
The announcer continued deadpan (my memory, not verbatim) 'the Soylent 
Corporation provides nutritional supplements, with a focus on protein 
in different colors for different purposes. Soylent Green is named after 
dead people from the movie of the same name. This is NPR, National 
Public Radio.'

Yup, it's April First, and someone at NPR has the right sort of 
sense of humor."

[Yes, readers, it's April Fool's Day, and at least one of this week's 
items is completely fictitious. But you figured that out already, 
didn't you, smarty pants? -Editor]

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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