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Editor’s note:
This is one of a few
ideas which offers a
glimpse of what life
might be like if a
government or the
civil service could
ever be as innovative
and experimental as
281somecompanies,
Devise a national ‘unlucky lottery’. Events and
occurrences normally considered to be unfortunate
would be the point of entry to the lottery and would
therefore become more of an opportunity than a
mishap. A CCTV camera could be set up to record one in
every ten people who walk under a ladder, for example,
or the first person each day to arrive at an airport check-
entrepreneurs or in without their passport. Tickets would be on sale every
artists. week and cash prizes would only be paid out to unlucky
individuals holding a valid ticket at the time of their
accident or incident.
Editor’s note:
Hay presto! TheSam Torme
financial worries of23 August 2001
the nation’s university
students have been
282allayed.
Launch a table-sitting service for individuals and
groups who wish to secure tables or positions at the bar
in busy pubs, bars and cafes. Sitters would charge by
the hour to occupy a table with nominal expenses to
cover half-hourly mineral waters.
Chas Bayfield
24 August 2001
