{"id":24201,"date":"2012-12-30T22:30:07","date_gmt":"2012-12-31T03:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/static\/?p=24201"},"modified":"2012-12-31T07:36:40","modified_gmt":"2012-12-31T12:36:40","slug":"im-sick-no-youre-not-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/2012\/im-sick-no-youre-not-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"“I’m sick!”<\/em> \u00a0“No you’re not!” (Australia)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Editor’s note<\/em>: \u00a0The following satire is copied from a new and wickedly delightful Australian website, “Stop These Things: \u00a0The Truth about Wind Farms in Australia<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

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\"\".<\/span><\/p>\n

Maybe it\u2019s because it\u2019s the end of the year.<\/p>\n

But today we are, for some reason, reminded of\u00a0Monty Python<\/strong>.\u00a0Black<\/strong>\u00a0is white. Up is\u00a0down<\/strong>. The\u00a0Ministry<\/strong>\u00a0of Silly Walks and a dead\u00a0parrot<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

So in this spirit, here\u2019s our contribution. It\u2019s called the\u00a0Department of Wind Farms<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s call our two characters \u2026 um \u2026\u00a0Simon<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Noel<\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Knock! Knock!<\/em><\/p>\n

Simon<\/strong>: Yes? Come in. Sit down.<\/p>\n

Noel<\/span><\/strong>: I\u2019m sick.<\/p>\n

Simon<\/strong>: No you\u2019re not.<\/p>\n

Noel<\/strong><\/span>: Since the wind turbine started next door I\u2019ve been feeling crook.<\/p>\n

Simon<\/strong>: You\u2019re imagining it.<\/p>\n

Noel<\/strong><\/span>: No, I\u2019m really sick.<\/p>\n

Simon<\/strong>: What are your symptoms?<\/p>\n

Noel<\/strong><\/span>: Headaches, nausea. And I can\u2019t get to sleep.<\/p>\n

Simon<\/strong>: Bollocks!<\/p>\n

Noel<\/strong><\/span>: What do you mean?<\/p>\n

Simon<\/strong>: You\u2019re jealous<\/p>\n

Noel<\/strong><\/span>: Jealous? Of what?<\/p>\n

Simon<\/strong>: All the money your neighbors are making.<\/p>\n

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\nClick<\/span> here<\/a> to continue . . .<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Editor’s note: \u00a0The following satire is copied from a new and wickedly delightful Australian website, “Stop These Things: \u00a0The Truth about Wind Farms in Australia.” . . Maybe it\u2019s because it\u2019s the end of the year. But today we are, for some reason, reminded of\u00a0Monty Python.\u00a0Black\u00a0is white. Up is\u00a0down. The\u00a0Ministry\u00a0of Silly Walks and a dead\u00a0parrot. So in this spirit, here\u2019s our contribution. It\u2019s called the\u00a0Department of Wind Farms. Let\u2019s call our two characters \u2026 um \u2026\u00a0Simon\u00a0and\u00a0Noel. Knock! Knock! Simon: Yes? Come in. Sit down. Noel: I\u2019m sick. Simon: No you\u2019re not. Noel: Since the wind turbine started next door I\u2019ve been feeling crook. Simon: You\u2019re imagining it. Noel: No, I\u2019m really sick. Simon: What are your symptoms? Noel: Headaches, nausea. And I can\u2019t get to sleep. Simon: Bollocks! Noel: What do you mean? Simon: You\u2019re jealous Noel: Jealous? Of what? Simon: All the money your neighbors are making. . Click here to continue . . .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[157,163,166,16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24201"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24201\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}