what on EARTH HOUR

A few days back, Earth hour was called for by WWF to promote awareness about climate change. The cause was championed by few thought leaders of our batch. It was communicated to the whole campus by email. It was decided to pull the plug out for street lights and common areas. Many individuals decided to take initiative to switch their own lights.

D-Day
On the D-Day at 8:30, the electrician, decided to switch the lights off for the residential hostel along with the street lights. Either it was poor communication or the electrician was a real environmentalist, the net result was a bunch of unhappy folks. Although the Earth hour was a partial success, the subsequent mail chain that happened late that evening made it memorable. Following are some of the best ones.

Dear,


Well, this is a great initiative taken by you and a very noble one too. But, you must understand that you cannot force your views upon the rest of the world. Its a good thing that you have voluntarily switched off your lights and those of my lobby and staircase. But taking out the power in my room is just pushing it a bit too far. Please don't turn into an extremist. ;)

Another brilliant one followed soon.

I too was observing the “Earth hour” with my lights off.

Then some *@$#%^ switched off the mains and cut off the fan too.
Not once did he think that people could fall off stairs, including kids in ‘B’ block.
Then it occurred to me that it could have been the “Dark hour” for someone.
Now I am sitting with all lights, etc. switched on. Don’t force things, PLEASE.
Raj Thackeray is looking for people like you (the one who switched the mains off). GO APPLY.

And the best one, this guy was not sure who switched the mains off.

I was walking down the stairs when suddenly the lights went out and I almost stumbled. The face of the culprit was camouflaged since it was dark and blended well in the blackness. I did see a bear like figure, but cannot say whether it was was whether it was a baby bear or just a T-shirt.


Is it the return of the Monkey man ? Or is it Bhalu-Manushya? Or is it something more sinister...... as in 'Andhera Kayam Rahe' ?

 
PS. Ours is a very environmentally concious batch, some guys were worried about safety, most were just having fun....