Explaining "Insurance" to the Faeries...
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helen99In a conversation today, the topic of explaining the concept of "Insurance" to the faeries came up. (it's a long story as to *why* this came up - so I'll just post the result...):
"They're pretty oblivious of concepts such as insurance'... But we can't blame them for that. It's a difficult concept to explain!
Me: "Let's see. I have this stuff, see?"
Faeries: "Yes"
Me: "And I don't want anything to happen to it."
Faeries: "Ok".
Me: "So I give these people money"
Faeries: "Muh - knee? You give people your knee?"
Me: "No. I give them trinkets"
Faeries: "Oh."
Me: "They will give the trinkets back if there is Big Water, Wind, Fire, or Earth."
Faeries: "You gave them trinkets. They should do their job and give them back. We can help..."
Me: "No, NO. I don't WANT them to do their job. Just help the ground cover grow and guard the gate."
Me: Now I will try to explain "liability for injuries or damage while on insured grounds".
Me: "You musn't make that bad person fall into the creek."
Faeries: "Why? You don't like them. I don't like them. The House doesn't like them. The Yard doesn't like them. The hellgrammites and fish might like them."
Me: "Because, if you make them fall into the creek, and they get hurt, then I will have to give them trinkets. The people I give Trinkets to every month won't give me any trinkets back, ever. They will give all my trinkets to the person who got hurt. The people will make me give them Big Trinkets forever and never give me any trinkets back"
Faeries: "We can make sure they won't hurt at all, and they won't need trinkets anymore."
Me: "No, NO. How many times do I have to tell you, NO BODIES in the creek. Now please help the ground cover grow and guard the gate."
And thus did I explain "Insurance" to the faeries.
"They're pretty oblivious of concepts such as insurance'... But we can't blame them for that. It's a difficult concept to explain!
Me: "Let's see. I have this stuff, see?"
Faeries: "Yes"
Me: "And I don't want anything to happen to it."
Faeries: "Ok".
Me: "So I give these people money"
Faeries: "Muh - knee? You give people your knee?"
Me: "No. I give them trinkets"
Faeries: "Oh."
Me: "They will give the trinkets back if there is Big Water, Wind, Fire, or Earth."
Faeries: "You gave them trinkets. They should do their job and give them back. We can help..."
Me: "No, NO. I don't WANT them to do their job. Just help the ground cover grow and guard the gate."
Me: Now I will try to explain "liability for injuries or damage while on insured grounds".
Me: "You musn't make that bad person fall into the creek."
Faeries: "Why? You don't like them. I don't like them. The House doesn't like them. The Yard doesn't like them. The hellgrammites and fish might like them."
Me: "Because, if you make them fall into the creek, and they get hurt, then I will have to give them trinkets. The people I give Trinkets to every month won't give me any trinkets back, ever. They will give all my trinkets to the person who got hurt. The people will make me give them Big Trinkets forever and never give me any trinkets back"
Faeries: "We can make sure they won't hurt at all, and they won't need trinkets anymore."
Me: "No, NO. How many times do I have to tell you, NO BODIES in the creek. Now please help the ground cover grow and guard the gate."
And thus did I explain "Insurance" to the faeries.
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Fish
Date: 2004-10-05 08:27 am (UTC)to like the Bad People, they're less interested in personality and
more in flavor and accessibility. They'll even clean them up for you.
Insurance, the way you describe it, doesn't seem all that useful. I
give up trinkets and only get them back if nature is cruel, but not so
much so that I'm gone or the person I gave trinkets to. You might be
better off giving trinkets to the fairies ;-).
Re: Fish
Date: 2004-10-06 11:47 am (UTC)