Is the REAL-world just a badly edited mess?

"Miss Jones!" said the receptionist, "Is there a problem? We didn't expect you back in today."

"Something came up," said Stacy. She didn't know where her desk was so she'd have to improvise. "Can you call someone from IT I need them to go to my office immediately."

The receptionist made a call. "Hi, I've got Miss Jones here in reception. Can you send someone over to her office please."

"Tell them it's an emergency," said Stacy

"Oh, and it's an emergency," said the receptionist.

"And tell them exactly where my office is. They couldn't find it last time."

The receptionist nodded. "Listen, make sure you don't get lost this time. Her office is 1024. Thanks." She put the phone down and looked up at Stacy. "They'll be right over."

Stacy thanked the receptionist and made her way to the elevator. She pressed floor 10 and on the way up though about how much of a nuisance amnesia was.

So far so good. She met the IT technician at room 1024 and told him that she needed her password reset and time was of the essence. Once she was logged in she dismissed him and visited www.REAL-life.com.

The site seemed rather mundane but at the same time a bit strange. It was life a newspaper with various unconnected stories and articles, like they had been put together by committee with no cohesive plan. And largely it wasn't of any interest. Who would read such a thing let alone waste time writing it. She supposed there were a lot of budding writers out there with a lot of free time, typing away at their keyboards with no hope of anyone reading it. Maybe the whole mugger thing was just a desperate ploy to get one measly reader to look at someones story. Okay, maybe not.

There was an article title Aqualarian and Allarian Fashion, all about the latest skimpy clothing the people of Aqualaria were wearing these days and contrasting it with conservative Allarian fashions. There was a picture of a infeasibly thin red-headed model wearing one of the outfits.

Another article was about a company offering white goods which weren't white. Next to a nice picture of a purple dishwasher was the headline Why fill your kitchen witch boring white boxes. Why not try an orange cooker or a mustard yellow fridge?

Under that was a picture of a muscular male model sporting a hairless chest and a very big gun. The text said: International anarchist cults - the new face of terrorism? The Dark Blade is trail-blazing in the brave new world of trendy subversives.

None of this made Stacy think of the real world. So all in all the editor should have been fired, but most likely there was no editor. She decided to click on one of the links.

1. Stacy clicked on the red-headed model
2. Stacy clicked on the purple dishwasher
3. Stacy clicked on the male model

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