Thursday, February 22, 2007

Dire Frills

Horrified, I thought to myself "I'm getting too old to appreciate modern music" but was then delighted to realise that what I'd mistaken for a poor dance track at Pop Tarts club night, was actually the fire alarm.

This was followed by a huge majority of people exhibiting a complete reluctance to leave the dance floor and a handful of men whimpering about the effect the drizzle might have on their hair. I tried to point out that the chargrilled look wasn't fashionable either but this had no effect whatsoever.

Had there been a real fire, I'm convinced that the survival rate would have been as low at 5% due to drunk people's inability to associate the sound of a fire alarm with an urgent need to leave the building.

1 comment:

Jonathan said...

This begs an interesting question. How would you create a fire alarm to motivate people to leave a dance club in a hurry? Perhaps shut the music off?

Actually, just make an announcement over the loudspeakers "Free drinks outside!"

That would do the trick.