Curious Incidents of a Flailing Mermaid

Day twenty-four: my kingdom

You know last Friday I said I was off work now for 6 weeks? I lied - more to myself than anyone else. I forgot about the end of this week. Tomorrow, I have my first meeting as a trustee of the English Federation of Disability Sport. I’ve just been attempting to read through all 200 pages of “stuff” they sent me. I reached the financial section and just had to walk away – I’ve ended up cooking fish fingers and chips. Its 3pm. Who does that? This is what happens when I am not working! Madness occurs.

So I’m about to eat my “snack” and am longing to write this blog and do fun stuff on WDC. But I have to look like I, at least, might have given this stuff a glance tomorrow. I’ll return to play after I’ve done my homework…

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Well, I read it all. The financial section wasn’t too long and a pretty interesting research paper followed it. Although, I to skim read it as I found myself picking out all the grammatical errors.

To the prompt… Ohh no! After having to read serious stuff, my imagination has disappeared!

Prompt for day twenty-four: You are given the opportunity to create a kingdom of which you are the sole ruler. How would you design your kingdom? Keep in mind things like government, religion, education, etc.

A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!

The Kingdom of Colour and Words

Unique attributes:

All public walkways will be made of marble or smooth stone to make it easier for manual wheelchair users to wheel around (because I can and my arms ache!)

All sporting activities (i.e. swimming) shall be free at the point of entry. Using fundraising schemes to keep the institutions running. Suggested 5% tax for locals and 15% for those from other realms.

All citizens shall be encouraged to do some form of volunteering

Every home has to have a bright colour on it’s exterior


Government:

Elected presidents for terms of 6 years 5 months and three days precisely.

All canvassing to be carried out via Youtube and election decided by live telephone vote hosted by Kevin Bacon.

President must wear his/hear crown and ceremonial cloak at all times except every third Thursday, as determined by random calendar ballot carried out by state lottery.


Religious issues:

No religion shall be inferior – all faiths and beliefs have equal weight and freedom of speech provided there is no interference with other persons of any kind.

All subjects to have the right to freedom of thought, conscience and belief.

All religious buildings and areas shall be open to all to be enjoyed and respected.

Learning of different faiths and belief systems encouraged as spiritual enlightenment sought after at all times.


Education:

Reading at school shall be compulsory – there will be dedicated reading times every day

Children will be encouraged to be creative and think for themselves regularly

Teachers will not merely teach by reading off power point slides


Finance:

The formal currency will be known as squirdron

Items may also be purchased using quotes from books, text and writings in general. Thus, encouraging citizens to be very well read.