24/7
In which Rat has a radical proposal
Good time of the day, humans!
Transcript:
Rat: — ...so my proposal is to run all financial markets 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Cousin: — But you said the markets were mostly gambling.
Rat: — True that, but new wars tend to start when the markets are closed.
While Rat might be technically (or at least statistically) correct, this phenomenon might as well be caused by the events aligning to news media production cycles. Now, how does one get journalists to work on Saturdays?
"We are now joined by Rat, coming to us directly from the baseboards. He has a radical plan for 'world peace', and we think he might be onto something"...
Wait a minute, did you say journalists 'work?'