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Evolution inc.

A division of The Universe Group

FROM: Director of New Works

TO: The Development Team

RE: Casual Fridays

Since June 12, 4 billion B.C., Evolution inc. has had a policy of Casual Fridays where staff have been encouraged to propose more innovative designs for committee approval. In the main this policy has been quite successful with projects which may have otherwise been rejected being sent on for successful development ie: Self-Replication, the Prehensile Tail, Gills, and the Bumblebee. Of course some designs proved un-workable (the entire Dinosaur range) and had to be discontinued, but this was in the spirit of the scheme; to think a little outside the box.

Unfortunately it has become apparent that some of the designs proposed recently at Casual Friday meetings border on the silly, if not dangerous. The Homo Sapien Sapien range is a prime example. Clearly whoever proposed apes walking around on two legs ‘inventing’ things, was either taking the piss, or on it. Why the team leaders approved this design for further development is unclear (please see separate memo re: Team Leader vacancies) - yet approved it was.

There are now over 5 billion units wandering around the planet making things out of plastic, shooting each other and generally stinking up the place. Several decommissioning viruses have been issued but these particular apes seem to have an excellent anti-virus package (I will be speaking to IT in regard to it’s issuing of immune systems willy-nilly)and have resisted decommissioning thus far.

It is with this in mind, I am cancelling Casual Fridays until further notice. All Development Teams are to cease work on any projects involving Sapien Sapien until a meteor strike can be arranged and we can get this mess cleaned up. I will review Casual Fridays again at that time.

Jim Baxter

Director, New Work.