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- 1. The pneumatic tube revolution is upon us! People will no longer read books as hardbound copies cannot be rolled into tube-like fashion and sent whooshing from building to building. Extrapolating data shows that pneumatic tubes will be installed in 78% of American homes by the end of the century.
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- 2. Library budgets must be slashed to fund the War between the States.
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- 3. The Library Company of Philadelphia is in the hands of fifteen-year-old George Maurice Abbot, a known lay-about and malingerer. Meanwhile the director, Lloyd P. Smith, has lost William Penn’s desk.
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- 4. Kinetoscopes will kill the publishing industry.
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- 5. Impressionism and a disrespect for art and literature.
Yes, this is completely satirical and invented to make a point in Dumping on Libraries for Pageviews.
Dang, I was getting all excited about the pneumatic tubes!
OK, this made me laugh, loudly. Many thanks.