Mayday, Mayday, Where's My Clean Air?

[Woonsocket]

May is finally here. And *cough* spring air brings *cough, cough* fresh breezes of clean *hork, hork, RUKTOOIE* clean*cough*...what the heck? Where is my fresh air? That danged big diesel truck is just spewing out clouds of black *hack, sneeze* stinky smoke. That's not right!

The above is from a news report on Channel 217 News on the Hour. The reporter noted that many of the big trucks that were going by were releasing big clouds of black smelly smoke into the atmosphere. On investigating this phenomenon, the Channel 217 reporter dug up evidence that VolksWoogon Motors trucks were all doing this. And they were supposed to have passed the emissions inspection too. Hiring Kevin Mittnick to hack into the truck chip software proved that VolksWoogon had installed a special program that caused the engine to run clean only when at the emission inspection stations. All other times mileage was maximized but at the cost of release of vast quantities of pollutants into the air. As a result, nations that owned trucking companies are fined 5,000 tacos for each trucking company they own.

Payouts for May are as follows. The first figure is the full typical payout, and the second is the payout with the fines subtracted (you're welcome, Paffnia). Taco Island Charities will help defray the cost of this environmental disaster. For shame, VolksWoogon, for shame!

Markanite 43250 33250
Shy Guy 3050 3050
Witchcraft and Sorcery 13000 13000
Lower Columbia 12750 12750
Hahiha 28400 18400
13 Court Gaurd Squads 11500 6500
Paffnia 37500 32500
Ater Nox 48250 43250
Boltor 71250 61250
Grub 4000 4000
Elite 4500 -500
Echolilia 7450 7450
Ananke 14000 9000
Louisistan 11950 6950
Hakketomat 25750 25750
Globexanter 2000 2000
Humansanity 8750 8750
Tikistan 12450 7450
Baden-Wuerttemberg 8700 8700
Tainted Penhaligon 1000 1000
Kortexia 7950 7950
Siuts 14200 9200
Sweethaven 550 550
Flag Flayers 1250 1250
Wordy 4750 4750
Alkasia 1400 1400
Farun 2650 2650
GolgariSwarm 3400 3400
RairAria 3150 3150
tuganation 14200 9200
United Royal Islands 1000 1000
aschmidt 13750 13750
Rallas 1000 1000
Lysandrion 1600 1600
Tuga Tiger 1200 1200
Prime Coalition 1500 1500
Pazakistan 3950 3950
Viros 1000 1000
Dominion of Compassion 6000 6000
Stroulia 200 200
Sorya 1200 1200

[Woonsocket]

Note - all payouts have been made. Well, except to Elite who actually lost money. Check your contributions to get your tacos, and then if you had a Trucking shop item, talk to Paffnia and Taco Island Charities.

[Ater Nox]

The Empire of Ater Nox will be fining the Regional Reserve for fining its Trucking industry without filling out the correct forms.

[Old Regional Reserve - CTE]

May 7, 2017 3:17:51 GMT -5 Ater Nox said:

The Empire of Ater Nox will be fining the Regional Reserve for fining its Trucking industry without filling out the correct forms.

The Regional Reserve will pay its mandated fine to the Mayor.  Two questions though.  First, where are these pesky forms?  And second, is this in addition to the monthly bribes we all have to pay?  I am assuming everyone else is paying you bribes; that's what you told me anyway when you said I had to do it.



 

[Ater Nox]

Well first of all, there are no correct forms for fining my nation. Secondly, duh, of course fines don't count as bribes. Although, you could substitute the fines for additional bribes, or not pay the bribes and recieve additional fines.

[Woonsocket]

May 7, 2017 4:05:11 GMT -5 Old Regional Reserve - CTE said:

May 7, 2017 3:17:51 GMT -5 Ater Nox said:

The Empire of Ater Nox will be fining the Regional Reserve for fining its Trucking industry without filling out the correct forms.

The Regional Reserve will pay its mandated fine to the Mayor. First, where are these pesky forms?

May 7, 2017 5:00:57 GMT -5 Ater Nox said:

Well first of all, there are no correct forms for fining my nation. Secondly, duh, of course fines don't count as bribes. Although, you could substitute the fines for additional bribes, or not pay the bribes and recieve additional fines.

Who said anything about fining your nation? The Regional Reserve, gracious as they are, said they would pay you. But they wondered where the forms for fining the Trucking Industry are located.

Have you stopped doing all those different psychedelic and narcotic drugs at those super high dosages?

[Old Regional Reserve - CTE]

What Woonsocket said.

[Louisistan]

What? That's a completely unlikely scenario!!!! Oh wait...

[Taco Island Charities]

May 5, 2017 4:09:32 GMT -5 Woonsocket said:

The first figure is the full typical payout, and the second is the payout with the fines subtracted (you're welcome, Paffnia). Taco Island Charities will help defray the cost of this environmental disaster.

Why thank you!

Mortimer Disaster Relief funds sent: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1497683/thread