Our Favourite Lotuslandian April Fools's Prank So Far...

IfYouCan'tTakeAJokeGetOutOfThe
TurnstileVille


...Is the story from Andy Priest of the North Shore News about revenue-generating 'safety' turnstiles to be installed along wilderness trails on provincial lands.

We especially liked this part:

...All trail users — including mountain bikers, hikers, climbers and runners — would need to register for a “NatureCard” that they would then swipe any time they wished to pass through a gate. The user-friendly system would deduct a small fee right out of the user’s bank account for every swipe.

“We’re blazing a trail to a greener future,” said a ministry official who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the preliminary nature of the plan. The move follows other wildly popular user-fee initiatives in the province such as the Port Mann Bridge toll and TransLink’s Compass Card.

“It’s time to face facts — those mountains aren’t paying for themselves,” the official said, adding that money collected would go towards improvements such as wider trails, plentiful cellphone towers and better-looking trees...


And no, in case you were wondering, the man of many hats did not make an appearance.

Our only concern, of course, is that this particular story may actually give he and his ideas.

Seriously.



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