The Government will announce later today the launch of a new initiative for the elderly to be called the ‘Tokyo Care Pathway’
A Senior Aide at the Ministry for Health Mr De’Ath explained :
We all know that times are tight and the elderly are feeling the pinch most of all, it has been reported that sometimes they have to choose between food and heat, The Government feels their pain, but not of course literally.
What has been decided is that anyone over the age of 65 will be given a free daily rice cake, these are also known as Mochi. These are very filling and will provide a much needed carbohydrate boost to help keep core body temperature up and save them having to resort to eating cardboard at least until tea time.
The move has widespread support amongst all Political Parties.
When asked for a comment a Senior Government Minister [who did not wish to be named] described the initiative as; “A fantastic step forward ”
Meanwhile in overseas news
Japanese Authorities appeal to elderly to be careful when eating 'mochi'
Last year on New Year’s Day, emergency services in Tokyo took 13 elderly people to hospital after they choked on the “mochi.” Two of them died.
So if 13 were taken to hospital and 2 died we can be fairly sure that several hundred were not taken to hospital and are currently collecting their pensions while sitting very very still in their favourite chair in the living room...
ReplyDeleteHa, I remember that, that was when they did a survey of all the centagenarians and found the majority were indeed pining for the fjords
DeleteIf those rice cakes are anything like the ones sold in UK supermarkets, I can well understand how they pose a choking hazard! They are drier than my wit!
ReplyDeleteDo they actually sell Mochi? or do you mean the Crispy Air ones.
DeleteThe only comparison I can make to mochi is imagine trying to eat an uncooked suet dumpling
Scratching the bonce over this one.
ReplyDeleteI was trying (perhaps not successfully) That this and previous Govt seem to jump on anything that will hasten the death of the Elderly and stop them using up the resources that they actually paid for expecting to be looked after in their old age
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