Emissions

Well, it is not as if I needed a new one; after all why pay money for something just because it is new? I mean my old one was getting on a bit, but it still worked… more or less… after a fashion. Admittedly it didn’t have all the bells and whistles of a newer one… well it didn’t have any whistles at all, and the one bell it did have would have given a campanologist nightmares, but there you go. Technology marches on and before you know it, your left with something that makes people grin and wink at each other every time you lead it out of the stables.

Anyway, change was forced upon me when the EU brought in their new emission standards. She was rather old and well, you know what dragons are like when they get old. I mean, it is bad enough being around the front when they breathe fire, but when they get on a bit, it tends to get more dangerous around the back. Hence, these new EU emission guidelines for dragons of a certain age.

I suppose it is inevitable, the kind of things they eat which gives them their fiery breath. It is bound to take a toll on the digestive system as they get older.

Then there is the number of dragon pens that seem to burn down, all on their own, as the dragons in them get older. It plays havoc with the insurance premiums. Then there is all the hassle of getting them started on a cold morning. A dragon in a bad morning mood is not something you want to be arsing around with, especially when you need to take the kids on the school run and with the amount of traffic there days, getting to work can be a nightmare, especially if there is an accident. A mid-air dragon collision can be bad enough, but at least it only leaves a pile of ash on the ground waiting to be swept up.