What If...

So I'm quite a hypothetical person. As in I think about things that can never happen - as in they, sadly, and sometimes thankfully, will never be possible. Such as what if the whole world was made up of people who were exactly like me? Imagine (not to be egocentric!): the world made up of over six billion Alexandras - what would that be like?

Firstly, the world would lack in all things technical - there would be no engineers, no plumbers, electricians. The world would be a very monolingual place - I can only speak English, and I'm sure that all the other Alexandras would only be able to speak the language of their country. So communication would be very difficult. And don't even get me started on the inadequate mathematical skill of all the Alexandras - Wall Street where money never sleeps probably would over-sleep in a world made up of me. There would be so much not understood, so many practical things not addressed. Oh, and being a student, the world would be inundated with washing-up, dirty washing (don't worry reader, I do wash my clothes - and myself for that matter!)...On the plus side, all Alexandras would hate driving, meaning that there would be a sufficient decrease in the number of vehicles on the road (and reduction to global warming etc) - yet everyone would be stuck in their little bubble, unable to travel around their local area (apart from by bike - which could decrease obesity levels..), which would be incredibly boring and parochial.

It would be a highly disfunctional, unconventional and impractical world.

Yet the positives are that there would be a lot of theatre, a lot of films (there would be Alexandras who would work out the technicalities of film making, I assure you), a lot of books, stories, Hobbiton would be real, there would be a lot of travel (I said a lack of vehicles, but I've never flown a plane before; never know, I might like it!) - a lot of travel books, big schemes, photographs of exotic places. Laughter would be compulsory, school would be much less stressful (goodbye A-levels), everyone would go on long walks to de-stress. Everyone would love curry and pizza and cheesy chips, and Chunky Peanut Butter KitKats, and have dreams about living in New York and moving to the capital.

Yes, there would be good parts. Although I reckon it would get pretty boring, what with the lack of diversity, and the lack of people doing things besides the arts and recreational things (and I don't mean drugs!).

I'm pretty glad that the world isn't made up of Alexandras, but it is an interesting thing to wonder and one that I often come back to.

Ax