ABSTRACT
Pity the organisers of the Society for Useless Information! Deluged by applications, they decided to tighten up the entry requirements for membership. Now all prospective members were told they must produce one piece of completely useless information in order to join and get the privileges of membership, which include access to the Society’s reading room (and more important, for many, smoking lounge). The rule is to be strictly adhered to. But twelve years after the rule decision, the President of the Society faces the harsh truth that since the change no one has joined. It looks as if the Society will have to close down.
