The CEO of the Indian offshoot of the international garment maker, Uniglow, noted for its all-weather fashion wear, held a special staff meeting of all the company’s employees.
Thanks to a localised version of man-made climate change marked by totally unpredictable extreme weather events occurring in rapid succession, our company has been presented with a great opportunity to break all our previous sales records, said the CEO.
Everyone present knew what he was talking about. This variant of climate change had all the media, both mainstream and social, abuzz with excited speculation as to what would happen next, or when, or why.
Even the experts on the subject admitted that the only thing that could with any degree of probability be predicted about this aspect of climate change was that it was totally unpredictable.
Some attributed the volatility of the weather to that usual suspect in such matters, ‘western disturbances’.
However, in this season the weather seemed to veer, not only from day to day, but from hour to hour, not just because of western disturbances, but also disturbances emanating from the east, as well as the north, and the south, leading to the surmise that had there been more than these points in the compass, those too would have pitched in to do their disturbing duty.
Others attributed the mercurial changeability of the climate to the sharp rise in emissions that created heat island effects of hot air and other gaseous emanations.
Whatever the reasons behind the uncertainty of what the climate could get up to, from moment to moment, said the CEO, the situation calls for a very special type of garment that makes the wearer adapt to any and all weather conditions, no matter how swiftly and randomly they may change.
What made this item of clothing so topically popular was the unique material it was made of which, chameleon-like, could change colour so as to be most advantageous to the wearer in any given environment.
It was this remarkable capability that inspired the name given to this addition to the wardrobe: Turncoat.
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