Minimalist poet, minimalist lifestyle

I was in Jack Fulton's frozen food shop in town the other day and bought six ice creams for £1. The woman on the till charged me £1.25. I explained to her that they were six for a Pound; she then apologised saying that she thought I'd only bought five [at 25p each.] So, if I'd only wanted five, would she have really charged me £1.25?

QUESTION: How many feet do mice have?

Original reply: Mice have four feet.
Management Comment: Elaborate!
Revision 1: Mice have five appendages, and four of them are feet.
Comment: No discussion of fifth appendage!
Revision 2: Mice have five appendages; four of them are feet and one is a tail.
Comment: What? Feet with no legs?
Revision 3: Mice have four legs, four feet and one tail per unit-mouse.
Comment: Confusing -- is that a total of 9 appendages?
Revision 4: Mice have four leg-foot assemblies and one tail assembly per body.
Comment: Does not fully discuss the issue!
Revision 5: Each mouse comes equipped with four legs and a tail. Each leg is equipped with a foot at the end opposite the body; the tail is not equipped with a foot.
Comment: Descriptive? Yes. Forceful? NO!
Revision 6: Allotment appendages for mice will be: Four leg-foot assemblies, one tail. Deviation from this policy is not permitted as it would constitute misapportionment of scarce appendage assets.
Comment: Too authoritative; stifles creativity!
Revision 7: Mice have four feet; each foot is attached to a small leg joined integrally with the overall mouse structural sub-system. Also attached to the mouse sub-system is a thin tail, non-functional and ornamental in nature.
Comment: Too verbose/scientific. Answer the question!
FINAL REVISION APPROVED BY MANAGEMENT: Mice have four feet.

A man turned up for an interview for an IT position who had absolutely no computer experience, but asked for a salary about twice what the average computer geek gets.
When he was asked why he should be paid that much, he replied that it was because the work was so much harder when you don’t know what you are doing.

Here's some basic information about the James Burke TV series called 'Connections'.

Made in the mid 70’s. It explores the events surrounding the cascading failure that wiped out New York City’s power supply in the 60’s. It opens in New York at the World Trade Center. Co-incidentally, it shows that the power blackout could have caused commercial airliner to crash into Manhattan had the pilot not averted disaster. The flight number of the plane was 911.