ell

I got my first ninety in university... on a calc exam! They must have mixed my name up with someone else's...

So i've been working on super big design project recently as a majour part of my engineering design course. In a nutshell, Toronto Public Health has asked my design team to create a system which will introduce a new environmental bylaw in Toronto. They basically want us to think of a way to spread the word to as many people as possible, in a way that makes the bylaw fun, not boring (yeah....). Today was our team's second last meeting with our client.

Knowing that this meeting was quite paramount in the process of our design project, i made sure to dress to impress, and reminded myself to act as professional as possible. I arrived ten minutes early, pulled out my black notebook, and had my pen at the ready for any important details.

The super professional and serious mood was slightly tarnished by the fact that our proposed solution was to implement a mascot as the spokesperson for the new bylaw named "ELL" The environment loving leprechaun, a happy-go-lucky small man with a giant green hat and a pot of gold to go along with it. He could have been twins with the Lucky, the magical cereal leprechaun.

Our client started the meeting off by failing to maintain a straight face when we asked him for feedback on our solution. He then continued to explain how he had made his rounds with the pictures of ELL which we had provided. He showed them to nearly all of his coworkers, and the pictures were apparently received every time with a howl of laughter followed by a "We can't actually use this... can we?"

Apparently the government is a afraid that the Irish community of Toronto may be offended by ELL. We have the "good to go" for a mascott in general though, we just have to change what it will look like. Personally though, i don't think any other creature would be as effective as a good old grinning leprechaun. He has a funny hat, and cute little booties...