Shakespeare would have written the tale of Smart Meters, and Compact Fluorescent Bulbs, as a tragedy

With many apologies to William Shakespeare, and those who love literature, today I present the following ditty’s which through my head doth did blossom …

Claudio … from Much Ado About Nothing (IV, i, 19-21)

"O, what Christy’s men and women dare do! What Liberals may do! What they daily do, not knowing what they do!"

Juliet

"What's in a name? That which we call a “smart” meter

By any other name would smell as bad and as foul."

Macbeth:

To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,

Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,

To the last syllable of recorded time;

And all our yesterdays have lighted bulbs

The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief compact fluorescent bulb!

Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,

Christy struts and frets her hour upon the stage,

And then is heard no more. It is a tale

Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,

Signifying nothing.

Richard … from King Richard III (V, iii, 179)

"O Smart-Meter, how dost thou afflict me!"

Juliet:

'Tis but thy name that is my enemy:

Thou art thyself, though not anything we would recognize.

What's Liberal? It is not fiscally responsible,

Nor having a social conscience,
nor any other part belonging to a man.

O be some other name!

What's in a name? That which we call a Federal Liberal would smell as bad;

So Christy would, were she not Liberal call'd,

Make all the pay-offs which she owes

Without that Liberal title. Christy, doff thy name,

and for thy name, which is no part of thee,

Take all the glory thee doth seek.

Claudio … from Much Ado About Nothing (V, iii, 3-4)

"Done to death by scheming tongue

Was the Smart-Meter that here lies"