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Irish Water Meters Now Predict Your Future Via Tea Leaves

Irish Water has upgraded its smart meters to include tasseography, allowing them to predict the future by reading tea leaves in the water supply.

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The FY Times Staff

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Tea leaves in the bottom of a cup forming a question mark.

Tasseography Tech

Uisce Éireann upgraded 600,000 smart meters with integrated tasseography modules; 87 % accurate at forecasting ‘minor plumbing disasters’ by reading sediment patterns in the flow chamber.

Factual nugget

600,000 meters installed; network leaks cost €400 million yearly.

Nonsense twist

One meter in Kerry predicted a TD’s affair with an electric kettle.