The events that I am about to describe to you are 100% true.

They have already happened to various people across the United Kingdom, which in some respects is leading the charge to 21st century "Big Brother" authoritarianism.

It's all real, and it's all disturbing. To humanize it a little bit we have pulled several true events together into a single story about a man we'll call "George."

George thinks he might stop by the community garden. His neighbors regularly gather there around a waist-deep, inflatable pool they purchased to beat the summer heat.

But then he remembers that the landlords ordered the pool removed… they were concerned that a burglar might inadvertently hurt himself while attempting to rob a home, so the pool needed to go.

Instead George figures he'll get a start on some errands. He hops in his work van and stops for a bite to eat on the way into town.

But when George's meat-lovers pizza arrives, it looks quite sparse and smaller than he remembers.

"Public Health England has new standards we're following," the man behind the counter explains. "We've cut the meat and reduced the size… it's to combat childhood obesity."

Well I'm not a child, George thinks, but politely keeps it to himself.

George parks downtown, and still feeling a bit peckish, throws away the empty pizza box in the trash bag in the back of his van.