Hell-mand

Christmas Morning News BBC Radio 4

 

“Thousands of people have gone online

this Christmas morning, the internet

bringing the January sales forward

and into the happy day’s activities”,

 

the dusky, female voice announced

Adding, not “Christ is born!”, but

“A British soldier was killed last night

in a Christmas Eve combined operation

against the Taliban,somewhere in

Helmand province”,

a cough,

“The parents of the soldier, a Royal Marine,

have been informed”, now back to our

carol service” . . . “ding dong merrily on high

in heaven the bells are ringing, ding dong

merrily” . . . sang the merry choristers

“ hissssssssss” went the radio as

the dial screwed round, with excessive force.

 

Done