And at the approach of the Festival
of `O' Level results the chief of the tribe spake unto the chief
scribe, saying thus `Behold the hand maiden of Kettle and Pot is
required for duties of a more arduous nature, therefore send you
messages to those who call themselves the Youth Employment Officers,
asking that they submit details of candidates for appointment that
we might select therefrom'. And the chief scribe did as he was bid,
and in the fullness of time there did appear a new hand maiden to
be instructed in the rites of brew-up.
But lo, before she was properly instructed in the mysteries of these
rites the elders sent word from afar, saying `You have been worshipping
false Gods, and in the name of the true faith "Efficiency"
you must destroy your old idols Kettle and Pot and set up a new
idol Automat at whose feet you shall henceforth perform the rites
of tea-break. And the hand maiden of Kettle and Pot |