Bulletin From Bromham: Dateline
– Sunday 2nd November 2014
Here is our weekly round-up of events from Bromham:
1. An
enquiry has been launched after the crash of Bromham’s new experimental
high-speed potato-picking machine. One
of the test-drivers was killled, and the other ejected safely but is seriously
injured. This represents a major set-back
for Bromham’s high-technology industry, but does not appear to have affected
the desires of Bromham’s richest and brightest farmers to join the inaugural
harvesting run to the very edge of the village.
The exact date for this ground-breaking (geddit?) run is now in doubt,
and may be put back by several years.
2. The
usual political storm-in-a-teacup row blew up this week when it was revealed
that the t-shirts worn by Bromham’s party leaders in the Parish Council
chamber, bearing the slogan “This is what a self-serving politico looks like”,
were made of woven baler-twine in sweat-shop conditions in a factory in
Frome. Dave Wentwrong, leader of the
Field Land-Owners’ Party (FLOP) who had consistently refused to wear the
t-shirt, said that he did not wish to make political capital of the issue, but commented
“na na na na na na”.
3.
For
details of these and all other Bromham stories, don’t forget to listen to local
radio station Carrot FM.
Copyright
Andy Fawthrop 2014
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