Drum Magazine Issue 3 | Page 114

112 Drum: OFFBEAT “Mwaah haaah haaah haaah” Condoleesa Rice was yesterday able to suppress a baleful smirk for long enough to offer assurances to Iran that the US had ‘no immediate plans’ to invade and conquer them. The proposed ‘Citizenship Test’, which may ultimately be issued to all residents of the British Isles not born in either England or Wales (a decision is yet to be made on those born in Scotland or North Irelandshire), is composed of several hundred questions, designed to gauge the ‘Albionosity’ of the subject. Speaking at a packed press briefing, Howard insisted that it was in the interests of everyone that only the most socially-awkward, over-formal, emotionally-constipated foreign nationals be allowed to stay in Britain, and further suggested that Asian families who settle here should replace their traditional dress with highly starched dress-shirts and badly-fitting shoes. On the advice of British embassies in their respective countries, many Albanian, Pakistani, Sudanese, and Afghani would-be immigrants are already readying themselves for their new lives on our shores by distancing themselves from their children, practising their expressions of silent disapproval, and furtively masturbating over speciallyscreened episodes of Eurotrash. Glaring into a nearby television camera, the US Secretary of State said: “The White House will always pursue the diplomatic route when at all possible. We are …reasonable people.” CONDOLEESA: US HAS ‘ NO IMMEDIATE PLANS’ TO INVADE IRAN/ SYRIA/ ANY OTHER COUNTRY OF CHOICE Slowly drawing a finger across her throat, Rice dissolved into helpless, manic laughter, before gathering herself and asking for the next question. Ms Rice was also able to re-assert the Bush administration’s stance on nations who are linked to organised terrorist activities. “We in America are an honourable people. We are not without compassion. But we will defend our borders and our overseas interests. And while force is not an option we are considering at this time, it is never…off the table”, she said raising a menacing eyebrow, and twiddling her recently grown, and heavily waxed moustache. Rice later went on to deny assertions that the Bush government seemed bent on world domination: “World domination? Why, that’s ridiculous I tell you …ridiculous….ha! Ha! Mwaaah haaah haaah hhaaahhhhhh!!! Soon you will all suffer, you ignorant fools! You will burn! Mwaaah haa haa ha, ha….ha….oh dear …ohhhh. That was off the record, ok?”