Plonkton Beat the Drum Slowly | Page 6

started off : Twaddle My friends ! My friends ! I have , this day , permitted my name to go forward as your honourable , prospective , Sleazer candidate for a seat on the Borough Council of Plonkton . Pickles Olaf Gallowsbird rushed around the Cidermen , once again urging them into action ; Gallowsbird Speak your words ! Speak your words ! Pickles Again the drunken mob shouted : Cidermen Duke ! Duke ! We want the Duke ! Pickles The old , bald Ulsterman hammered his drum , and the Tinker Street Non-subscribing , Salvation Army Band belched out a mixture of ‘ Rag-time ’ and the ‘ Military Two Step ’. Twaddle Dear friends and admirers I promise you , I promise you that the hour is at hand . My coming is nigh . There will be a re-think . There will be action . There will be change . This dear town of ours has for too long been exploited by those of non-Anglican blood lines . Pickles Penelope Kirkspringer , a reporter from the Plonkton Gazette ran up to the old cart . Kirkspringer Let me get this clearly in my mind . You are ! You are deliberately stirring up racism ? Twaddle Call it what you will , but the fact remains : this town , the town of my birth has been brought to its knees by the blind acceptance of a multi-racism culture . Repatriation is the obvious and only answer . Gallowsbird Speak your words ! Shout your words ! Cidermen Duke ! Duke ! We want the Duke ! Gallowsbird No ! Not them words ! The words that I wrote down for you on the big green card : Cidermen ‘ Out with the Welsh Pricks .’ Gallowsbird No ! Stop it ! You can ' t say them words - them words are offensive . It is the Irish that are the pricks . Kirkspringer Excuse me ! Twaddle Yes , you again ! Kirkspringer What unfortunates have you listed for this so-called repatriation ? According to my informant , a Mister Fabian Pickles , who wishes to remain anonymous , the Irish and the Welsh Tur - err Welsh People are targeted . Twaddle Welsh , Irish , Scottish and Scoucers , Madam . The Welsh simply won ’ t work , the Irish have to be told where to carry out the work and the Scottish are so greedy they do the Native Anglicans out of work and as for the Scoucers - I just don ’ t like them . Kirkspringer And Blacks and Asians , no doubt , or are you intimidated by the fact the father of Sergeant Duncan Buttass was from Togo Twaddle Not in the slightest , no one intimidates one so proficient in the skills of martial arts as I . Kirkspringer
Are you avoiding my question , Sir !