Off At Tangents: Tip Bin Shuffle

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The 47th Annual Harbinger's Convention was a busy and vibrant affair. After the tombola and face painting, coffee and biscuits were served together with a selection of Gillian Wentworth-Brewster's famed cheese scones which certainly didn't disappoint her growing army of admirers. The delegates were then asked to vote on a motion that would initiate a boycott of broadcasters and other media who used exclusively the rejoinder of doom after every utterance of Harbinger. Outgoing President Sir Walter Grapplerash summed up the latent gravitas of those assembled quite succinctly:

I can't remember the last time I heard harbinger of shortbread, harbinger of joy, harbinger of slow but steady progress or harbinger of the availability of lodgings for a royal entourage. What I do remember however is hearing that smug and chubby little Welsh hamster.Huw Edwards use 'harbingers of doom' every bloody night when he's got bad news to tell us. Well I've had a bellyful (thank you Gillian) Ladies and gentlemen, the time has come to stand up and so NO to this lazy, spiteful, misinformed, ignorant and prejudicial journalism. My father was a proud harbinger for over 40 years and used to tell me stories about the old days when pet shop owners were called harbingers of kittens and barmen were routinely referred to as harbingers of numbness. Now, here are the winning lottery numbers....

Edited by ExittheLemming - March 07 2014 at 20:15