2949. Tale of a damp squib
© Bruce Goodman 29 December 2023


Eunice is a thoroughly modern person. She espouses every avid cause that passes her way. Her latest conscience-driven cause concerns the Western New Year.

Why are you celebrating this ridiculous Western New Year when the Chinese New Year is so much more ancient and steeped in tradition? We are nearing the end of the Year of the Rabbit and about to enter the Year of the Dragon. By celebrating the Western New Year you are reinforcing Western values of racism and subjection. Break out of the corrupt mould and celebrate the Chinese way with Chinese-invented fireworks. And...

On and on Eunice goes – wherever she has an audience. In fact at one stage Eunice was so obsessed that someone mistook her for Ilhan Abdullahi Om…

But I must not drivel on. I’m starting to sound like Eunice! Besides, I have to get ready to see in the New Year in a day or two and organize a party.

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