Only children whose parents had lost either their jobs or their lives were selected to take part in the annual Scarfolk Maypylon Dance. On the face of it, the tradition welcomed in Spring, but it was really just an exercise in cutting unnecessary welfare expenditure. Funds were rerouted to more important undertakings such as supporting the arms industry, which sold weapons to volatile nations that regularly threatened Britain with war.
Super-conductive copper ribbons were used during the dance because it was believed that their combination with 400,000 volts and expendable children opened a vortex to an alternate dimension where household items were always on sale and could be purchased for a fraction of the price. Items that were brought back through the vortex, however, risked corruption by dark forces, as witnessed on May 1st 1971 when Scarfolk was overrun by a vast horde of malevolent, sentient food blenders.
For more May Day celebrations, see the Scarfolk Wicker Man.
Ah, the Beltane Fire...
ReplyDeleteHehehe happy times.... happy times.
ReplyDeleteReminds me of a lot of 'public saftey films' I saw as a kid,
ReplyDeleteI always figured the real message was "look at the cool shit that happens when you play with pylons!". And if little Jimmy gets it do we all get his toys?
"Funds were rerouted to more important undertakings such as supporting the arms industry"
ReplyDeletePhew, I'm glad this is satire.
pinch, punch,
ReplyDeleteNow be fair!How can anyone possibly blame the council for the problems caused by the idiots that foolishly put their hands in the magical blenders? And even those witless gits had to admit it made a lovely sauce once you filtered all the bone fragments out.
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