Case #16: It's All Deranged

[feellikejumping]

[Sam, sounding a bit exasperated. ie: nothing really very new.]
... camp? CAMP is it?

Dear God, what next?

I don't suppose there's anyone out there who's not taking part in all this... insanity?

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[Voice]

[badhairlifetime]

I'm unaffected. I've never even gone to camp, and I'm rather glad of that*. It's not that much more insane than the rest of the curses, though, is it?

*Sometimes, the upper crust** of Ankh-Morpork got it into their heads that their hyperactive children would like nothing more than to make pictures of their family out of macaroni, swim in a naturally occurring lake, go for a hike in the woods, and sing around a bonfire. They'd always come back with horror stories of smiling counselors, and nightmares of melted marshmallow, promising that they'd behave for the rest of their lives.

**And there was definitely a crust. Especially after the river flooded, then it was about 2-3 inches thick.

[Voice]

[feellikejumping]

Anything that takes us away from our duties is a problem. My department seems to be more vacant than usual...

[Voice]

[badhairlifetime]

In Ankh-Morpork, there's was a special forces team for when there weren't enough people on duty. Maybe we could organize one here, too.

[Voice]

[feellikejumping]

That's a really good idea, actually.

So they'd basically be a trained unit of the populace that's put 'on call' then?

[Voice]

[badhairlifetime]

Right.

Hopefully we'll have a slightly better unit here, though.

[Voice]

[feellikejumping]

Sounds probable. Anything would help, really...

I'd like for you to draw up a report detailing how this special task force was selected and managed back home. How soon can you get that to me?

[Voice]

[badhairlifetime]

I should be able to get the full, detailed report within two weeks.

[Voice]

[feellikejumping]

I look forward to seeing it.