Birdshot notes

[pozorvlak]

Among the many good features of terpsichore1980's New Year party was the first full read-through of (the current draft of) the Forties play, which I think I'm going to call Birdshot! for now. Some interesting things were discovered, and some good ideas were suggested.

• At least some of the jokes are actually funny - this was something of a relief to me.
• Someone (

Comments

[wholepint]

The elephants into sugar cubes one is a *classic*. Can't remember what purpose it was supposed to serve now though.

[totherme]

Presumably, if the elephants are completely indistinguishable from sugar cubes, then one can hold the world to ransom, by threatening to turn them all back into (by this stage, quite irate) elephants en-mass.

[pozorvlak]

Something along those lines. The elephant cubes expanded back into elephants when they were added to water, so Greenback hid the elephant cubes in the sugar bowls of the powerful. When the Prime Minister next had a cup of tea, she would be CRUSHED TO DEATH BY A MARAUDING ELEPHANT! MWAHAHAHAHA!

[susannahf]

She? Ah, yes, this would be the 80's. So not necessarily a bad thing then.