RECESSIONAL

Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28536, 15 March 1958, Page 12

RECESSIONAL

[By WHIM WHAM] I do hope I can count upon the Discretion Of you Jokers let’s have no loose Talk round here. Whatever we’re in for it isn’t a Depression; Walter wouldn’t want it, so there’s nothing to fear But the Prospect of an economic Recession Which won’t HURT even if it does feel a bit queer. Nordie says we’re sound at Heart and that’s very Encouraging News, don’t you agree with me, Sir? Let’s laugh and quaff our rare old Hawke’s Bay Sherry And never mind the Outlook at best it’s a Blur. If there’s no Sand handy a Joker can always bury His Head in the Horse Page of the News-pa-per.’ As for Foreign Policy, let’s leave that to Walter The Way we left it to Sid What’s in a Name? In Support of Nato and Seato we’ll never falter And Whatever the best People say, we’ll say the Same; We’ll burn our Pinch of Nonsense on UNESCO’S Altar, And if Blessings won’t flow, we shan’t be to blame.

And this Talk about Missiles and H-Bombs merely Makes us tired! What have they go to do with Us? A lawyer Joker tells me he’s had to get (yes, really!) A Licence to import a new Wig, Sir! Thus It is that wfe get pushed around, and All I sincerely Hope is that we can enjoy the coming Recession with a Minimum of Interruption and Fuss.