OPERATIVE WORD

Press, 12 July 1980, Page 14

OPERATIVE WORD

By

WHIM WHAM

. . continuation of a motor vehicle industry based on assembling vehicles from imported packs is not in the national economic interest . . .’ —Trade and Industry, Customs, and Treasury study paper. *. . . if the industry is to be restructured it should be “restructured with heart”.’—Wellington city councillor, W. P. Jeffries. We’re going to RESTRUCTURE You; They said, that's What we’ll have to do — Your Pulse is low. your Eyes dilated, RESTRUCTURING is indicated. The Beehive Clinic is the Place Where Specialists will treat your Case — It’s in the Interests of the Nation You undergo this Operation. First, we remove the Feet, you’ll be Amazed how light You feel, and free — No Shoes and Socks, no ugly Lumps, A simple, structured Pair of Stumps. Less Wear and Tear on Carpets, too: The Economy gains, as well as You. That’s for a Start. We next remove — Treasury, and Caucus, must approve! — The Legs, which only take You faster Towards Depression and Disaster. You’re now RESTRUCTURED — anatomically Or nationally? and economically? You’ve got your Hands, you’ve got a Head, That’s Plenty for your daily Bread; Your Private Enterprise begins When Government cuts off your Pins. Rejoice! RESTRUCTURED as You are, Your Destination isn't far — Some Desert Future, where alone ‘Two vast and trunkless Legs of Stone’ And a stone Head, broken and grim. Remained when Time restructured HIM? That's ’Ozymandias, King of Kings' — Sir. can't we think of happier Things?