TEATOTALLER’S TASTE
By
WHIM WHAM
. . . Mr Muldoon’s chief press. officer, Mr Brian Lockstone, said the Prime Minister does not drink coffee or tea. — Report on sacking of Prime Minister's Department tea lady. Sorry, Lady — but the Boss, you see, Doesn’t drink Tea. In the Private Sector, Jobs may be abundant, Here in the Beehive you’re redundant. Why, even We, however highly placed, Must mind the Boss’s Taste — Careers at Risk, we sip the furtive Cup If we can’t give It up. Lady, think of those other ill-paid Drudges, Economists, Editors, Judges — Whose stronger Brew, unpalatably free, Wasn’t the Boss’s Cup of Tea! Next time you take the Kettle to the Pot, Think of their cheerless Lot — When Funds are short, and Fuses shorter, There’s never a Shortage of Hot Water. Lady, if it’s true, what the Man said, What does he drink instead? The Champagne of Applause, all Effervescence? The still white Wine of Acquiescence? What’s wrong with Buttermilk — Harmless as Water, soft as Silk? I’m at a Loss, like You and your Tea Caddy, He’s Boss — and isn’t he faddy?
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Press, 13 February 1982, Page 14
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