Friday 31 December 2021

2021 Father Time & The Grim Reaper

Old Father Time leant his scythe against the bench and wearily sat down and was removing his 2021 sash when the Grim Reaper walked up the pathway to join him.
'Hiya Time' he said cheerily as he sat down beside him, 'So how was 2021 for you?' he asked digging into the pocket of his cloak and taking out a battered packet of cigarettes.
'Usual stuff with the sex scandals, wars, murders and stupid World Leaders' sighed Time, 'How was your year? Reap anyone interesting?
Death lit a cigarette and blew out a plume of grey smoke before saying: 'Let's see, there was the usual hundred of thousands of war related deaths but celebrity wise, i got Una Stubbs, Sean Lock, Charlie Watts, Sarah Harding, Jimmy Greaves, George Segal, Lionel Blair, Nikki Grahame, Janice Long, Desmond Tutu, Prince Philip, Michael Nesmith, Dustin Diamond and Boycie from Fools and Horses'.
'Prince Philip?'
'Yep, he was pencilled in for the last few years but i kept forgetting him'
'Oh well, keeping you busy then'
'We got Covid-19 and nutters like that Brazilian loon and Boris Johnson so i'm not worried about running out of work anytime soon, so many Brits in one place though, you should hear the whinging' chuckled Death, 'So what's been going on in 2021?'
'You will be glad to hear that America still haven't done anything about their mad gun laws'.
'Good old America, if they are not blowing up somewhere else they are shooting each other, would warm my heart if i had one' said Death 'although i am worried about Putin and Biden having meetings, no WW3 for me now i'm thinking'.
'Indeed' nodded Father Time wistfully.
'Although Biden and the West have been a bit of a let down on the war front this year' said the Reaper, 'Afghanistan has stepped up to the plate, with the Taliban back i can always rely on a steady stream of dead Afghans and there is always my supply of Palestinians courtesy of Israel'.     
'The World have been obsessed with Coronovirus' said Time 'although there was that ship that got stuck in the Suez Canal and America decided they had enough of overthrowing other Governments and had a go at overthrowing their own'.
'Nice, shame about that fat orange guy losing over there, i had high hopes for him' nodded Death stubbing out his cigarette on the arm of the bench 'so how's 2022 shaping up? Global Warming still going ahead unheeded i notice, lucky me'
'Usual stuff i expect with even more sex scandals, wars, murders and stupid World Leaders' sighed Time reaching over to pick up the shiny, new 2022 sash and pulling it over his head.
'How's next year looking for you' he asked Death who smiled and opened his notepad and held it up to Time to read.
He glanced down the full list of names of the soon to be reaped and opened his eyes wide when he got to July.
'Really? he asked 'That many in one month?'    
'Yep, busy, busy, busy, oh well, no rest for the wicked, same time next year pal' and picking up his scythe, walked away whistling the tune of Don't Fear The Reaper.

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