Re: A Christmas Story
Originally Posted by
Ffosse
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Can I get a Coke, please?
We've got Welsh coal, anthracite, and nutty slack. We've got lignite, black coal and peat. We've got bituminous coal, sub-bituminous coal, and wood. We've got seam coal from Rossington Main in south Yorks, and we've got half a tonne of smokeless brickettes from the Doctor Bronowski plant at Markham Main that are too smokey to use in domestic fires, but we ain't got no coke.
The boss up front says I've got to shovel faster cos I can't keep up with her manic need for speed but we need to stop for some grease soon cos the axle-box is overheating and the chip fryer is running short.
Nobody told me about this at the interview when I volunteered to be fireperson.
Will someone please pass a message to my Lovely Cousin who is back in the observation car, and ask her to bring me the eggs, bacon, and milk she bought at the local butchers so we can have brekkers on the footplate, cooked on me authentic GWR shovel, washed down with barrista tea made with hot water from the steam blow-off valve.