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May 05, 2008

A serious loss

Recently declassified documents show a now quaint concern for tea shortages in the event of nuclear attack.

Never mind the radiation: British contingency planners worried there would be a dramatic shortage of tea in the aftermath of a nuclear attack, recently declassified documents showed Monday. The shortfall of the staple British beverage would be "very serious" if the country were to come under attack with atomic and hydrogen bombs, said according to a memo drafted between 1954 and 1956.

"The tea position would be very serious with a loss of 75 percent of stocks and substantial delays in imports and with no system of rationing it would be wrong to consider that even one ounce (28 grams) per head per week could be ensured," it said. "No satisfactory solution has yet been found."

Not to worry, the documents have become entirely redundant in an England that is no longer England. Let us fear instead for the human rights of Barbary pirates and celebrate an anticipated disruption in the distribution of tobacco, American television and all that is haram and khamr.

Posted by Ghost of a flea at May 5, 2008 06:41 AM

Comments

So, you're saying that you don't fancy a cuppa?

Posted by: agent bedhead [TypeKey Profile Page] at May 5, 2008 11:17 AM

We have the wrong kind of water to brew proper tea in Canada. The coffee is fine though.

Posted by: Ghost of a flea [TypeKey Profile Page] at May 5, 2008 11:19 AM

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