Modern day Joseph and Mary
Would drive 50 miles to the nearest Maternity Unit in a clapped-out Nissan Micra, only to be told that all the beds are occupied and due to NHS cuts there are not any midwives available.
They'd then have to wait in a nearby Burger King car-park and have the baby in a skip, watched by rats, teenagers, tramps and drug addicts.
There wouldn't be shepherds, there'd be security guards telling them to move on and stop causing a disturbance, and on the off-chance they'd be allowed to stay in the skip for 12 days, it wouldn't be 3 wise men who'd turn up, it'd be social services, not bringing gold, frankinsence and Myrhh (sp?), but taking the baby away to be brought up by well-meaning middle class lesbian foster parents.
ED: Spent too long on this, now it's too far down the board. :(
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Fri 25 Sep 2009, 16:59,
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They'd then have to wait in a nearby Burger King car-park and have the baby in a skip, watched by rats, teenagers, tramps and drug addicts.
There wouldn't be shepherds, there'd be security guards telling them to move on and stop causing a disturbance, and on the off-chance they'd be allowed to stay in the skip for 12 days, it wouldn't be 3 wise men who'd turn up, it'd be social services, not bringing gold, frankinsence and Myrhh (sp?), but taking the baby away to be brought up by well-meaning middle class lesbian foster parents.
ED: Spent too long on this, now it's too far down the board. :(