Desmond Walter-Ellis: Station Announcer

A Run for Your Money

Station Announcer

Station Announcer: [into PA] Will Mr. Thomas Jones and Mr. David Jones, J-O-N-E-S, from -
[to Whimple]
Station Announcer: Where are they from?
[takes Whimple's slip of paper with "Hafoduwchbenceubwllymarchogcoch" on it; speaks into PA]
Station Announcer: Would Mr. Thomas and Mr. David Jones, from...
[looks at paper]
Station Announcer: Love a duck!
[pause]
Station Announcer: Would Mr. Thomas and Mr. David Jones, from *Wales*, please call at the stationmaster's office on Platform 1.
[about 100 Welshmen converge on the stationmaster's office]