These Fuelish Things

Motorists across the UK are refusing to heed government appeals for calm in the face of Friday’s impending four-day strike by tanker drivers.

Although there were hopes that last-minute talks might yet avert the protest at the eleventh hour, car drivers were reported to be queueing at some garages, and one had already run out of diesel early this morning.

“Blah-blah-blah blah, blah-blah blah panic-buy,” was the message heard by half-asleep motorists on their car radios. “Blah blah-blah blah empty shelves, blah-blah-blah starve to death.”