TO BILL AND NAN
the goats which died at Bikini will be honoured at a memorial service, complete with eulogy, half-masting of the flag and drum taps. The president of the San Fernando Valley Goat Association which is sponsoring the ceremdény, said: "We do not believe scientific interests are furthered by sacrificing domestic animals which have achieved such good for humanity as the goat."--NEWS ITEM. [FT All the Goats in Christendom Bow, at the Rolling of the Drum; Salute the flying Stars and Stripes, Attention! while the Bosun Pipes The Signal for a Peroration Sponsored by an Association Of San Fernando Valley Goats Who Died aboard Atomic Boats, EL Honour to the Billies, who Forsook their Hills and said Adieu To Pastures green and Went to Sea To Benefit Humanity; Their Scientific Sacrifice Has earned Them Fields in Paradise. FeRECT to Them a Kid of Gold Commemorating Heroes Bold, With possibly a Silver Plate To give the Names and Mark the Date Of the Bikini Immolation : Which served to Glorify a Nation. OW that the Ceremony’s Over We ask, What thinks the Naval Drover ; Who sent the Ruminants to Slaughter, Each Bill and Nanny and their Daughter? We ask ourselves, What has he Leernt From all the Offerings he Burnt? We rather think it All Connotes That Men. not Animals, are Goats.
E.R.
B.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 371, 2 August 1946, Page 17
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224TO BILL AND NAN New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 371, 2 August 1946, Page 17
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