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African trilogy (Non-PC)
African trilogy
1890s...the smoking room, the Explorers' Club, London
'Haven't heard from Hopkins for a while...'
'Oh, Hopkins, didn't you hear, he's set up house with a gorilla in the Congo...'
'What ? Set up house with a gorilla??
'Yes. a gorilla...'
'Set up house with a female gorilla?'
'Yes a female gorilla...nothing queer about Hopkins'...
1930s, Kensington..
'I say, have you heard from Priscilla lately?'
'Yes, she's engaged to a Captain in the King's Own African Rifles...'
'The King's Own African Rifles?'
'Yes, it's a Kenyan Regiment... white officers with black privates...'
'Ooooh, how exotic...'
2000, Kensington...again
'How did Rebecca's African Safari holiday go?'
'Oh didn't you hear? She was in this tree house one night when a gorilla came in and raped her...'
'Oh Dear!!! Was she hurt??'
'Hurt?? I'll say she was hurt ... it has never phoned, not a word, not even a short email............