A group of friends with shared interests are happy to have longer in their current venue for their war party.
”It was looking a bit like we needed to find somewhere else to party,” one of the old men said, “like the Korean Peninsula maybe? But happily our current hosts have decided to let us stay longer.”
This is good news, with neighbours of the alternative venue pre-emptively expressing concerns about the anticipated noise of the revellers.
”I’ve a few personal problems right now,” the old man added, “so having somewhere to drop tonnes of bombs helps me face each new day. Unfortunately, a recurring condition with bone spurs stops me getting onto the dance floor personally, but I’m happy to be the DJ all night.”
But what about the others?
”I have a constant need to appear strong and stable at home,” they said together, “snap!”
The woman involved is especially pleased.
”Most people don’t know this, but I have some elections coming up soon, so showing how I can be trusted to mix it up with new moves is timely. It’s also especially good for one of my government’s key industrial strategies.”
Exportimg high explosive death to the world’s tyrannies?
”Boom!” She replied, “you know it!”
And the other fellow?
”I can’t spend all my spare time bareback on horses,” he confided, “the weather needs to be just right. So having a war party some distance away is magnificent. It gives me a chance to show what a good party planner I am. People will line up for my services. I was a little worried a few years back that I wouldn’t get invited, that an international coalition of people whinging about how the party was getting out of hand would close it down prematurely. But that didn’t happen and now I’m on the big stage again. Which I appreciate.”
Numerous friends and acquaintances of the three are also keen to get involved.
”So long as we’re sure to agree the playlist in advance,” the friends chimes, “there’s no reason we can’t potentially keep this party going on and on. The alternative is stopping it and we don’t see that as being in our interests.”