Saturday, March 21, 2009

TERRITORY POPULAR WITH GHOSTS

The Territory’s fabulous lifestyle and the lousy Pommie weather has resulted in a boost in the number of ghosts shifting to Darwin. So many spooks have fled Hampton Court its lucrative ghost tours have collapsed and the palace has been bought by the Chinese government.

Many ghosts moved out of Hampton Court when an audio visual system was set up in its famous maze to make it more funky. This noisy intrusion of modernity upset the spectral residents of the palace who frequently slipped into the maze for a furtive snort of snuff, a puff of Sir Walter Raleigh’s imported cigarettes or an illicit Cuban cigar.

One of the ghosts who has taken up residence in Darwin is Catherine Howard who was beheaded by Henry V111. In an exclusive interview with Little Darwin, Catherine , accompanied by a dashing headless horseman , with whom she is very close, praised Darwin’s warm weather. The last UK winter had been bitterly cold, she said, enough to freeze the vitals off Lord Nelson as he courageously stood atop his column in London without a set of naval Long Johns or a Manchester United scarf.