CANBERRA : The Australian Federal Police has ordered an immediate ban on the sale of custard tarts in parliamentary dining rooms following BBC celebrity Stephen Fry demonstrating , above, how to turn harmless custard powder into an explosive .
With parliament abuzz with rumours of a gunpowder plot against Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, the overworked AFP is deeply concerned about the possibility of a lone wolf custard powder attack . A suspicious development in recent months has been the astronomical sale of custard tarts to a certain group of malcontents in the Coalition . Persons under surveillance include a number of known grumpy custard tart gluttons who look and sound as if they should have their stomachs, livers and tongues stapled .
