Mysterious Disturbances in Downing Street
Anon
Genre: | News-Commentary, Drollery |
Subjects: | Sound, Supernaturalism, Government, Politics |
Reports on strange humming noises, often accompanied by utterances of numbers, emanating from the Chancellor of the Exchequer's office. Argues that these 'acoustical phenomena' are not supernatural in origin but Benjamin Disraeli calculating his budget aloud. | |
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