RED BUTTON DAY

As promised, the dustbin men survived, but only a few of their babes, I’m afraid. The trouble is they’re part of the problem. They can’t tell a Rodg lymph from a zombie and it’s likely that there will be a few scattered survivors. but not enough to rebuild the ecosystem. They’d just make a mess of it again anyway. No, what they need is outside help, from beyond the planet to repopulate; and this is where the French have come to the rescue.

On board our craft, in suspended animation, are an elite force of French baby lymph's. But before they can be taken down to the planet’s deepest subterranean caverns to begin replication, the dustbin men have to be dealt with. They can’t tell a Rodg lymph from a zombie but they can sniff out a French one at a 100 centimetres ! It’s the garlic.

After the detonation of the Melphlan bomb, in only a few minutes from now, there will be a lot of cleaning-up to do. What life forms are left on the planet will be on high alert. It is essential that the dustbin men are fitted with nose clips before ‘les’enfants’ go down, otherwise they’ll bin the lot. And so tomorrow, a special Ciclosporin team will get to work down on the planets surface sorting out the bin men’s olfactories.

Can the task be completed on time ? Will the new babes survive ? The most critical point of the plan is fast approaching.