THE PRICE PAID FOR A PRACTICAL JOKE

                                        

                                    THE PRICE PAID FOR A PRACTICAL JOKE

I read that the Australian radio presenters responsible for the hoax hospital telephone call have had their show axed, although they continue to be employed by the radio station.  Is this not very unfair?  It wasn't their fault that a somewhat naive nurse believed she was taking a call from our Monarch concerning the well-being of her grand-daughter!  It wasn't their fault that the nurse slipped into an apparent slough of despond and decided that the only option was to take her own life as a result of it all.  You never saw victims of  'Beadles About' committing suicide after every episode did you.  Not only were we more resilient, more rounded back then, but we were British with a sense of humour to match!