Cast: Joseph Bech, Pierre Dupong, Emile Speller, Norbert Dumont
December 31st, 1935
"And for my New Year's Resolution," sputtered Bech, "I resolve to resolve something!"
"Here, here!" happily cried the rest of them, taking a drink from their drinks.
"And I... er... resolve to-uh take me job... uh... seriously! Yeahh... thasss the werd," slurred Norbert Dumont drowsily.
"Here, here!" happily cried the rest of them, taking another drink from their drinks.
"In fac-t... I haff a wooonderful plan... I juss thought up," Norbert explained as he spilled his champagne on Emile. "S-thorry, Emily... er... Emile. Eh?"
"Here, here!" happily cried the rest of them, taking yet another drink from their drinks. Emile fell over.
"It involves poodles," continued Norbert, tripping over Emile on his way to the champagne bottle.
"Here, here!" happily cried Emile, then passed out just as happily.
"And some crazthy... er... nukuelar... er... thing," Norbert said as he poured himself another glass of champagne, the floor thanked him kindly.
"Here, here!" happily cried the rest of them, taking a drink from their drinks.
"Iff.. we-er design... er," said Norbert with much effort. He then said, perfectly clearly, "Nuclear Poodle Bombs," followed by some more pained speech, "we-er... should... eh?... Be secure... thass the ticket!"
He collapsed.
"Here, here!" happily cried the rest of them, taking a drink from their drinks.
The rest of the mid-afternoon was filled with happy stories of nuclear poodles that live in glass houses and weave baskets out of grapevines. The party soon became dispersed as everyone either collapsed or went home to their nice warm beds.
The next morning, Norbert Dumont woke up with a strange feeling that poodles should have something to do with explosives. He attributed this outlandish idea to his hangover. Plus, he didn't have much time to consider this possibility, as his train to France was to leave shortly.
"Perhaps the French will have an idea what this could mean," he thought as he boarded the train.
A few hours later, Joseph Bech's historic meeting deciding the policies of Luxemburg for the next 3 years would be held not ever knowing that Luxemburg's best hope just boarded a train for France.