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Canadian Soldiers Fly to Afghanistan with Help of Faerie Princesses
Sunday, January 26, 2002 - Ottawa
Canada's highly-trained armed forces are on their way to Afghanistan in the coming weeks.
That's the news now, after earlier reports indicated that there was trouble finding adequate transport to get Canadian troops to the region.
"Fortunately several good-natured Faerie Princesses called my office to volunteer to help with the transport," said Art Eggsardone, Defense Minister.
The mammoth task of transporting numerous troops to Afghanistan was nearly enough to put a stop to the entire operation.
"The logistics of the operation are overwhelming," Defense Analyst Ailikta Kilmore said, "the numbers of troops and equipment to move are staggering, and represent the largest operation outside Canada since the Gulf War."
The unnamed Faerie Princesses are said to possess special proprietary technology (code-named "pixie dust") which enables them to move objects and people at an unusual rate of speed.
Reporters egged the Defense Minister on for more details of the arrangement with the Faeries, including the costs for the operation.
"Fortunately the Faerie Princesses are not charging the Canadian Government for their services," Eggy said, "instead, they have asked only that Canada respect the distinctiveness of their people, accepting them as 'normal' people with 'special' skills."
Spokesfaeries did not return BCB's telephone calls for this story.
