Here's the Buzzer

Here's a remarkably jolly-looking Communist, demonstrating from his hospital bed the piece of wire which should have a buzzer on the end of it.

He's not really very jolly: he's thoroughly fed up and he wants to come home. Many people in that ward have senile dementia, and pressing the buzzer would be beyond them, which is probably why nobody had noticed that the buzzer is broken. But The Communist doesn't have senile dementia, and is perfectly capable of working a buzzer.

The electricians have been to look at it today, I'm told, following my demonstration of the Broken Buzzer yesterday. We shall see.

Meanwhile, when he wants something, he can't move, so he just has to shout. One of the nurses in the night remarked that he has a very loud voice. Just as well.