The two uniformed men sat in their military vehicle looking out at the bad weather.
Things seemed to be going from bad to worse. Firstly, the storm, accompanied by sleet and snow being whipped along by severe winds, and secondly, their military manoeuvres being disrupted by a nasty traffic accident. Well, more than disrupted, brought to an untimely standstill. The night being extremely cold, the unfortunate gentleman that had been mowed down by the speeding vehicle had been moved into a nearby building. The two men sat shivering in a large truck that had seemed to become immobilised owing to the freezing conditions.
One of them said, “We need to call this in.”
He switched the two-way radio on. There was a lot of crackling. He starts calling.
“Come in, Drover, over.”
“Are you receiving Drover? Over.”
“Repeat, are you receiving Drover? Over.”
“Repeating again, this is Clover, are you receiving me Drover? Over.”
“Roger, this is Drover. Can hardly hear you Clover, over.”
“Same here Drover, you’re only just coming over, over.”
“This is Drover. The signal is weak. We’ve had and upgraded antenna changeover, over.”
“This is Clover, Drover. Our operational manoeuvre’s schedule is running over, over.”
“Copy that. It should have been a pushover, over.”
“Yes, but a pedestrian was knocked down on the crossover, over.”
“Say again, Clover, over.”
“A civilian has been run over, Drover, over.”
“Copy that, Clover, over.”
“We are waiting for the medics, so we can hand over, over.”
“Copy that, Clover. Has the storm blown over? Over.”
“No, Drover. We have been here so long we think the engine has iced over, over.”
“Copy that, Clover.”
“We are not sure whether we can get the engine to turnover, Drover. Over”
“Copy that, Clover.”
“We may be forced to stopover. Over.”
“This is Drover, the signal is breaking up again, come in Clover. Over.”
“Did you say hangover, Clover, over.”
“Say again Drover, over.”
“Clover, did you say someone had a hangover, Drover, over.”
“No, Drover. Said we might have to stopover, over.”
“Copy that, Clover, over.”
“Hello Drover, Ambulance has arrived. We’ll let the medics take over, over.”
“Copy that, Clover. Over and out.”
“Over and out.”
The radio operator switched off. He sat back and sighed.
“I think I’ll put in a request to have our call sign changed to Daisy.”
The other grinned.
“Good idea. It’d make communications a lot easier, moreover.”
The radio operator glared at him.
“Don’t you start!”