HUMOR AND SATIRE

Who’s setting Russia ablaze?

Is it marshmallow roasters?

Christopher Holdroyd
The Haven
Published in
4 min readJan 2, 2023

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Russian woman and building fire care of Wikimedia Commons. Modifications by the author.

Would you like a Molotov Cocktail with that?

Read this paragraph while humming the Twelve Days of Christmas:
“From the 24th of February, Putin haters scorched for thee… Russian oil depots, trains and railway bridges, petrochemical refineries, power plants and substations, oil and gas tankers, military enlistment offices, steel plants and TV towers… gun-pow-der fact-or-ies! Four shopping centers, three pipelines, two military warehouses… and aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov!”

A new amusement for Moscovites is a love affair with roasted marshmallows! Gather the kids. Grab whittled wooden sticks and bags of pillowy sugar! Then hop in the family Lada chasing fire trucks to their destination!

If quickly hitting the road, traffic pulls over to allow emergency vehicles and your hot-in-pursuit tailgating family to pass. Whilst illegally penetrating red-lighted intersections, the kids can lance marshmallows onto roasting sticks, preparing the family for immediate action upon “arson arrival”.

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Christopher Holdroyd
The Haven

When I grow up, I want to be a wordsmithing humorist. Now, if I can only figure out this writing thing...