Walking back to the Palace to tell the Queen the good news, I bump into Nicola, the ex girlfriend of the Abominable Snowman, (created by Wilfred Wood, an original collaborator with Spitting Image). She tells me she is hankering to get to New York as she simply must be in time for the first snowstorm in Central Park as she has heard, correctly I must add, that that is where the Jet Set and Who's Who of the Snowmen In Crowd like to meet in the Winter, St Moritz is very passe these days.
"Nicola, with your elegant tall stature, sexy English accent and womanly curves, you will no question stand out among the crowd in Central Park in the first snowstorm and probably get lucky, but would you mind joining us in Iraq first as we need you in our Royal Tartan Army."

"Iraq, what is the temperature over there, I don't do so well in the heat you know. Remember what happened to Raymond Briggs, movie star Snowman? Melted in the little boys bedroom by the fire. He was a good mate of mine< he should have got an oscar you know that part was so moving>" Nicola sobbed.

"We have wonderful factor 45 suncreen, DONT WORRY ABOUT A THING. We will find you a good hat too, just come along, have you met Sir HH? He is a hoot!"

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