Spike Milligan

A Combustible Woman from Thang

A Combustible Woman from Thang - meaning Summary

Explosive Comic Understatement

This short comic poem recounts a violent, absurd event in deadpan fashion: a woman "exploded" and the scene is immediately downplayed by a maid’s polite, witty question. The humor rests on sudden contrast between catastrophe and mundane social etiquette, turning shock into a punchline. The poem invites readers to laugh at the gap between grand disaster and trivial domestic response.

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A combustible woman from Thang Exploded one day with a BANG! The maid then rushed in And said with a grin, 'Pardon me, madam - you rang?'

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