[ WP ] Without warning , a national news station broadcasts its emergency `` End of the World '' tape , and cuts to static .

*Neighbours* was just closing out on the latest episode when the message reading `` Please stand by for oblivion'' popped on screen. 
 
 `` Oh,'' said Martin before taking a sip of his tea `` How unfortunate.'' 
 
 Martin was a man of simple tastes. He liked his tea black, his TV shows trashy, and his world unended. When Marjory had accidentally poured him a milky tea, he had thought to himself `` Oh well, two out of three is n't bad''. Never would he have suspected that this was only the start of his troubles. 
 
 After displaying for a few seconds the message dissapeared, meaningless static filling its space. Martin and Marjory looked over to each other. Neither of them really had anything to say, so they just sat there sipping on their milky tea. 
 
 Marjory was the one to break the silence. `` What do you suppose that meant?'' she had said. 
 
 `` Hard to tell really. Some sort of apocalypse?'' Martin said. 
 
 `` Could be.'' was all Marjory said in response. 
 
 `` Do you suppose we should repent?'' asked Martin. 
 
 `` Could n't hurt,'' said Marjory `` anything to fess up to?'' 
 
 `` I once killed a man while driving,'' Martin told her `` how about you darling?'' 
 
 `` Oh,'' she responded `` I put milk in your tea today intentionally.'' 
 
 `` Oh.'' said Martin, and the two resumed their silence broken only by the subtle sips of tea. 
 
 Several minutes later the television switched back on to the image of a man from the ABC apologizing profusely for the interruption.
