The great Guinea Pig Offer - continued

More clarity is appearing on the offer from the Guinea Pig folk to the Moon Gibbon Folk.  Apparently the Moon Gibbon Folk, if they move to Stewartby, will be entitled to continue to use the Beaker Common Prayer.  Ironic, because none of them were using it anyway.  They were using their own prayer book, the Wee Gibbon Worship Book.  That's when they weren't already using the Guinea Pig People's own prayer book.  Some of the more exteme Moon Gibbon folk were actually using the Guinea Pig service book in the original Guinea Pig, although to be honest even many of the real Guinea Pig folk don't really understand what all those grunts and whistles mean.
Apparently the Moon Gibbon folk's druids will continue to be "druids in all but name", albeit that apparently it's the "name" that means they can do all their druidic responsibilities since they will no longer be allowed to read entrails, cut mistletoe or light wicker men people.  Apart from that, they'll just retain the ability to go around telling other people what to do.  And let's face it, anyone can do that already round here, as long as they've got a cricket bat to hand.
So we wait and see.  I've told Burton not to build any reductions in druidic fees into the budget for next year just yet.  I get the feeling it's the "doing what you're told" clause they may suffer from.