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Ron's Round-Up
By RonFlangepipeTheThird
26 September 2006
Hot bullets of news from the semi-automatic pistol of truth.  I'm firing the news uzi from the speeding cadillac of fact and you are my twitching blood covered victim.

BREAKING NEWS - MUGABE LEADS INTERNATIONAL 'BREAKDANCE FOR PEACE' TOUR.

'Many people condemn me as a demented despot but this is my opportunity to show my 'fun side'' said Robert Mugabe today as he took a short break from eating human flesh.  Mugabe now insists on being referred to as 'MC Bob 'Crazylegs' Mugabe' and is lead dancer in a troupe of breakers, b-boys and poppers collectively called 'MC Bob and the Boogaloo Cru'.  They are due to appear at several prestigious dance festivals in between Mugabe's torture and oppression commitments.

'Now watch this windmill!' said Mugabe as his bodyguards opened fire on journalists.



ROSE WEST TO BECOME NEW FACE OF ESTEE LAUDER

'We felt it was time for a change' said a spokesponce, 'Rose is the perfect example of the modern woman, she takes no shit and stands by her man, whether he's working in a bank or burying corpses in his garden'

Rose West was unavailable for comment as she was busy making a lampshade out of human skin.


BILL GATES 'BULLIED BY BETTER LOOKING BILLIONAIRES'

In an emotional outburst at his luxury 200,000 room mansion yesterday, Bill Gates claimed he was the target for a sustained campaign of bullying and intimidation orchestrated by 'better looking billionaires'.  Gates, internationally famous for being the world's richest and dullest man, said 'they call me 'nerd' and 'poindexter', one of them brought sand from his private tropical island and kicked it in my face'.  Bullying amongst the wealthy elite is a growing problem, last January Alan Greenspan complained that Apple CEO Steve Jobs had stuck a 'kick me' sign to his back during a charity event.  Gates has vowed to end the bullying campaign and is in talks with his Dad who Gates believes 'Can beat anyone up'.



HOLOGRAM OF NOTORIOUS B.I.G. BECOMES HEAD OF FAILING SCHOOL

Parents and Governors at St Barry's High School in Hackney, London have voted overwhelmingly for a hologram of murdered fat rapper Notorious B.I.G to become headmaster at the school which has consistently failed OFSTED inspections.

Staff have expressed concern at having to take orders from a hologram which believes all women are ho's and any argument can be settled with gunplay.  Pupils at the school are more positive however, Chardonnay Birtwhistle, 13, momentarily put down her bong to declare the new headmaster 'a tru playa' while her friend Boops Upsideyahed 14, insisted that 'Biggie's the shiznit, innit?'

At his first press conference, the new head was quick to silence his critics 'Any bitch ass fools come disrespect Notorious the mach 10 gonna whack dem' before demanding champagne, blunts and 50 strippers be sent to his office.



NEWS IN BRIEF

£1 MILLION RESEARCH PROJECT FINDS PUBLIC TRANSPORT 'STINKS OF PEE AND IS FULL OF WEIRDOS'

RUMSFELD HEAD REVOLVES 360 DEGRESS DURING PRESS CONFERENCE

GEORGE BUSH 'HAS STOPPED TALKING TO GOD'.  'HE KEEPS CALLING ME 'ASS-HOLE'' SAYS BUSH.

WEAK 'ONION' PARODIES ON THE INCREASE. 'WE'D SUE IF ANYONE WAS READING THEM' SAYS EDITOR.



















Reviews
Sorry Ron...
Written by Talisker (1331 comments posted) 26th September 2006
But this is the first post in here (aside my own) which didn't make me laugh. Its certainly clever, has nearly all the right ingredients, but for me it lacks the magic comedy dust - whatever that is :?  
 
I feel cruel to slate a piece, from a clever writer, which clearly took a lot of work. But there you have it - the proof of the pudding is in the laughing - and I didn't. 
 
Oli.

Written by coosh (923 comments posted) 26th September 2006
I thought there were some good laughs in this (Rumsfeld's sudden spinning head conjured up a nice image), in my humble, amateur opinion. But one thing really jarred. And please take this in the constructive spirit in which it's intended. I'm no expert but, personally, I think you should scrap or redo the first two sentences. You set yourself up (particularly in this format) for a potential hammering if you can't live up to the self-hype (even if it is ironic - which wasn't the definitive impression). People who say they're going to tell you a stunningly side-splitting joke that will leave you on an operating table, almost inevitably don't. Any "humour-related" cases lying in A&E are usually there because of their own smart-arsed comments. 
 
It's just a personal view. Others will no doubt think differently. Most importantly, please keep posting.
SAY WHAT?!
Written by RonFlangepipeTheThird (2 comments posted) 26th September 2006
Who are you people? Do you have your own syndicated news and mountain music show on CBS? I do! 'Flangepipe and Panpipes' now in its fourth season and showing in over 43 countries!  
 
Are you married to a beautiful ex-call girl who can suck tennis balls through a drinking straw? I am!  
 
Do you live in a huge mansion in the Florida Everglades with a heart shaped vibrating bed and a pool in the shape of your genitals? I do!  
 
What are you doing right now? Weeping tears of loneliness into your British Baked Beans? I'll tell you what I'm doing right now! I'm wiping my ass on my monitor screen! That's what I think of your opinions!  
Here's the news...YOU GUYS SUCK!
Watch out!
Written by Talisker (1331 comments posted) 26th September 2006
Bandit at 3 O'Clock!
Written by Talisker (1331 comments posted) 26th September 2006
Imposter alert! 
 
Oli.

Written by coosh (923 comments posted) 26th September 2006
It's the wee man himself, isn't it?
STOP PRESS
Written by RonFlangepipeTheThird (2 comments posted) 26th September 2006
Hold the Front Page! Spoof reporter found writing spoof news on spoof news site! phew what a scorcher!
Well Done.
Written by givitsum (651 comments posted) 26th September 2006
Well done Ron Flangepipe. Most people, when joining, say 'Hi' in the forums, and often struggle with formatting etc for a short time. You did neither, which is unusual, almost as if you already knew how to use all the tools! 
 
Regarding your post, unlike the others I quite liked most of it. Not outstanding, but humourous.  
 
By the way, great name this time! 
 
Rgds 
 
Bob

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