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Al-Qaeda to go BUPA
By coosh
25 July 2007

Following the recent failed terrorist attacks in the UK by extremist NHS medical staff, Al-Qaeda announced all future attempts to murder the British population would be carried out by private doctors.
 

“We had to wait over a year for that operation in Scotland,” said an anonymous spokesman telephoned by the Daily Mail, “and the Glaswegians mistook it for an average stag night. The number of forms you need to fill in these days to commit an atrocity is outrageous – all this administrative stuff should just be contracted out to call centres in Pakistan”.

An inflamed head of the NHS Suicide Bombers Union, Ali Charcoal, responded that his members were victims of underfunding and a shortage of public sector virgins meant there was less incentive to take their own lives.

“I firmly maintain that the intervention of BUPA will create a “two-tier terror system”, and failure to keep up with the annual rate of inflammation will lead to many infidels having to pay to have themselves blown up. You ain’t got a light on you by any chance, mate?”



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Written by Seagull (174 comments posted) 25th July 2007
Some good lines here; nicely satirical. Can just imagine the Jocks ignoring bombs going off thinking it's some kind of stag do! 
 
Chris
Hat's Off
Written by givitsum (651 comments posted) 25th July 2007
Top Drawer. Privatised Terrorism. Wish I'd thought it up meself.  
 
'The rate of inflammation'... Very good. 
 
Enjoyed. 
 
G.

Written by woody44 (777 comments posted) 25th July 2007
Smart bit of latteral thinking David. What next? A strike by the Suicide Bombers Union no doubt. Great stuff. 
 
 
Roger

Written by Phil (6828 comments posted) 25th July 2007
Good stuff. With GVTSM on the stand out line: annual rate of inflammation. 
 
Enjoyed. 
 
Phil.

Written by Clifftown (642 comments posted) 25th July 2007
Nice to see you back!  
 
Let's hope the next operation doesn't take place at the Southend BUPA hospital...even more of a shortage of virgins to choose from.  
 
Much enjoyed as usual. 
 
 
 

Written by Livinginanattic (464 comments posted) 25th July 2007
Superb stuff Cooch! 
 
Now that's the way to beat the terrorists. Drown them in paperwork! 
 
Cheers, 
 
Ben

Written by fellpony (1647 comments posted) 25th July 2007
with the others - they've said it all - stonkin' stuff.
HI Coosh
Written by jean.day (2323 comments posted) 25th July 2007
I very much enjoyed this. The idea of using call centres to organise the terror really tickled me.

Written by Witzl (1585 comments posted) 26th July 2007
Yep -- this is great. My favorite line was "We had to wait over a year for that operation in Scotland" and the subsequent comparison to an average stag night. And I like the idea of them being foiled by paperwork; frankly it would put me off if I were so inclined. The shortage of public sector virgins is funny too, and I'm with Jean on the call centers as well.

Written by Bottleblondesurfer (3433 comments posted) 26th July 2007
Is this piece still here because I haven't tried to review it? I just know that as soon as I try the bloody thing will disappear again. I got so close to commenting on that Qand A one. I thought you were making some sort of existenial comment on the transitory nature of humour. We're currently running a book on how long this one will stay. I've already lost. 
It's a really great concept,so cool and clever you hardly needed to say anything else.  
Good idea to set the pen-pushing beaurocrats onto the terroists. Never mind the SAS, some nerd with a fistful of forms would have them surrendering in no time. 
Wonderful 
Jane
Cat & Mouse
Written by coosh (887 comments posted) 26th July 2007
Yes, Jane, but only in a Nietzschean sense. You should read Kierkegaard's account of the look on Simone de Beauvoir's face when he stuck a whoopie cushion under her turgid ass after telling her she was the most accessible point of entry into French existentialism - oh, the chat-up lines they 'ad in them days. Let me know your bet, and I'll do some insider trading for a small fee. 
 
This could probably have been exploited a lot better, but thanks to all who commented.

Written by wltshr (338 comments posted) 26th July 2007
Yep! With everyone on this. 
 
My favourite line was also ""We had to wait over a year for that operation in Scotland" 
 
Great stuff 
 
Wltshr

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