Writer of the Month August 2023

Deskpilot has romped home this month, taking points in all categories including an impressive 19 headlines.  SteveB made a gallant attempt and Wren and eppusimuove vied for third place.  As usual all the links and the tickers are below the leaderboard, along with the cartoon of the month.



AlexCrisp

Woke to Bloke - Parents divorce their 'woke' children and adopt Dave

apepper

Government stockpiling sewage against future shortages

Nasa loses contact with Jacob Rees-Mogg

Protests as God introduces 5G only prayer service

Sunak photographed on Thatcher's toilet

Tory manifesto balance between destroying business, NHS and planet

Woke cancel culture means "Dying god coming into Human flesh" missed from CBeebies singalong

Yevgeny Prigozhin died after plane crashes and he lands on some bullets

Billiclay

Sunak describes celebration he had planned if Lionesses had won

Unnecessary Sports Utility Vehicle Zone (USUVZ) to be extended to the whole of the UK

cara

Woman on verge of mental breakdown after laddering tights again

Chipchase

Billericay boy, Barry, boasts Brexit brought bountiful, bright, better Britain

Make your minds up will you - demand Britain's Red Kites

Pound coin you dropped down the gap between the driver's seat and bulkhead is mocking you

Chris Ballard

Man watching all women’s World Cup still claiming it’s crap

chrisf

Use of the phrase ‘picky bits for tea’ to become criminal offence

Deskpilot3








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FlashArry


Gerontius


Hokeyloki


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jeremynh



mcdabble


Midfield Diamond


Modelmaker







Newsbiscuit


Sarah Tipper


Saul


Sir Lupus

Loch Ness Monster search: everything you don't need to know


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Throngsman



Titus

Wrenfoe

All criminals to appear in court - except Tony Blair

All UK parks to have their own Elaine Page

Clean air is Woke agree Sunak & Starmer

Football team refuses to play without their own reality TV series

Japan finally breeds a Godzilla

Not everyone you hate is a nonce

Tone Police to get extra funding

Twitter removes block feature but keeps tw*t feature

UK to drill for oil in Hell

When will this holiday end, screams parent into the void

Zoom staff can't remember where they left their office


Cartoon of the month is Lee Anderson dines out at a Moroccan restaurant by Lockjaw


Headlines AKA tickers list:


Adrian Bamforth            

Inventor of the cut, copy, and paste commands, dies at 74

Probe taking moon's temperature from its south pole results in first spaceclench

Russia invades moon

apepper             

Nadine Dorries to head up waste of space program

bigbadbob         

Pepsi workers sacked after testing positive for coke

Priti Patel shows concern, now it’s not her job

Record number of Scouts earn first aid badge

Tinned meat company fined for sending spam emails

Water voles anger at loss of rural banks

billiclay

Russia sends Freedom of Information Request to MI6

DailyMoose       

Spain favourite to win Eurovision Snog Contest

Deskpilot3         

Alexei Navalny 'unlikely' for Strictly

Booze cruise captain running a tight ship

Bradley Cooper as Bernstein: the noes have it

Britons demand rain-check system for wet bank holidays

Britons mourn loss of shop they never went to

Can you drink a yard of vodka? It's a long shot

Coutts announces new Rainy Day Racist saver account

Did Crooked House owners' holiday in Hawaii??

Exam system 'inherently biased' against thick kids

Extra bank holiday granted as Nadine Dorries finally quits

Government threatens to nationalise NHS if performance doesn't improve

Govt fails to win Netball, Wimbledon & the Ashes

Indecisive shoe designer keeps doing flip-flops

Man convinces his boss that he doesn't need to attend negotiating skills course

Nadine's book delayed - she's still colouring in the pictures

Popular dominatrix beating off clients with a stick

Rees-Mogg patronises Wilkinsons

Successful dominatrix is beating off clients with a stick

Upholsterer fails final exam and will need to re-sit

dominic_mcg    

Another bitterly disappointing Reading Festival, says librarian

Extra bank holiday if England wins three more chukkas, says Rishi

Gabon's President Ali Bongo under house arrest. Paul Daniels takes over

Sparkling wine thief to be proseccuted

Gunga Din         

Author of "Bananas are not the only fruit" denies accusation of plagiarism

Foreigners to shout back at English people

Trump to be indicted on federal jaywalking charges

Hokeyloki

Asylum seekers not to bring their e-bikes or e-scooters onto Bibby Stockholm

Bacteria leave UK rivers, blaming "toxic culture"

Priest sacked over his "lack of humility" blames his altar ego

Jack the Quipper            

German engineers create washing machine that doesn't eat socks

Nike releases new t-shirt with slogan 'Just Do It' under Trump's mugshot

jim Skinz            

Burger King staff told to ask customers "Would you like lies with that?"

Erectile dysfunction helpline criticised for 'Your call is impotent to us' message

Lionesses leave fans at Heathrow in acres of space

Sleepcation hotels to be listed on KipAdvisor

Struggling spaceport becomes ultra-low missions zone

jimmydodger    

Harry Kane kicks up a storm in Florida

Lockjaw

Lock. Him. Up!

Roger. Wilko and out

mcdabble          

Amol Rajan denies sending his mini-me to be University Challenge host

Banks forcing 'Cashless Society' on UK, while Govt forcing 'Moneyless Society'

Bibby Stockholm: People could get sick if there is an outbreak of disease, warns report        

Climate targets in hot water

Disciples hail second going of Nadine Dorres

Home Office hires people smugglers' boats as temporary accommodation

Manchester's delayed Clean Air Zone to be replaced by Wet Air Zone

Nadine Dorries changes her first name to 'Lady'

NHS improve efficiency by recording who isn't on a waiting list

NHS waiting lists to be expressed in the medium of dance

Trump offers to buy Atlanta courthouse for $112M

Mick Turate       

Zombie government to ban zombie knives

Midfield Diamond          

Recently discovered fossil sets new record for the size of whales

Modelmaker     

Eskimo's computer froze because he had too many windows open

Four star hotel review says "It's ****"

Sunak commiserates with Lionesses, saying he struggles to achieve goals too

ron cawleyoni   

Circus arrives in Atlanta

Kiss Me Quick hat sales plummet in Spain

Mr.McKay serves Trump porridge at Fulton County Jail

Overweight man now wishes to identify as Flora, due to middle age spread

She sells Shell shares on the offshore?

Rowly   

Moon Crashes into Rusky Lunar 25 craft during special lunar operation

sinnick 

Andy Malkinson reveals why prisons are overcrowded

Sir Lupus           

Millions volunteer to help get rid of surplus French wine

Sketchly             

Anti-protest group Rebellion Rebellion founded

SteveB 

'Construction regulations aren't being watered down, they're being sewaged up', insists Gov.

Customer complaints rerouted to call centre on moon

Nadine Dorries still hasn't handed in her badge and her gun

UK government well on track to hit target of net zero competence

Thatwasbeast   

Employee fired after falling asleep in kiln

Titus     

Gay Pride movement goes off the rails

Lock … him … up

Musk may be interested in buying now-leaderless Wagner group


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