I challenge anyone upset over the UK Riots not to laugh at this!

                                                            Do not laugh at this!

           

                                 

Finding Comedy in Britain’s Riots

                                                             By Mike Andrew

After riots broke out in London last week, one observer suggested that this should be the new logo for the 2012 Olympic Games in the city.

LONDON – As Britain examines holes in the fabric of its culture as days of rioting subside, it’s clear that one tradition at least has held — a dry and laconic wit.

“This,” the comedy writer Nev Fountain observed on Twitter, as thousands of masked people tore through the nation Monday, setting fires as they went, “is the worst Olympic opening ceremony ever.”

This is the worst Olympic opening ceremony ever.Tue Aug 09 00:06:12 via Twitter for iPhoneNev Fountain
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As they watched the mayhem unfold, many Britons pondered, urgently, what had happened to Prime Minister David Cameron’s election pledge to encourage citizens to take a more active role in governing themselves, an idea he dubbed the Big Society. “Well, I’d say it’s a cautious thumbs up,” another comedy writer, David Quantick, suggested.

Well, I’d say it’s a cautious thumbs up for the Big Society.Mon Aug 08 19:58:23 via TweetDeckDavid Quantick
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The next day, as communities banded together to help clean up the extensive damage, writers for the topical BBC comedy show “Have I Got News For You,” made a series of announcements. “In the wake of the weekend unrest, police are accused of failing to heed predictions of a riot by MPs, local groupsand the Kaiser Chiefs,” they wrote. Later, they added: “A spokesman for Christopher Nolan admits the viral marketing campaign for ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ may have got out of hand,” in reference to the forthcoming Batman film, set in a destroyed Gotham City.

Government officials say they are confident that the gangs of mindless youths will return home, just as soon as Big Brother starts.Tue Aug 09 10:45:04 via webHaveIGotNewsForYou 
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Later in the week, images of the looters emerged, and were distributed by authorities in an effort to identify and arrest those who had stripped many stores bare. But some had other uses for the pictures. The blogPhotoshoplooter published remixed versions of the images, showing groups of masked rioters around pottery wheels, playing Twister, lining up for Justin Bieber tickets, hugging inflatable giraffes, and emerging surreptitiously from 10 Downing Street as Mr. Cameron made a strident speech.

Real life, too, offered its moments of light relief. A looter was roundly mocked for posting a picture of himself posing proudly with his purloined goods on Facebook. Under his real name. And as arrested looters began filtering through a 24-hour-court, many were keen to hide their faces from the cameras waiting outside. One, a teaching assistant named Alexis Bailey, 31, held a newspaper over his entire face and rushed from the courthouse. He walked directly into a lamppost on live television.

Armando Iannucci, the writer of the satirical film “In The Loop,” and a Twitter addict, had been silent through the riots largely because he was on vacation. On Friday he asked followers: “About to fly home after 2 weeks’ holiday. Have I missed anything in the UK? Silly season? What have you got for me?”

About to fly home after 2 weeks’ holiday. Have I missed anything in the UK? Silly season? What have you got for me?Fri Aug 12 12:40:57 via Twitter for BlackBerry®Armando Iannucci
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