http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=45889 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Thu, 20 Jun 2013 06:49:42 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=45889#post-132059 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 16:43:39 +0000 Vertically Challenged Giant 132059@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I like the headline.</p> <p>Think the second paragraph could do with tidying up a bit, it's one very long sentence as it stands. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=45889#post-132058 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 16:27:14 +0000 kga6 132058@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Some nice lines here. I think mention of Philip lends itself to intruige. Hence headline could simply be - "Prince Philip to be let loose (with shotgun) in Opening Ceremony" </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=45889#post-132053 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 15:02:17 +0000 NewSuburbanDad 132053@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Could you turn it into an indoor game shoot with 60,000 shot and dying birds raining down on the crowd? Then the headline could be "Ebay swamped by souvenir dead pheasants after successful opening ceremony" Each one personally shot by the Duke of Edinburgh. Caused opening to overrun by four days 'but it was worth it' said delighted punter, struggling to break the neck of his wounded keepsake. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=45889#post-132033 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 12:05:45 +0000 antharrison 132033@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Love it - "Endangered wildlife" would be my suggestion </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=45889#post-132011 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 11:14:09 +0000 Stan Laurel 132011@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Thanks. If anyone can come up with a snappier headline, please feel free to contribute. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=45889#post-131991 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 08:43:30 +0000 dvo4fun 131991@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Nice angle, nice work Stan' A late run for the line before the opening ceremony</p> <p>‘What put the Great into Britain’ sequence featuring the slave trade and world colonisation. " Lovely </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=45889#post-131987 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 08:22:33 +0000 Stan Laurel 131987@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Rumours that Prince Philip is to feature in the spectacular Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games have been confirmed by Buckingham Palace insiders.</p> <p>When faced with the prospect of having to endure another tedious Royal event, consisting mostly of smiling and waving at a bunch of anonymous passes-by, it is understood that His Royal Highness, suggested to the Queen that his old ‘flotilla fever’ complaint might be about to flare up again, as he had rather enjoyed being attended to hand and foot by uniformed nurses during the later stages of the Diamond Jubilee instead of listening to Sir Cliff Richard and a host of other young celebrities on the make, fawning to Her Majesty.</p> <p>Anxious not to be let down again, it is understood that the Queen personally intervened and insisted that her ninety one year old consort be found a role on the Opening Ceremony. According to one insider, ceremony director Danny Boyle wrestled with the problem for some before coming up with a spectacular solution. ‘Danny was keen to preserve both the theme of the show as well as his chances of a knighthood, so he had to find a way of seamlessly integrating Duke of Edinburgh into the running order.’</p> <p>‘His solution is to include Prince Philip in the countryside scene which comes just after the ‘What put the Great into Britain’ sequence featuring the slave trade and world colonisation. The Duke’s entrance into the pleasant green meadows with grazing sheep and cattle will be nice contrast to the dark satanic mills section dedicated to the North of England.'</p> <p>The only sticking point in the whole idea has been the Prince’s insistence that it was unrealistic for anyone to be in the country without an abundance of game or a shot gun. Boyle reluctantly agreed with this but after the technical run through he directed that the gun only fire blanks. </p> <p>Participants in Monday’s technical rehearsal have been sworn to secrecy by Danny Boyle, at least until relatives of the G4S security guards, who were shot by Prince Philip, have been informed. </p>