Owl With No Sense Of Direction Briefly Manages To Lever Rupert Murdoch Out Of The Media Spotlight

Twit, tw-at

The unrelenting torrent of stories about the unravelling of Rupert Murdoch’s seedy media empire was finally interrupted today, albeit briefly, thanks to an owl which providentially slapped its stupid face into a window in Cumbria.

Haggard members of the British public, worn out by days of unremitting Murdoch-related gloating in the papers and on the TV and radio, immediately offered to buy the owl 61 million pints if they met it.

Later tonight, Jeremy Paxman will host a Newsnight special on BBC2 in which Bill Oddie will go into unnecessary and frankly disturbing detail about the mechanics of the owl/window interface, a government minister will promise to look into the possibility of imposing a ban on windows and professional rat Paul McMullan will hide under the table.