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Newsjack Reject: Forgotten Man

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FORGOTTEN MAN
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F/X:MOUSE CLICKS. SAD 'DWWP' NOISE

GORDON BROWN:
Oh, no. Yet another Facebook user has removed me as a friend. What's this here? 'Gordon Brown has 1 friends'. (PAUSE) Oh, they're online! I'll message them. They'll make me feel better about this. (TYPES) Hell. O. Ba. Rack.

F/X:BING! CONSTANT TYPING AS THEY SPEAK

BARACK OBAMA:
Hey Gordy! Where do I know you from?

GORDON:
It's me! Gordon Brown. From Great Britain.

BARACK:
I'm sorry. I don't really remember. Did we meet at a party?

GORDON:
Well, the G-20 summit. You came to my house for tea!

BARACK:
Not ringing any bells…

GORDON:
Gordon Brown. The prime minister? Bit grumpy. Smile that makes you uneasy?

BARACK:
Nope…

GORDON:
Don't you even recognise me from my profile picture?

BARACK:
You know what it's like on Facebook, Gordy! So many friend requests, I don't remember them all. I'm up to 4 billion now! Actually, gotta go – Robert Mugabe wants to chat. He's famous, you know? 'Bye!

F/X:'DWING' OF LOGGING OFF. GORDON STARTS TO CRY

END

Very good and superbly written. But you don't need to hear me saying that. :)

Cheers SlagA.

You're right though -- it probably hurts that little bit more :)

Dan

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