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Wednesday, 18 January 2012

Whooping and Cheering causes Coughing and Jeering

The Health Protection Agency has today confirmed that cases of whooping and cheering are on the rise.
A report has found that people in their own homes that take it upon themselves to make these noises whilst watching their favourite reality shows are more likely to contract symptoms not unlike those found in children suffering from whooping cough.
Since the advent of the ‘red button’ audience participation has been steadily growing.  It is now believed that these levels are now at an all time high.
A spokesman for Guerillascope, the agency that processes the overnight viewing figures suggested that this is the first time they have seen these figures in this quantity since Big Brother began in 1999.  The spokesman also suggested that “with the arrival of newer programmes such as Desperate Scousewives and Made in Chelsea, it is not surprising to see these figures sky rocket as they have”
In a bold move to contain this outbreak of the condition, GPs have been instructed to issue patients complaining of the disorder with prescriptions of Eastenders to be taken three times weekly, with one added omnibus, in extreme cases.  “This is the only course of action we can recommend at this time”, said Dr Legg of Albert Square, Walford.
The reality show makers are well aware of the hysteria their programmes create but they have no way of stopping it until their contracts run out.
The head of ITV was quoted as saying “without this interaction we could not survive another season of The Only Way is Essex, or Desperate Scousewives.  As it is the majority of our viewers find it difficult to comprehend anything that resembles a real plot”

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