Drivel From Devizes: Dateline – Sunday 22nd November 2020
Here is our weekly round-up of events from D-Town:
1. Great excitement in D-Town literary circles this week with the announcement of the winner of the prestigious Fucker Prize. The winner was “What I Done In The Lockdown”, a searing indictment of boredom & fecklessness in a modern-day Vize household, written by Heidi Hole. The runners-up were “I Spy With My Little Eye” by 5 years-old Ali Moany, and “Watching Paint Dry” by the minimalist author Emma Royds.
2.
Discussions are under way in the
Town Council as to the arrangements when the Lockdown is lifted in ten days’
time. It is rumoured that a new, simple,
47-tier system will be introduced, with special extra restrictions in local
lockdown areas. For example, Potterne,
where Covid rates are high, may not allow visits to maternal grand-parents on
Tuesday afternoons, whereas in Bromham, which has had lower rates, the
restriction will be more relaxed, and will allow visits on Monday mornings
also. People who keep chickens will be
required to eat custard for seven days, and households with small children will
be expected to thatch their roofs with pancakes.
Copyright Andy Fawthrop 2020
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