The Week In 50 Funny Tweets: Starring GCSE Results, Julian Assange And, Yes, Ian Botham

It was a week of joy and heartache. For those receiving their GCSE results:

So proud of Bobby this morning! He's passed all of his GCSEs!
He got BAA BAA BAA #gcseresults pic.twitter.com/QvmwtVw3Ef

— Weird Horse (@WeirdHorse) August 21, 2014

For Julian Assange:

Julian Assange finally leaving the Ecuadorian Embassy. pic.twitter.com/rj9JJYtaaX

— Robin Morgan (@robinjaymorgan) August 18, 2014

Meanwhile outside the Ecuadorean embassy, police prepare an Assange trap ready for in case he emerges. pic.twitter.com/qQy11rQGXP

— Phil Gibson (@philgibson01) August 18, 2014

For supporters of Richard Dawkins:

[x] Women
[x] Muslims
[x] Women
[x] The disabled
[ ] Household pets
[ ] Pebbles
[ ] Women again
(Richard Dawkins' "To offend" list)

— Dean Burnett (@garwboy) August 21, 2014

And of course, for Ian Botham:

I know how seriously Cricket fans take their stats, so took the liberty of updating the Top Trump: pic.twitter.com/i8PjzP1wxD

— Ben (@0point5twins) August 18, 2014

To take your minds off that Ian Botham tweet, here is a picture of a cute dog. :-) pic.twitter.com/pQrjCCxHXD

— June W (@rejunevated) August 18, 2014

This week's round-up takes in all of the above - plus the start of 'Celebrity Big Brother', the ubiquitous ice bucket challenge and more. Enjoy - and remember: watch out for your DMs going public people hacking your Twitter account, kids!

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