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Dull News in Local Newspapers
You edit a local title, you’ve got 32 editorial pages to fill, and literally nothing’s happening in town. What do you do? Answer: Your very best. Maidenhead Advertiser: Road workers can’t spell “bus” It’s a toughie to be honest. I had to look it up. (Spotter: Rob A) Essex Live: Man in bid to build shed…
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The best of newspaper ad boards
The newspaper ad board is an art form – how can you sell the top story in (at most) half-a-dozen words? You’d think it would be easy. It’s not. Get down on your knees, you bloody heathens It was, in fact, a meerkat. With an improbable Russian accent. RIP PIE MAN U R IN HEVEN WIV DA…
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The Best of APILN Volume 2
Here’s some more of the best stories to have featured on APILN over the years. That time everybody in Wigan went mad over the keys to the parish noticeboard Wigan Today (2016): With all the world’s problems solved, local groups come to fisticuffs over the lock on the parish notice board That time the rubber…
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People: Sex aids are NOT for throwing
Finding a stash of gentlemen’s leisure magazines in a hedge as a lad is still one of my finest achievements. However, there’s a limit to throwing your sexy stuff around and that limit has reared its ugly head in recent months with several incidents of a dildonic bent. For example, this happened in Australia,…
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The best of Angry People in Local Newspapers Volume 1
We’ve been doing this for the best part of eight years, so you’ve probably missed some real gems among the 10,000 or so posts we’ve featured. So – you lucky people – here are some of the very best. Metro (2015): Mum’s ‘Animal’ pyjamas missing a couple of vital letters round the back of the waistband…
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In which Ron has a few problems with Virgin Media
This is Ron. Ron and his fragrant wife Ann say Virgin Media charged them £900 for adult movies they swear they did not watch. Ron is innocent. Manchester Evening News: Couple’s Virgin Media service cut off after somebody hacked into their account and watched porny movies without paying for them. Three times. The comments, as you’d…