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A big bunch of angry people, in local newspapers
It’s June, and we don’t update this site enough. So here we are with the best of recent posts. Edinburgh Evening News: New volleyball court at school is ruining quality of life Fingers in ears. A classic of the genre. We just dislike volleyball on grounds of taste. Epsom Guardian: Mum VOWS NEVER TO RETURN…
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We’re back and people are still pointing at things
We thought it was high time we grabbed our website back from the spammers, and it might even be working now. Any road up, people are still pointing at things, and it is our duty to point and laugh. Northampton Chronicle: Woman is furious because council workers didn’t rake up grass cuttings outside her house…
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‘The local paper’s coming, I’ll wear my best bikini’ – this week’s Greatest Hits
Another classic week in Angry People in Local Newspapers, and it would be a shame of burning-of-the-library-at-Alexandria proportions to see these stories lost to the ages. So, as a public service… Bristol Post: Man tears down Extinction Rebellion roadblock to drive his friend to work in a camper van We expect Brian, here in his…
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Mysterious swedes, hi-vis dogs and endless BINS
It has been an epic week for Angry People in Local Newspapers stories, and it would be a tragedy if these epic stories of citizens and their struggles against the cruelty of the world we live in and life in general were lost to the ages. Gird your loins, we’re going in. (Please click through…
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The Banned From Facebook Angry People Spectacular
One thing led to another, and Facebook has temporarily banned me from posting on my own page. However, arrangements have been made, in which I’m piling up all of today’s best stories into this post and throwing them onto Facebook through the Deputy Supreme Leader. I have – of course – a photograph of me…
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Ten local news stories that prove Christmas this year is totally RUINED
Crappy trees, swearing Santas, grotty grottos. Kiddiewinks have been made sad because their Christmas has been RUINED. It’s only the 7th, and for many people their Christmas has already been irreversibly RUINED, and somebody’s going to have to pay. And when you’ve seen your Christmas RUINED, there’s only one thing that you can do –…
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They decapitated our swan. Our swan is gone – APILN 14 November
Fibre glass water fowl heads! That bloke with the BMW Five Series Estate (again)! And a classic case of school Home You Go anger! It’s the best stories from Angry People in Local Newspapers. Please click through to support local newspapers. And also click through to this here link to support my bank account by…
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Why is the Grim Reaper hanging around street corners in Guildford?
The actual Grim Reaper! A FUMMIN BMW five series estate owner who has a private number plate! Poor, dead Spike Lee, who brought us the film Malcolm X-Men! It’s the best of Angry People in Local Newspapers from 13 November. And don’t forget it’s just another two days before the APILN book published by Penguin…
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I punched a bear in the face – Angry People in Local Newspapers 12 November
Punching bears! Crudely-drawn penis graffiti! FUMMIN kiddiewinks! FUMMIN Oldiewonks! Here’s the weekend’s best Angry People in Local Newspapers stories. Please click through to the stories to support local journalism. The Tab: Students wake up to find shoddy graffiti penises on their front doors Where, we ask, is the spuff? Basingstoke Gazette: Residents warned about dog poo This…
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‘That’s not how time works, you plum’ – The APILN Daily 8 November
Underwater planes! The return of acid house! The inevitable outcome of the collision between beavers and crystal meth! It’s a bumper round-up from Angry People in Local Newspapers. Please click through to the stories to help support local journalism. Newcastle Chronicle: Wearing the right shoes to school? Home you go anyway because we don’t know what…