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Kids spot ‘huge’ jellyfish at local beach and now they are too terrified to watch Finding Nemo
There has been some fresh kiddiewink terror over the weekend after two children were playing on a beach at Thorney Bay on Canvey Island in Essex and they spotted what have been described on a Facebook group as ‘huge’ jellyfish.’ According to Canvey mum Zoey Smith, the whole experience has left Marcus (9) and Casey…
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Weird local mascots and why they need a good hard kick up the arse
Dammit, I love Japanese mascots, and we should have more of them over here. Yes, we have football mascots, and as an Arsenal supporter, I am painfully aware that Gunnersaurus is a thing in this world. Yet somehow, the vast majority of British football mascots somehow manage to miss the whole point of mascotism, and…
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Angry People in Local Newspapers Submission Guide
Angry People in Local Newspapers is a visual medium, which means we want news articles with pictures in them. And – as a rule – the picture should be of people who are angry at something. But rules are made to be broken, so we thought a submission guide would help you through the maze…
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Elderly Facebooker accidentally posts birthday message to grandson in heated extremism chat
We all have a good laugh sometimes about our elderly relatives and their daily struggle to make sense of the sometimes overwhelming world of Facebook, but it’s great to see more and more ‘senior’ users nowadays who are putting their younger counterparts to shame. However, there will always be some who still don’t ‘get’ the whole Facebook…
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‘Pharma bro’ Martin Shkreli convicted of fraud and now we need to have a serious talk about courtroom sketches
You’re familiar with pharma bro Martin Shkreli, right? He’s the guy whose pharmacy comapny bought up the rights to a drug for AIDS patients and increased the price by 5.000%. And now he’s convicted fraudster pharma bro Martin Shkreli. BBC News: LOLOLOLOLOLOL But the reason we’re here isn’t about his conviction (but just rejoice at that…
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New Order to curb street drinking, and other pop acts enforcing the law
New Order to curb street drinking. And Echo and the Bunnymen to crack down on people pissing in shop doorways. And Gary Numan’s Down in the Park stopping kids painting their graffiti all over the cricket pavilion. But sometimes even New Order get on the wrong side of the law. It’s that Peter Hook going…
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Britain is full of museums and tourist attractions with terrible mannequins and here are some of the best
Ever since our very important review of Bodmin Jail went a bit viral, people have assumed that I am now some sort of expert on terrible mannequins at tourist attractions. This being the case, I have decided that I will take up the mantle and be Britain’s leading expert on terrible mannequins at tourist attractions. Step…
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Pictures of Kim Jong-un looking at things
North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un. Not a big fan of the human rights-violating, uncle-murdering dictator if I’m going to be honest with you. But people pay me a living wage to look at pictures of Kim Jong-un looking at things, and it’s a game that anybody can play. So why does Kim Jong-un look…
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Drop Bears: A Warning from History
It’s a known fact in Australia that if an animal even so much as looks at you, you’re dead already. And this is particularly true in the case of the DROP BEAR, an animal so foul and vicious that it has been banned from any encyclopedia of the world’s fauna. While it may look like the…
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All burglars are ninjas, and hackers wear hoodies – The Rise of the Local Newspaper Stock Photo
If you look at local newspapers as much as we do, you’ll notice that increasing numbers of stories are illustrated by stock photos. This is due to a number of things, but mostly because having a staff photographer costs money, and it’s far easier and somewhat cheaper to pull a picture out of the archive.…