Another week, another parade of people who have thought – for one reason or another – that their lives could be improved by taking their problems to their local news organisation and pointing angrily at the thing that made them angry. It’s the gift that keeps on giving.
Stoke Sentinel: NHS worker absolutely furious as water company does a perfectly reasonable job on the drop kerb she spent £1,600 on
All the boxes ticked here by the Stoke Sentinel, which rivals the Hull Daily Mail for the most angry people per square mile.
Pointing, NHS worker, minor inconvenience, and did she mention she’s an NHS worker?
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This has given me one spunker of an idea.
Get yourself a T-shirt with the number plate of your enemy’s cars printed on it. Then walk around London, in and out of the congestion charge zones. Then wait.
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Hampshire Live: Family forced to pay for parking fees because they can’t buy council car parking permits for all of their five cars
The word “forced” here doing a whole lot of heavy lifting.
There are many highlights, but I’m going to go with the claim that Rushmoor Borough Council’s car parking policies for residential streets with limited space is preventing residents from procreating. And that’s fair enough – before having a baby, please consider where they’re going to be parking their car in 20 years time.
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Leeds Live: Family order mint choc chip cornettos from Iceland, get a packet of minted lamb quarter pounders instead
Who here hasn’t had a bizarre substitution from their supermarket home delivery? I once ordered a tin of baked beans and got an air-cooled piston engine instead.
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Manchester Evening News: Gardener warned by police over ‘obscene’ middle finger bush
*Hammers fist down on the local character KLAXON*
And a pox on the fun vacuum who reported him to the feds, and a pox on the copper who (probably against his will and all sense) had to go round there and give him a stiff talking to.
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I don’t think much of Craig David’s new work.
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Huddersfield Hub: Ex-pats living in Spain shocked – SHOCKED – to discover that they’ve got to follow Spanish rules and regulations now that the UK has left Europe
Another of those “so much to chose from” stories, but we’re going to go with the revelation that the victim of the piece has been in Spain for ten years but only has “limited” Spanish.
Ah well, it’s happy hour at the EastEnders fun pub.
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Teesside Live: Teenager’s birthday misery as his £1,100 MacBook doesn’t show up
The poor kid must have had one hell of a paper round.
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Leeds Live: Bakery in ‘illegal sprinkles’ row after customer reports them to Trading Standards
The Man’s right about this, though. Illegal sprinkles are the gateway drug to the hard stuff. Before you know it, you’re mainlining ganache and spending your entire waking hours watching old episode of Great British Bake Off, harbouring fantasies about Prue Leith.
Enduring mental image there.
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