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When vicars go bad, and the least newsworthy news story in the world, and frankly we’re not exaggerating
As the silly season cranks up yet further, let’s get this one from Canada out of the way first. Hamilton Spectator: Dildos up a tree for some reason I’d rather not go into Luckily for everyone, it’s behind a paywall and now we’ll never know how things escalated to this particular level of pettiness. We…
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Public Service Announcement: Please do not put frozen potatoes up your arse
Are we all clear on the frozen potatoes thing? Good. At the very least, we recommend that they are baked to what government health warnings call “piping hot”. The trouble being is that there are warnings about everything because there is always that one person. That one person who is the reason why they have…
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Regret to report that people are still trying to go on holiday
North Wales Daily Post: Psycho seagulls leave couple prisoners in their own home Yet there they are, outside. Perhaps if they let the seagulls have a go on the trampoline, we could all reach some sort of accommodation. ____________________ Henley Standard: Couple want to know where the police are after car takes out their plant…
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The best of APILN for December 2021 part II, but stories that are not Christmas is RUINED because they’ve got their own page m’kay?
____________________ Gloucestershire Live: Driver doesn’t over-react in the slightest after receiving a parking ticket On the run from the law, sleeping in barns, foraging for food in hedgerows. Who knows when this renegade will FACE THE LAW. ____________________ Chronicle Live: Mayor is furious over lack of electric car charging points in his town “Phased plasma…
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The best of December stories so far but not Christmas is RUINED stories because they’ve got their own post thank you
For the best of this year’s Christmas is RUINED stories, click here. ____________________ Gloucestershire Live: Bomb Squad called to local hospital after man gets a WW2 shell stuck up his bumhole The old “I was cataloging my large collection of wartime memorabilia in the nude, and I slipped and fell onto this large artillery weapon,…
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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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‘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…
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Goose in a pram, it’s serious – APILN Daily 29 October
A goose in a pram! That bloke out of The Fast Show! A heroic elk! It’s only the best of Angry People in Local Newspapers from the last weekend. Please click through to the stories to support local journalism. Stoke Sentinel: Local resident ‘teed off’ as golf club starts mowing greens at 6.30am You can’t fool…
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The APILN Daily – Weds 3 October – You plonker
The best of today’s Angry People in Local Newspapers links. Dorset Echo: Oldiewonks left fummin after scrap metal dumped in alleyway Who’s a good dog? You are, YOU ARE. Somerset Live: Dog poo vigilante needs £13,000 so he can go off-road and collect even more turds You had me at “dog poo vigilante” Wimbledon Guardian: BINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNS BINNY BINNY…
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People who say they are ‘prisoners in their own home’ but are not actually prisoners in their own home
“We’re prisoners in our own homes”, the angry person says to the local news journalist. Then they’re photographed outside their homes, proving beyond doubt that they are not actually prisoners in their own homes. Come with us, dear reader, for a brief journey through this phenomenon. Sheffield Star: “Bus stop has left me a prisoner in…