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Paris destroyed/Paris saved
How many round-ups of local newspaper headlines begin with an obscure reference to the film Superman II (1980, dir: Richard Lester)? Just this one, that’s how many.
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Normal for [insert name of town, city, county, or region]
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Everything is, as usual, ruined. And it’s always somebody else’s fault and the only way to express this is through the pages of your local newspaper. Welcome, you.
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It could be you. But it isn’t
Another week, another bunch of folks dealt a hand from the bottom of the pack. Who, for reasons left unexplained, still went to the papers.
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Oh No! It’s Another Angry People In Local Newspapers Greatest Hits Post
Every now and then (usually when the hosting bill arrives) we remember we’ve got a website and decide to get our money’s worth with a greatest hits post. This is one of those times.
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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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Just none cornettos, illegal sprinkles and other stories
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…
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Best of Angry People in Local Newspapers – 17 September 2021
Now that we’ve kicked out the spammers and got this site working again, we’d better get our money’s worth and offer actual content. So here’s the best angry stories which have crossed our radar in the last week or so. Wales Online (and everywhere else): Police called after kids chalk hopscotch grid onto pavement Obviously,…
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The really very important APILN submission guide
So you’ve found a funny news story to submit to Angry People in Local Newspapers. We get hundreds of submissions every day, which we whittle down to about ten or so for your delight and/or fury. The whole idea is that APILN is a fun look at people’s everyday frustrations about BINS, parking, pencil-necked desk…
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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…